Patents by Inventor Alston H. Killen

Alston H. Killen 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: 4183522
    Abstract: A pair of spaced apertured channel members are attached fixedly near their ends to a door or vertical wall surface. A lower pair of support brackets connected as a unit by a trough or channel member have suspension hooks which are engageable releasably in selected apertures of the two apertured channel members. A goal backboard having marginal molding strips has its lower edge socketed in the trough interconnecting the lower pair of support brackets. An upper pair of independent support brackets are bolted directly to upper corners of the backboard and have suspension hooks which engage releasably in apertures of the apertured channel members at an elevation above the lower pair of support brackets. The customary hoop or goal is attached centrally to the backboard by an integral hoop bracket and bolts. Simplicity, sturdiness and economy are featured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Inventor: Alston H. Killen