Patents by Inventor Alan Brownlie

Alan Brownlie has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4688850
    Abstract: An infant seat which serves as a rocker, car safety seat, carrier and swing seat. The seat includes a plastic shell having a seat portion, a backrest portion and a pair of hook members for threadably receiving and retaining a seat belt. A foldable rocker mechanism is coupled to the shell and is latchable in one or more positions so as to rockably support the seat on a flat support surface or provide a stable support for the seat on a car seat. A handle mechanism for carrying the seat includes a handle member rotatably coupled to the shell and latchable in a forward position. A bail is attachable to the handle so as to swingably support the handle from a windup swing mechanism when the handle is in the forward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Graco Metal Products
    Inventors: Alan Brownlie, Nathaniel Saint
  • Patent number: 4561693
    Abstract: Tilt control for a back support and height control for the back support and a seat for a chair or the like are provided by a gas cylinder actuator having a cam surface and pivotally mounted so that the cam surface activates the gas cylinder. A blocker plate is pivotally mounted for movement between one position in which it prevents tilting of the back support and another position in which tilting is permitted. The actuator and blocker plate are coupled together so that pivotal movement of one is accompanied by pivotal movement of the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Assignee: Knoll International, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Brownlie, Jeffrey D. Crawford, Harold A. Smith
  • Patent number: 3952687
    Abstract: An outboard drive for a marine engine includes an upper unit mounted through the transom of the boat and a lower steerable leg which includes the propeller shaft. A pivot point in the upper unit is inside the boat. The drive unit is rotatable about this pivot point to lift, or tilt, the drive from its normal position. The steering tube, shift tube, and lift motor shaft are all rotatable about the pivot point inside the boat. Because of this, the required space between the drive and the engine is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: American Challenger Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Brownlie, Lewis J. Daly
  • Patent number: RE30122
    Abstract: An outboard drive for a marine engine includes an upper unit mounted through the transom of the boat and a lower steerable leg which includes the propeller shaft. A pivot point in the upper unit is inside the boat. The drive unit is rotatable about this pivot point to lift, or tilt, the drive from its normal position. The steering tube, shift tube, and lift motor shaft are all rotatable about the pivot point inside the boat. Because of this, the required space between the drive and the engine is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: Internal Marine Combustion, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Brownlie, Lewis J. Daly
  • Patent number: D288496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: Jeffrey B. Volk
    Inventor: Alan Brownlie
  • Patent number: D295397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Brownlie, Nathanael Saint, Devon Siesholtz