Patents by Inventor Henry James Hathaway

Henry James Hathaway 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).

  • Furniture and methods of storage
    Patent number: 11412855
    Abstract: Furniture configurable between a display configuration and a storage configuration that eases transport and storage and reduces the furniture footprint. The furniture includes an upper region that has seating and a backrest, and a lower region that is below the upper region and adapted to engage a support surface beneath the furniture when in the display configuration. In combination, the upper and lower regions define at least first and second sections of the furniture that are coupled by at least one hinge so that the first section comprises a first portion of the upper region and a first portion of the lower region and the second section comprises a second portion of the upper region and a second portion of the lower region, and the at least one hinge is configured so that the first and second sections pivot toward each other when the furniture is in the storage configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tong Jin Kim, Henry James Hathaway, Alexander M. Rockhold, Fernando Herrera
  • FURNITURE AND METHODS OF STORAGE
    Publication number: 20210153658
    Abstract: Furniture configurable between a display configuration and a storage configuration that eases transport and storage and reduces the furniture footprint. The furniture includes an upper region that has seating and a backrest, and a lower region that is below the upper region and adapted to engage a support surface beneath the furniture when in the display configuration. In combination, the upper and lower regions define at least first and second sections of the furniture that are coupled by at least one hinge so that the first section comprises a first portion of the upper region and a first portion of the lower region and the second section comprises a second portion of the upper region and a second portion of the lower region, and the at least one hinge is configured so that the first and second sections pivot toward each other when the furniture is in the storage configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Tong Jin Kim, Henry James Hathaway, Alexander M. Rockhold, Fernando Herrera