Patents by Inventor Rodney R. Tompkins

Rodney R. Tompkins 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: 20150231475
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a sports sled configured to be used individually or in connection with one or more additional sports sleds. The sports sled includes a support base and a support frame fixedly attached to the support base. The support frame can be configured to support an attachable pad that absorbs impacts thereupon such that the support base can slide on a support surface, such as the ground. The sports sled can also include connection plates and connectors configured to couple the sports sled to another sports sled positioned adjacent to the sports sled. In some embodiments, a first connection plate and its associated connectors can extend parallel to the ground, and a second connection plate and its associated connectors can extend perpendicular to the ground. The connection plates can be removably connected to the sports sled using, for example, connectors configured as pegs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Rodney R. Tompkins, David Edward Synnott, Richard Todd Poehlman, Timothy Elmer Schultze, Sean Stacy Spann, Robert Lee Waldo, Robert James Lutz
  • Patent number: 4951826
    Abstract: A compact disc storage and display board which includes a rigid panel which will support a plurality of compact disc cases. Preferably, a frame is mounted to the panel to give the device a more refined appearance. The frame includes upper and lower edges and a pair of side edges which form a boundary surrounding a display surface. Compact disc cases may be removably connected to the display surface utilizing hook and loop fasteners with one half of the fastener mounted on the rearward face of the compact disc case and the other half of the fastener mounted on the forward surface of the rigid panel. Compact disc cases mounted on the display board may be opened so as to allow access to the compact disc therein. In this fashion, the graphic work on the forward cover of each compact disc case may be displayed within the frame and yet allow access to the compact disc therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Inventor: Rodney R. Tompkins
  • Patent number: 4884514
    Abstract: An automatic teller machine housing includes a conventional automatic teller machine having a money cassette portion, a display panel and internal mechanical and electrical components. The ATM is mounted in the housing with the display panel exposed along one longitudinal side of the housing, the housing being a width slightly greater than the depth of the money cassette, and large enough to allow rotational movement of the money cassette. The money cassette is rotatably and slidably mounted within a vault within the housing so as to be moveable between an operable position in engagement with the display panel and transversely oriented to the longitudinal walls of the housing, and a loading position generally parallel with the longitudinal walls of the housing. A turntable having a slidable platform mounted thereon is utilized to support the money cassette within a vault, so as to permit the appropriate movement of the money cassette from the operable position to the loading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: Heritage Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent J. Shockey, Rodney R. Tompkins