Patents by Inventor Charles Botkin

Charles Botkin 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).

  • Publication number: 20130077322
    Abstract: A light (10) includes an upper mounting bracket (17), a light socket assembly (26), and a lower mounting bracket (34) and a glass disc mounting bracket (42). The lower mounting bracket includes a central plate (35) and two oppositely disposed arms (39). Each arm has three pairs of vertically spaced screw mounting holes (40). The glass disc mounting bracket (42) is coupled to the lower mounting bracket. The glass disc mounting bracket includes a central portion (43) and two arms (45) which are configured to mate with lower mounting bracket arms. Each arm has a pair of mounting holes (46) therethrough. A pair of threaded mounting screws (47) pass through the glass disc mounting bracket mounting holes and are threaded into one of the three pairs of screw mounting holes within the lower mounting bracket. A light diffusor (54) is coupled to the glass disc mounting bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Charles Botkin, Alan C. Webb, Brian H. Friedman, Jeremy R. Tarr, Christophe B. Badarello
  • Publication number: 20090180881
    Abstract: A ceiling fan is disclosed having a blade iron mounting system (14) coupled to the bottom mounting plate (15) of an motor (13). The blade iron mounting system includes an annular mounting plate (24), an annular array of blade iron anti-rotation blocks (25), and an annular array of blade irons (26) having a blade (27) coupled thereto. The mounting plate also includes an annular array of inner five pulley mounts and an annular array of outer five pulley mounts (29). The blade iron is allowed to move radially relative to the mounting plate. A blade iron five pulley mount (49) is coupled to blade iron mounting hole (45). Lastly, a series of five cables (50), equal in number to the number of blade irons, is interwoven between a number of inner pulley mounts (28), outer pulley mounts (29) and blade iron pulley mounts (49).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventor: Charles Botkin
  • Patent number: D762296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: HUNTER FAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Christophe Badarello, Charles Botkin
  • Patent number: D798433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Inventors: Christophe Badarello, Charles Botkin