Patents by Inventor James M. Copeland

James M. Copeland 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).

  • Portable support having extendable rod
    Patent number: 9027895
    Abstract: A portable support for supporting equipment above a surface having an opening to a subsurface space. The support includes a head, an elevator on the head, and legs connected to the head for supporting the head above the surface. Each of the legs has a foot for engaging the surface when supporting the head above the surface. The support also includes an elongate rod vertically mounted on the elevator for movement between a raised position, in which an upper end of the rod extends above the head, and a lowered position, in which a lower end of the rod extends below the feet of the legs to extend into the subsurface space. The support includes an instrument platform positionable on the lower end of the rod when in the lowered position to support the equipment in the subsurface space when the rod is in the lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: SECO Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hunter, James M. Copeland, Christopher James McNeill
  • PORTABLE SUPPORT HAVING EXTENDABLE ROD
    Publication number: 20130270405
    Abstract: A portable support for supporting equipment above a surface having an opening to a subsurface space. The support includes a head, an elevator on the head, and legs connected to the head for supporting the head above the surface. Each of the legs has a foot for engaging the surface when supporting the head above the surface. The support also includes an elongate rod vertically mounted on the elevator for movement between a raised position, in which an upper end of the rod extends above the head, and a lowered position, in which a lower end of the rod extends below the feet of the legs to extend into the subsurface space. The support includes an instrument platform positionable on the lower end of the rod when in the lowered position to support the equipment in the subsurface space when the rod is in the lowered position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: SECO MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Hunter, James M. Copeland, Christopher James McNeill
  • Planting bed apparatus
    Patent number: 7913451
    Abstract: An apparatus straddles and traverses a covered raised planting bed to create holes in the raised bed for production of container plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Fraleigh Nursery, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Fraleigh, James M. Copeland, Sarah Sheldon Copeland, legal representative
  • System, method and apparatus for container plant production
    Publication number: 20040111963
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process and apparatus for producing container plants in a covered raised-bed environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Jay Fraleigh, James M. Copeland, Sarah Sheldon Copeland