Patents by Inventor Westcoat Beakley

Westcoat Beakley 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: 5501345
    Abstract: A garment holder assembly supports garments while being disposed in either of two different attitudes. The assembly includes an elongated rigid support structure with a plurality of spaced, interior dividers. A hook extends from one or more dividers to support the garment holder assembly in a horizontal attitude. A link secured to one end of the support structure can be connected to a hook for supporting the assembly in a vertical attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Metro Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Hilstolsky, Westcoat Beakley, Raymond A. Longo, William H. Scott
  • Patent number: 5016948
    Abstract: A light-weight modular utility cart has first and second identical side members which are preferably one-piece, molded plastic structures. Each side member may include a plurality of bottom projections which interlace with complementary bottom projections from another side member to form the cart bottom. The side members include structure for mounting thereto top members having different configurations. Alternatively, a single top configuration can be mounted on assembled different side member configuration having different heights. Each side member includes a plurality of upwardly-angled drawer rails on an inside surface thereof. The drawers may include identical first and second rollers each having a circumferential groove in the center thereof adapted to ride on an uppermost edge of the upwardly-angle drawer rail. Accessories may be attached to the cart through a tubular support structure, U-shaped channels, and a two-piece coupler having different size holes therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: InterMetro Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Welch, Robert H. Nattress, Robert E. Nitkowski, Westcoat Beakley