Patents Examined by Alvin C. Chin-Sue
  • Patent number: 5195713
    Abstract: A presentation rail assembly is secured to a wall to provide a surface for supporting items in a near-vertical position. The assembly includes a lower rail element secured to the wall, and an upper rail element with preferably a snap-in interengagement with the lower element concealing the wall fastenings. A facing strip extends along the front of the upper element, and provides an abutment confining the lower edges of supported items. Fastenings securing the facing strip to the upper rail element are entered from the rear, when the upper rail element is separtated from the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Nucraft Furniture Company
    Inventors: Quentin R. Van Dore, Mitchell Bakker, Nelson Chapman
  • Patent number: 4938446
    Abstract: A fishing rod support having a pair of tines connected by a horizontal member adapted for purchase of the foot to set the tines into the soil. A spaced apart pair of upwardly and downwardly opening rod cradles allow the rod to be positioned within the cradles to clear the reel for unobstructed use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Inventor: James L. Williams
  • Patent number: 4805868
    Abstract: Corrugated coring of the inside of an isolator grommet forms radial fingers which engage the outer surface of a metallic spacer which provides an attachment for the arms of a bracket to upper and lower tie bars so that the isolator will provide a high spring rate between a bladed fan and radiator while allowing the fan package to have more freedom in the radial direction while keeping the clearance between the fan and radiator as close as possible while damping the vibratory energy generated by the fan and motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: George T. Claude
  • Patent number: 4805866
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a powered seat slide device which comprises a threaded shaft which is neatly received in an elongate tunnel-like space defined between coupled movable and stationary rails and rotatably held by the movable rail, a nut which is received in the tunnel-like space to be operatively engaged with the threaded shaft and connected to the stationary rail. One end of the threaded shaft is projected from the tunnel like-space to form an exposed end. A gear mechanism incorporated with the exposed end of the threaded shaft for transmitting a power of an electric motor to the threaded shaft is arranged outside of the coupled rail unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignees: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd., Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Aihara, Yasuo Hirama, Hiroaki Iwamoto