Patents by Inventor Curtis Cooper

Curtis Cooper 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: 7325680
    Abstract: A net holder for carrying a landing net has an upper housing in the form of a channel member with a downwardly disposed opening hinged at its rearward portion to the rearward portion of a lower housing in the form of a channel member slightly narrower than the upper housing with an upwardly disposed opening. The hinge is spring-biased to force the upper housing downwardly onto and over the lower housing to enclose a landing net therein. The front of the lower housing has a notch into which a handle of a net can be inserted and thereby secured. The holder can be attached to the inside or outside of a boat by any appropriate fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Inventor: Curtis Cooper
  • Publication number: 20070120035
    Abstract: An in-ground anchor structure for supporting posts for signs and the like includes a ground anchor assembly with an elongate ground penetrating spike and a mounting plate connected to the upper end of the spike in perpendicular relation thereto, and a post mounting assembly with a base plate to be received on and removably connected to the mounting plate of the ground anchor assembly and a post receiver formed as a hollow sleeve with an open upper end connected to the base plate and extending upwardly therefrom. The ground anchor assembly is driven into the ground until the mounting plate is flush with or slightly below the surface, the post mounting assembly is connected to the ground anchor assembly, and a post is secured to the sleeve. In an alternative embodiment the ground anchor assembly includes a screw shaft and screw plate in place of the spike.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: George Albanese, Curtis Cooper
  • Publication number: 20040055912
    Abstract: A net holder for carrying a landing net has an upper housing in the form of a channel member with a downwardly disposed opening hinged at its rearward portion to the rearward portion of a lower housing in the form of a channel member slightly narrower than the upper housing with an upwardly disposed opening. The hinge is spring-biased to force the upper housing downwardly onto and over the lower housing to enclose a landing net therein. The front of the lower housing has a notch into which a handle of a net can be inserted and thereby secured. The holder can be attached to the inside or outside of a boat by any appropriate fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventor: Curtis Cooper