Patents by Inventor Paula O. Link

Paula O. Link 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: 9320377
    Abstract: A combination boot jack, boot tray and boot rack for the removal, cleaning, movement and storage of mud boots, muck boots, galoshes, snow boots, work boots and similar rubber boots. The boot tray is broad enough for a user to step into the top surface of its base with both booted feet. The invention has a pair of U-shaped notches elevated above the top surface of the base, as well as an open-back/closed toe foot box, built into the boot tray. The user may thus step into the boot tray, use the pair of U-shaped notches as a boot jack to grip and secure the heels of both boots at once, and remove them, one at a time. During removal of the second boot, the user's unbooted foot is placed into the protected foot box, keeping it dry and out of contact with the ground, the outside of the boots, or any part of the boot jack and boot tray touched or soiled by the boots during their removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Link, Paula O. Link
  • Publication number: 20150305536
    Abstract: A combination boot jack, boot tray and boot rack for the removal, cleaning, movement and storage of mud boots, muck boots, galoshes, snow boots, work boots and similar rubber boots. The boot tray is broad enough for a user to step into the top surface of its base with both booted feet. The invention has a pair of U-shaped notches elevated above the top surface of the base, as well as an open-back/closed toe foot box, built into the boot tray. The user may thus step into the boot tray, use the pair of U-shaped notches as a boot jack to grip and secure the heels of both boots at once, and remove them, one at a time. During removal of the second boot, the user's unbooted foot is placed into the protected foot box, keeping it dry and out of contact with the ground, the outside of the boots, or any part of the boot jack and boot tray touched or soiled by the boots during their removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Link, Paula O. Link
  • Patent number: D733392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Link, Paula O. Link