Patents by Inventor Robert T. Mattox

Robert T. Mattox 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: 5409190
    Abstract: An apparatus for securely holding a full-sized beverage cup to a metallic leg of a chair has an angle support and magnets. The magnets are permanently affixed to interior walls of the angle support. The apparatus is removably mounted onto the metallic chair leg with the magnets placed in contact with surfaces of the chair leg. A ring attaches to an exterior wall of the angle support and extends from the exterior wall. An "L"-shaped locking member is rotatably mounted in a sleeve attached to the angle support. A wing nut fixedly attaches to a threaded shaft portion of the "L"-shaped locking member so that the locking member will rotate when a user turns the wing nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Inventor: Robert T. Mattox
  • Patent number: 5054726
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding a communion cup has a means for attaching the apparatus to the metal leg of a chair, and a means for supporting the communion cup in an upright position. The attachment means comprises an angle support and a pair of magnetic blocks permanently adhered to the interior walls of the angle support. The supporting means comprises a ring tangentially affixed to an exterior wall of the angle support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Inventor: Robert T. Mattox