Patents Examined by Maerena Brevard
  • Patent number: 6068168
    Abstract: A vehicle rack assembly for mounting on a vehicle having a rollbar, the assembly having a unitary rack member having sidewalls and a floor and bracket members for mounting the floor of the rack to a rollbar of a vehicle. For use with a convertible SUV having a roof, the assembly can further have grommet assemblies for mounting around holes formed in a roof of a vehicle for receiving therein a portion of the bracket members, wherein a roof of a vehicle passes between a rollbar of a vehicle and said unitary rack member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Inventor: Stewart Orson Kreisler
  • Patent number: 6039227
    Abstract: A golf bag carrier suitable for carrying golf bags external to a motor vehicle equipped with a standard square tube trailer hitch receptacle permanently mounted to the frame and under the rear bumper of said vehicle is described. The golf bag carrier consists of a substantially rectangular pan assembly upon which the golf bag is vertically placed; a trailer hitch shank which is telescopically received by the standard square tube trailer hitch receptacle mounted to the motor vehicle, said shank being affixed to the bottom of said rectangular pan assembly; a second standard square tube trailer hitch receptacle affixed to the bottom of the rectangular pan assembly and coaxial with its trailer hitch shank, a vertical member detachably attached to the rectangular pan; and a horizontal member detachably attached to the top end of the vertical member and having a plurality of horizontal support arms for stabilizing the golf bag being transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Inventor: Samuel Ray Stark
  • Patent number: 6032840
    Abstract: An accessory for an automobile having an armrest structure or console intermediate the driver seat and the passenger seat includes a device adapted to cover the armrest structure. It is fabricated from cloth, leather, synthetic leather or other suitably pliable material. A top portion of the device rests atop the armrest structure while a side or skirt portion extends downwardly from the top portion alongside the armrest structure. One or more upwardly opening pocket arrangements on the side portion hold personal items (e.g., a beverage container, a pair of eye glasses, a mobile telephone, a pencil, a pen, a tape recorder, a calculator, a camera, a wallet). One forwardly opening pocket arrangement on the top portion holds a pad of paper and another holds business cards. The top portion of one embodiment includes a first leaf adapted to hold a laptop computer, a second leaf adapted to hold the pad of paper, and a third leaf that covers the pad of paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Inventor: Frederick C. Gregory
  • Patent number: 6029874
    Abstract: An article carrying device for attachment to handlebars of a bicycle has a generally elongate main center section supported by attachment legs which attach to opposite ends of handlebars to position the main center section generally parallel to and spaced from the major lineal extent of the handlebars. Fastening devices such as clips and hooks are attached to the main center section and adapted to support one or more articles of differing geometry such as a baseball bat and glove, with a baseball bat removably engageable in spring-biased clips generally vertically oriented relative to the main center section, and a baseball glove supported upon a hook or clip depending from the main center section between the clips. The main center section and attachment legs can be made length adjustable to fit handlebars of different sizes and configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Inventor: Austin Steven Meggitt
  • Patent number: 5950895
    Abstract: A carrying bag, such as a backpack, a closable primary storage compartment and at least one closable secondary storage compartment on the backpack configured in the shape of a hat, preferably a baseball cap. The carrying bag can also include additional separate closable compartments in other configurations for storing items separate from the items stored in the primary compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: La Rue Distributors, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Zakarin
  • Patent number: 5897040
    Abstract: A cellular telephone motorcycle mounting apparatus is provided for mounting a cellular telephone to a motorcycle gas tank is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Inventor: Rod R. Ward