Patents by Inventor Hollis B. Rushing

Hollis B. Rushing 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: 5902067
    Abstract: A lighted tube support assembly having a first base portion and an upper lighted tube support portion. The base portion would be substantially rectangular in configuration, and would define a channel therethrough of sufficient width to accommodate the width of an anti-glare panel therein. The lighted tube support portion would include a continuous ring member having a bore therethrough for slidably engaging around the outer surface of a lighted tube, and the support portion would further be secured to the base portion via a ball and socket type of joint, so that the upper tube support portion could rotate in vertical, horizontal, and rotational planes in relation to the stationary base member. It would be further provided that these assemblies would be spaced at regular intervals along the entire length of the lighted tube, and would be secured to the support structure or anti-glare panel via screws or the like attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Inventor: Hollis B. Rushing
  • Patent number: 5641241
    Abstract: A median barrier, of the type commonly known, utilizing a plurality of anti-glare paddles mounted onto the barrier for defining a continuous anti-glare system along the lengths of the barrier. There is further provided a system of lighted tubes mounted onto the glare panel with a specific attachment device. In the preferred embodiment, the attachment device is positioned on every fourth glare paddle, and the lighted tube is threaded through tube holders on the top of the attachment device, to define a continuous support for the lighted tube along the length of the barrier system. There is further provided a source of electrical power to the system of lighted tools, in order to effect the lighting within the tubes for use in night time driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Inventor: Hollis B. Rushing
  • Patent number: D342036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Inventor: Hollis B. Rushing