Patents by Inventor Eddie S. McLeese

Eddie S. McLeese 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).

  • Self erecting structure
    Patent number: 4858634
    Abstract: A self-erecting tent structure having a first substantially circular member of a certain dimension and providing at least a second circular member for attachment thereto. The second circular member is attached a points along the length of the first member by constraining the first circular member with a tie forming the circle into an ellipse of a desired dimension. A second circular member is constrained also into an ellipse with the ends portions of the circle formed into a "saddle shaped" by equally elevating the opposite ends of the longer axis of the ellipse of the second member; and aligning the "saddle shaped" member with the convexed side upward over the first elliptical member so that the bottom arcs of the saddle touch and are congruent with the opposite sides of the shorter axis of the first elliptical member. This saddle shaped member is then attached to the first elliptical member at the points where the two members meet, which are substantially equal on opposite sides of the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Inventor: Eddie S. McLeese
  • Portable structure
    Patent number: D341407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Inventor: Eddie S. McLeese
  • Self-erecting structure
    Patent number: RE35571
    Abstract: A self-erecting tent structure having a first substantially circular member of a certain dimension and providing at least a second circular member for attachment thereto. The second circular member is attached a points along the length of the first member by constraining the first circular member with a tie forming the circle into an ellipse of a desired dimension. A second circular member is constrained also into an ellipse with the ends portions of the circle formed into a "saddle shaped" by equally elevating the opposite ends of the longer axis of the ellipse of the second member; and aligning the "saddle shaped" member with the convexed side upward over the first elliptical member so that the bottom arcs of the saddle touch and are congruent with the opposite sides of the shorter axis of the first elliptical member. This saddle shaped member is then attached to the first elliptical member at the points where the two members meet, which are substantially equal on opposite sides of the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Inventor: Eddie S. McLeese