Patents by Inventor Brian Bruce Clarkson

Brian Bruce Clarkson 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: 8601755
    Abstract: A system for supporting a plurality of solar panels includes elongated support members each having a first portion, a coextensive second portion, and a longitudinally extending mid portion between the first and second portions. The first and second portions each have a base for contacting a surface and an edge receiving area configured to receive an edge of a solar panel at a height above the base, with the heights placing one edge higher than the other. When installed, support members are disposed generally parallel to each other and spaced apart on a surface, with the edge receiving portions facing each other. The upper edge of a solar panel is received in the edge receiving area of the first portion of one of the support members and a lower edge of the solar panel is received in the edge receiving area of the second portion of the other support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: 1541689 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bruce Clarkson, Brian David Wood
  • Patent number: 8567650
    Abstract: A storage box and a supporting bracket assembly are provided for use in the bed of a pickup style truck. The storage box has a base with a bottom and a plurality of side walls. The bracket assembly includes a box engaging portion, a hook portion and an adjustable support leg. The box and bracket have an installed position wherein the hook portion engages the upper rail of a bed of a pickup style bed, the outer end of the adjustable support leg engages a wall extending downwardly from the upper rail of the bed and the storage box is supported on the bracket assembly adjacent the wall of the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: 1541689 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Angus Read, Brian Bruce Clarkson, Michael Merril Springer, Keith Alan Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20120247540
    Abstract: A system for supporting a plurality of solar panels includes elongated support members each having a first portion, a coextensive second portion, and a longitudinally extending mid portion between the first and second portions. The first and second portions each have a base for contacting a surface and an edge receiving area configured to receive an edge of a solar panel at a height above the base, with the heights placing one edge higher than the other. When installed, support members are disposed generally parallel to each other and spaced apart on a surface, with the edge receiving portions facing each other. The upper edge of a solar panel is received in the edge receiving area of the first portion of one of the support members and a lower edge of the solar panel is received in the edge receiving area of the second portion of the other support members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: 1541689 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bruce Clarkson, Brian David Wood
  • Publication number: 20110204110
    Abstract: A storage box and a supporting bracket assembly are provided for use in the bed of a pickup style truck. The storage box has a base with a bottom and a plurality of side walls. The bracket assembly includes a box engaging portion, a hook portion and an adjustable support leg. The box and bracket have an installed position wherein the hook portion engages the upper rail of a bed of a pickup style bed, the outer end of the adjustable support leg engages a wall extending downwardly from the upper rail of the bed and the storage box is supported on the bracket assembly adjacent the wall of the bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: 1541689 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Angus Read, Brian Bruce Clarkson, Michael Merril Springer, Keith Alan Armstrong
  • Patent number: D659074
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: 1541689 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Angus Read, Brian Bruce Clarkson, Michael Merril Springer, Keith Alan Armstrong
  • Patent number: D702620
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: 1541689 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Angus Read, Brian Bruce Clarkson, Michael Merril Springer, Keith Alan Armstrong
  • Patent number: D718228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: 1541689 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bruce Clarkson, Brian David Wood