Patents by Inventor Allen K. Noland

Allen K. Noland 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: 4739885
    Abstract: A rack for storing food mixer attachments comprising a housing adapted to be connected to the underside of a kitchen cabinet and having a plurality of cylindrical posts extending downwardly therefrom. A cylindrical pin is attached to the post intermediate the ends thereof. An annular washer is disposed around the post and is located between the pin and the housing. A helical compression spring is disposed around the post and has one end thereof in abutment with the housing and the other end thereof in abutment with the annular washer for biasing the annular washer toward the pin. Attachements to food mixers of a certain type can then be placed on the posts and locked on by the pin, such attachments being of a type having a circular opening in one end thereof with a slot going down one side of the circular opening and leading to one side of a second slot which is formed in an arc around the axis of the circular opening. The other end of the second slot has a notch therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Inventors: Allen K. Noland, Roberta G. Noland