Patents by Inventor Donald L. McGrath, Jr.

Donald L. McGrath, Jr. 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: 6340092
    Abstract: A display rack for ceramic tiles having two framed sides, a back, and an open front. It has the following additional elements: left and right frames having tops, bottoms, backs, and fronts. Further, it has a top beam, having a front, a back, a top, and a bottom, connecting the back of the tops of the left and right frames. Also, there is a bottom beam, having a front, a back, a top, and a base, connecting the back of the bottoms of the left and right frames at a point slightly ahead of the position of the top beam. Also, there is a plurality of equidistantly, spaced apart angled pins located in the bottom of the top beam and in the top of the bottom beam, arranged in the form of approximately equal arcs that has their apex at the center of the top and bottom beams. A further element of the display rack is a plurality of wings removably mounted within the display rack. These wings have vertical holes in the tops and bottoms of their backs that mate with the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Inventor: Donald L. McGrath, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5117772
    Abstract: A punch embroidering tool for inserting yarn through fabric and forming loops of yarn includes a hollow needle of the type used in hypodermic syringes, modified by punching a transverse hole through the needle adjacent to the point of the needle, for receiving the end of a yarn strand. The base of the needle is press-fitted into a hollow cylindrical needle support tube having a longitudinally disposed bore communicating with the needle bore. The outer cylindrical wall surface of the needle support tube is provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart, annular grooves, and fits longitudinally slidably with a hollow cylindrical housing. A bushing having one or more pairs of slots extending longitudinally forward from its rear transverse annular end wall fits slidably over the grooved portion of the needle support tube, coaxially within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: The Punch Connection
    Inventors: Lana M. Horton, Donald L. McGrath, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4212478
    Abstract: A caddie is provided for a carpet pole when not in use, i.e., when not connected to a lift-truck. The carpet pole is supported above ground whereby it can be mounted on a lift-truck without requiring manual lifting; similarly the carpet pole may be demounted from a lift-truck without requiring manual lifting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Inventor: Donald L. McGrath, Jr.