Patents by Inventor John L. Gename

John L. Gename 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: 5179810
    Abstract: A panel system is provided wherein a pair of adjacent display panels are removably interconnected. The system includes a tensioning member disposed within a peripheral track formed in each of the adjacent display panels. The tensioning member cooperates with an elongate link, which slidably engages the tracks of the adjacent panels and retains the link and tracks in a snug interfitting relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignee: Nimlok Company
    Inventors: John L. Gename, David P. Evensen
  • Patent number: 4251038
    Abstract: A hose reel is shown having a body portion with two sides which define a reel pocket therebetween. At one end a hand grip is provided, and at the remote end a pair of opposed rollers are located which serve to guide the hose and strip the hose. A crank having a crank axle lockingly secures a hose reel in the reel pocket. The reel itself has a central hub which is engaged by a spline on the crank handle. Radiating from the hub is a spider-like assembly which engages one end of the hose fitting and causes a flat type hose to assume a circular configuration when the reel is full.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1981
    Assignee: Popeil Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: John L. Gename
  • Patent number: 4220293
    Abstract: A device for storing and carrying collapsible hose comprising an enclosure having an aperture therein, a reel rotatable in the enclosure, means for rotating the reel, a fixture on and rotatable with the reel adapted for extension out of the enclosure through the aperture, the fixture having a tongue for gripping the hose intermediate its length to draw up the hose onto and around the reel upon rotation thereof, and a guide on the housing for maintaining the hose in windable position as the hose is drawn around the reel during rotation thereof, said hose being adapted for removal from the device upon rotation of the reel in a direction opposite to its hose winding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1980
    Assignee: Richco Plastic Company
    Inventor: John L. Gename