Patents by Inventor Robert D. Berkley

Robert D. Berkley 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: 5814380
    Abstract: A three-dimensional heat and vacuum molded ornament, such as a snowman figure, formed of thermoplastic foam sheet material with heat sealed abutting edges, in a molding process. The ornament adapted to move, by the use of hand pressure, between a non-collapsed upright, use position and a collapsed, reduced-height position for shipment or storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Sport-Flex, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Tamborello, Robert D. Berkley
  • Patent number: 5003722
    Abstract: A game bird decoy has a body portion and a wing portion cut from flexible sheet plastic foamed material and assembled to represent a flying game bird such as a duck or goose. The decoy is mounted on a pole to simulate the silhouette of a bird approaching landing on water or land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignee: Packaging Industries Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Berkley, Terry P. Shaughnessy
  • Patent number: 5003718
    Abstract: A game bird decoy is formed as a shell representative of the upper portion that is above the waterline of a floating game bird represented. There is an open cavity below the upper portion that terminates in a waterline rim. The head is formed folded out with two similar sides to be folded together and bonded to yield a realistic head. The head is attached to the body by inserting the neck into a hole provided in the body shell. A slit in the neck provides access to the cavity within for storage of line, weight, and the like. The decoy is formed from flat sheet stock of closed cellular foam, preferably, of polyethelene. The color and color patterns as desired on the final product are applied to the flat sheet stock before vacuum forming. Painting, printing and silk screen processes are used as dictated by batch quantity considerations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Inventors: Steven A. Lenert, Robert D. Berkley