Patents by Inventor Leroy J. Bryan

Leroy J. Bryan 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: 5762308
    Abstract: An umbrella holder includes a container adapted to receive an umbrella handle. A clamp secures the container to a frame member of a golf cart or the like. A lever support has a pair of opposing arms connected on opposite sides of a slot formed in the container. A latch or lever is positioned between the opposing arms and is pivotable about a pivot axis extending therebetween. The latch has a boss that is receivable in a locking aperture formed in one of the opposing arms. A protrusion formed on the latch is moveable into the container via the slot in response to pivoting the latch between the opposing arms. The protrusion and the inside wall of the container coact to form an interstice smaller than the diameter of the umbrella handle when the boss is received in the receiving aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Inventor: Leroy J. Bryan