Patents Assigned to Paul Dean Franklin
  • Patent number: 5528253
    Abstract: There is disclosed a flexible fabric cover for an off-axis parabolic satellite antenna dish having a front surface which serves to cover and protect the front of the antenna dish and the receiver arm; the cover is preferably formed of a generally elliptical sheet of woven synthetic fabric which is at least moderately stretchable, which is about six inches greater in diameter than the antenna dishes it is intended to cover, and which has a central aperture or pocket for the antenna receiver support arm whereby the cover assumes a generally conical, slightly truncated shape; the cover includes securing means in the preferred embodiment consisting of a peripheral hem having threaded therein a drawstring or drawcord such that the cover may be placed over the front of the antenna dish with drawstring relaxed and the drawstring then tightened by employment of a conventional tightening device capturing the rim of the dish with the hem to fasten the cover tightly and smoothly over the dish and the receiver support ar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Paul Dean Franklin
    Inventor: Sharon E. Franklin
  • Patent number: 5451972
    Abstract: There is disclosed a flexible fabric cover for a satellite antenna dish having an opaque, optionally decorated, front surface which serves to conceal the antenna dish; the cover is preferably formed of a generally circular piece of a synthetic fabric which is at least moderately stretchable, which is from six inches to two and one-half feet greater in diameter than the antenna dishes it is intended to cover, and which has a central opening for the antenna receiver and feed structure; the cover includes securing means in the preferred embodiment consisting of a peripheral hem having threaded therein a drawstring or drawcord such that the cover may be placed over the antenna dish with drawstring relaxed and the drawstring then tightened by employment of an optional tightening device capturing the rim of the dish with the hem to fasten the cover securely over the dish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Paul Dean Franklin
    Inventor: Sharon E. Franklin