Patents by Inventor Frederick Byron Preston, Sr.

Frederick Byron Preston, Sr. 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: 5799913
    Abstract: A beverage holding device including a central rack portion having downturned side portions. The central rack portion has a pair of diamond shaped openings therethrough. Each of the openings has an upper apex, a lower apex, and two intermediate apexes therebetween. The lower apex has a square opening extending coextensively therefrom. The device includes a pair of sliding lock bars each having an angular recess formed in a rear surface thereof. Each lock bar has an elongated recess formed therethrough. The lock bars are slidably coupled to the lower surface of the central rack portion whereby the angular recess abuts the upper apex of a respective diamond shaped opening in an open orientation. The lock bars are operable to an opened or a closed orientation for engaging or disengaging a beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Inventor: Frederick Byron Preston, Sr.