Patents by Inventor Randolph C. Franklin

Randolph C. Franklin 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).

  • Publication number: 20030132639
    Abstract: A door-lock, latch-bolt retainer (10) that is specifically designed to be used by law enforcement personnel to prevent a door from being latched after an initial entry has been made. The retainer (10) which is used in combination with a door (60) having an outside knob (62), an inside knob (64) and a latch bolt (68) consists of a resilient strap (12) having a left edge (20) and a right edge (22). Adjacent the two edges (20, 22) is respectively located a left opening (32) and a right opening (34). When the openings are inserted over the door's outside knob (62) and the inside knob (64) the retainer (10) is attached. The attached retainer maintains the door's latch bolt (68) in a depressed position, thus preventing the door (60) from being latched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventor: Randolph C. Franklin
  • Patent number: 5690401
    Abstract: A dresser to be contained in a clothing locker, the dresser being formed of two independent units with each of the units having one or more sliding drawers, and with each of the units having a rectangular shape and dimensioned to be fitted together in side-by-side relationship within the locker to form a detachable assembly having an overall width corresponding to the internal width of the locker and an overall height substantially less than the internal height of the locker. The facing sides of the two units are shaped to provide mating latches which serve to hold the two units in an assembled interlocked position within the locker. The dresser has a frame surrounding its front side, and the dresser is held in the locker by the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Inventor: Randolph C. Franklin