Patents by Inventor Wayne C. Seeley

Wayne C. Seeley 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: 5337949
    Abstract: A combination photo or art easel and self-mailer comprising a main central four-sided panel having four contiguous sub-panels respectively reversibly foldably-connected to the edges of said central panel, one sub-panel having assembly instructions on one surface, an opposite sub-panel having thereon or receiving a photo or art object, a third sub-panel having securing ears tuckable into receiving slits in an opposite fourth sub-panel, whereby one surface of the assembly of folded connected panels comprises an easel showing an art view or photograph and the opposite surface of reversely-folded panels comprises an outer surface of a mailing piece. Several additional features comprise optional variations of foldable projections respectively to support the assembled panels as an easel selectively disposable upon a horizontal surface for display of a photo or art object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Inventor: Wayne C. Seeley
  • Patent number: 4451084
    Abstract: A housing is fixed on the backrest and supports the same for vertical sliding movement on the upper end portion of a vertical support member. Notches are spaced vertically along the upper portion of the support member and a pawl is pivotally supported on the housing and includes a ratchet finger movable between an operative position with the ratchet finger in engagement with the notches and an inoperative position with the ratchet finger out of engagement with the notches. A spring is associated with the pawl and is operable to selectively maintain the pawl and ratchet finger in either the operative or inoperative positions. When the backrest is raised to the uppermost adjusted position, the pawl; is switched to the inoperative position and the backrest may be freely lowered to the lower end of the adjustment limit in preparation for a subsequent adjustment in the upward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: Simmons Universal Corporation
    Inventor: Wayne C. Seeley
  • Patent number: 4413867
    Abstract: A storage cabinet comprising a plurality of identical shell-like sections and similar complementary slidable drawers, each section comprising a molded plastic planar rectangular panel integral along three sides with similar edges of a pair of sidewalls and a rear wall to form a continuous U-shaped wall configuration and a front opening similar in area to the rear wall. In use, the sections are stacked vertically upon each other with the planar panel uppermost and the front openings facing a common front plane except the lowermost section which has the rear wall disposed in said plane to form a base member and drawers of complementary size are slidably supported in all sections except the bottom one. Connecting screws extend between the sidewalls of adjacent sections to connect all sections into a unitary cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: Dentsply Research & Development Corp.
    Inventors: Dennis R. Mosebrook, Wayne C. Seeley
  • Patent number: D266188
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Assignee: Dentsply Research & Development Corp.
    Inventors: Wayne C. Seeley, Richard A. Smith
  • Patent number: D267745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: Dentsply Research & Development Corp.
    Inventor: Wayne C. Seeley
  • Patent number: D269122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1983
    Assignee: Dentsply Research & Development Corp.
    Inventor: Wayne C. Seeley
  • Patent number: D363353
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Du Pont Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Vellrath, Ian C. McDermott, David A. Szasz, Wayne C. Seeley