Patents by Inventor Charles T. McKinney

Charles T. McKinney 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: 5098108
    Abstract: A clothes hamper (10) includes a backboard (12) configured and decorated to resemble a basketball backboard. Brackets (18) support the backboard at the top of a door. First and second generally S-shaped hooks, each having a first U-shaped configuration at one end of the S for fitting over the top edge of a door, the portion over the door edge being flattened sufficiently to enable the door to be closed with the hook over the top thereof and a second U-shaped configuration at the other end of the S in inverted relationship to the first U-shaped end for extending through the apertures of the spaced frame brackets so as to support the backboard in a vertical orientation on the door. A hoop (26) configured to resemble a basketball goal is supported on the backboard by a unitary mounting plate for pivotally attaching the hoop to the lower half of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Charlico, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles T. McKinney
  • Patent number: D324554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Charlico, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles T. McKinney