Patents by Inventor Robert C. Durham

Robert C. Durham 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: 5713167
    Abstract: A glazing system for a sliding glass door includes an existing glass pane and an existing door frame having an existing door frame upper surface and having a glass receiving channel recessed into the existing door frame upper surface, the system including a reinforced glass pane having a pane inner face for orienting toward the interior of a building and a pane outer face for orienting toward the outside of a building and having a transparent, shatter-proof film secured onto the pane inner face with a film securing mechanism, and a mounting structure having a mounting member with a member anchoring portion for securing into the channel with an anchoring portion securing mechanism and a pane mounting flange having a flange inner face for directing toward the interior of a building and a flange outer face for directing toward the outside of a building, the film being secured to the flange outer face with a pane securing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Inventors: Robert C. Durham, Ruth Ann Durham
  • Patent number: 4974364
    Abstract: This peripheral member is for use in a frame holding one or more window panes and in a framework for attachment along the inside of a window opening in a building structure. It has a hollow rectangular main body and a narrower rectangular extension. The main body and the extension form a right-angled inside corner where their adjoining sides present intersecting longitudinal recesses. These sides of the main body and the extension have longitudinal grooves located away from the inside corner. The remaining faces of the main body and the extension are flat, including a face on the extension that is a co-planar continuation of a corresponding face on the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Chelsea Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert C. Durham, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4949506
    Abstract: This is a window assembly with one sliding window, one fixed window and a rectangular framework made up of extruded framework members with the same cross-sectional profile except for small segments that are removed in the framework members along which the sliding windows slide. Three of these framework members support the fixed window pane along three edges. The sliding window has extruded peripheral members along its edges which have the same cross-sectional profile as one another except where small segments are removed in two of them to slidably interfit with the two framework members along which the sliding window slides. An additional peripheral member of this cross-section is part of the framework and supports the fixed window along its remaining edge. Springs inside the two framework members along which the sliding windows slide urge the sliding window to an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Chelsea Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert C. Durham, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4227345
    Abstract: One-piece member with a cam-shaped periphery serves as both a slide and a tilt-lock for a window sash which is slidable vertically in a window frame and is tiltable with respect to the window frame. A thin, flat, elongated spring leaf has its lower end attached to the combined slide and tilt-lock member and has a spirally wound upper end fastened to the window frame. The window frame conceals and protects the unwound length of this spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Inventor: Robert C. Durham, Jr.