Patents by Inventor Robert E. Kirkwood

Robert E. Kirkwood 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: 4266757
    Abstract: A device for attachment to a tubular fence post so as to fasten horizontal fence rails or a fence panel to the fence post. Two of these devices may be fastened to a common corner fence post so as to each fasten a set of rails or panels to the common fence post at any desired angle as seen from above. The device is in the form of a channel bent at its upper end to a clip that fits over the top and into the interior of a vertical tubular fence post. Holes in the channel accommodate wire ties to fasten the channel about the fence post. Open clips are externally welded at spaced intervals to the channel and are of a size to accommodate the bent ends of horizontal fence rails which are detachably mounted to the channel clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Inventor: Robert E. Kirkwood
  • Patent number: 4063714
    Abstract: A fence which may be formed from prefabricated sections that readily fit together. The fence includes vertical members, each fitted with clips to fasten to horizontal spacers, a pair of horizontal spacers of a U-shaped section and a horizontal spacer of an H-section, together with flat panels that fit into the recesses of the U-shape and H-shape spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Kirkwood