Patents by Inventor Terry D. Cothern

Terry D. Cothern 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: 9402508
    Abstract: A ceramic cooker support frame and transport device for holding, loading and unloading a ceramic cooker, smoker, or grill having a egg, cylindrical or spherical shape which includes a cooker holding pivotal frame with a freely swinging cooker basket and a detachable hand truck in order to maintain the cooker in an upright position during the loading and storage positions. The hand truck includes a frame with wheels and a locking handle to maintain the desired spacing between the support surface and the cooker supported by the elevated platform. The truck or dolly frame and locking handle are detachable from the cooker holding frame. The cooker frame and hand truck assembly are configured to be easily moved onto an elevated platform, for example, the bed of a truck or an elevated floor such as a raised patio or deck floor. The transport device facilitates cooking food for transport to a serving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Inventor: Terry D. Cothern
  • Publication number: 20150021448
    Abstract: A ceramic cooker support frame and transport device for holding, loading and unloading a ceramic cooker, smoker, or grill having a egg, cylindrical or spherical shape which includes a cooker holding pivotal frame with a freely swinging cooker basket and a detachable hand truck in order to maintain the cooker in an upright position during the loading and storage positions. The hand truck includes a frame with wheels and a locking handle to maintain the desired spacing between the support surface and the cooker supported by the elevated platform. The truck or dolly frame and locking handle are detachable from the cooker holding frame. The cooker frame and hand truck assembly are configured to be easily moved onto an elevated platform, for example, the bed of a truck or an elevated floor such as a raised patio or deck floor. The transport device facilitates cooking food for transport to a serving area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Terry D. Cothern
  • Patent number: 5484036
    Abstract: A safety device adapted for removable attachment to a selected one of the rungs of a ladder for securing the ladder to a structure against which it operatively positioned is disclosed. The device features a rigid hollow body which surrounds the selected rung, a pair of flexible straps secured to opposite end portions of the rigid body for being adjustably connected to a portion of the structure, and a flexible sheet or cover connected on one edge portion thereof to one side of the rigid body so that the sheet is disposed between the flexible strap connections. A free edge portion of the sheet opposite the one edge which is connected to the one side of the body is removably connectable to an opposite side of the body so that the sheet can confine the straps between itself and an underside of the body when the straps are not in use to secure the ladder to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Inventor: Terry D. Cothern