Patents by Inventor Nick J. Theobald

Nick J. Theobald 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: 5607213
    Abstract: A sliding work platform for a drawer, of the type having upstanding front, rear and side walls, includes a substantially rectangular panel which defines a work surface and has front and rear edges and substantially flat side margins. The flat side margins slidably engage the tops of the upstanding side walls of the drawer to facilitate movement of the platform in the forward and rearward direction relative to the drawer. Support members are integrally coupled close to the rear edge of the panel for slidably engaging upper edges of drawer slides to support the platform rearwardly of the drawer. Downwardly depending flanges are integral with the panel side margins near the front edge of the panel to engage the insides of the drawer walls for limiting front-to-back and lateral movement of the platform relative to the drawer. Lips on the flanges engage beneath folded-over upper ends of the drawer side walls to inhibit vertical movement of the platform relative to the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Snap-on Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: George R. Slivon, Nick J. Theobald