Patents by Inventor Doyce Humphrey

Doyce Humphrey 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: 5862798
    Abstract: A safety device for a portable stove having a bottom portion, a mounting apparatus for removably securing the portable stove to a substrate of a vehicle, wherein the portable stove having a generally rectangular bottom portion, and a box-shaped frame with a rear side and sidewalls, and at least one burner mounted in the box-shaped frame; a safety/fastening means operably connected between the portable stove and substrate for removably fastening the portable stove and the substrate together and preventing the portable stove from sliding off the substrate; and the safety/fastening means being selected from the group consisting of suction cups, tangs, magnets and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Inventor: Doyce Humphrey
  • Patent number: 5669372
    Abstract: A safety device for a cooking range having at least one burner grid with supporting radial bars include an open-top receiving member and a plurality of circumferentially spaced anchoring members extending outwardly from the receiving member. Each anchoring member has a pair of spaced legs adapted to straddle one of the radial bars, so that the receiving member is prevented from a lateral and rotational displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Inventor: Doyce Humphrey
  • Patent number: 5431146
    Abstract: A safety device for a cooking range having at least one burner gird with supporting radial bars include an open-top receiving member and a plurality of circumferentially spaced anchoring members extending outwardly from the receiving member. Each anchoring member has a pair of spaced legs adapted to straddle one of the radial bars, so that the receiving member is prevented from a lateral and rotational displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Inventor: Doyce Humphrey
  • Patent number: 5323757
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus for removably securing a portable stove to a fixture of a motor vehicle or boat includes a portable stove having a generally rectangular box shaped frame, a fileting board having a flat, generally rectangular upper surface portion and at least one side wall portion extending upward from one edge of the surface portion of the board. A first fastening means operably connects between the stove and the fileting board for removably fastening the stove and board together and preventing said stove from sliding off of the fileting board. The first fastening means includes a pair of elongated tang members each having one end fastened to the stove and another end extending through one of two apertures in the one side wall portion. A second fastening means operably connects between the fileting board and the boat fixture for removably securing said board to the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Inventor: Doyce Humphrey