Patents by Inventor William F. Geier

William F. Geier 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: 9581290
    Abstract: A security wall rack and television mount combination is described to deter or prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to the back of a television or the wall mount that supports the television and to deter or prevent theft of a television. The wall mount includes security covers that are rotatably attached to the frame that cover the location where screws will secure the frame to a wall or other surface. The mount is rotatably attached to the frame and provides for the system to be locked in place in a nested way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Synergy Global Supply, Inc.
    Inventor: William F. Geier
  • Publication number: 20160281918
    Abstract: A security wall rack and television mount combination is described to deter or prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to the back of a television or the wall mount that supports the television and to deter or prevent theft of a television. The wall mount includes security covers that are rotatably attached to the frame that cover the location where screws will secure the frame to a wall or other surface. The mount is rotatably attached to the frame and provides for the system to be locked in place in a nested way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Synergy Global Supply, Inc.
    Inventor: William F. Geier
  • Patent number: 9383060
    Abstract: A security wall rack and television mount combination is described to deter or prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to the back of a television or the wall mount that supports the television and to deter or prevent theft of a television. The wall mount includes security covers that are rotatably attached to the frame that cover the location where screws will secure the frame to a wall or other surface. The mount is rotatably attached to the frame and provides for the system to be locked in place in a nested way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Synergy Global Supply, Inc.
    Inventor: William F. Geier
  • Publication number: 20140157516
    Abstract: A bedding cover made of pest-impermeable fabric provides a zippered opening for insertion of mattresses, pillows, upholstered cushions and other bedding. At the end of the zipper track, where there may be a small opening when closed, a flap is attached to a plastic collar, which is stitched to the fabric cover at and around the end of the zipper track. The flap is adapted to fold over the end when the zipper is closed, providing a seal that prevents pests, such as bed bugs, from escaping the bedding cover or infesting the bedding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventor: William F. Geier
  • Publication number: 20140158647
    Abstract: A security wall rack and television mount combination is described to deter or prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to the back of a television or the wall mount that supports the television and to deter or prevent theft of a television. The wall mount includes security covers that are rotatably attached to the frame that cover the location where screws will secure the frame to a wall or other surface. The mount is rotatably attached to the frame and provides for the system to be locked in place in a nested way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventor: William F. Geier
  • Publication number: 20110095150
    Abstract: A security mounts includes a shield surrounding a socket head screw. The shield has a hole in it that generally aligns with the socket portion of the socket head screw. The perimeter of the shield hole has a geometric shape that corresponds to the geometric shape of the cross section of the shank of a wrench used to turn the socket head screw. An unconventional tool has a reduced cross section portion of the shank that is able to rotate around in the shield hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: William F. Geier, Roger Donaldson, John P. Tomillon
  • Publication number: 20080210506
    Abstract: A luggage handle identifier attachment has a panel adapted to be releasably secured around a luggage handle with the panel including an attachment portion having first and second fastener elements that fasten to each other. The panel further includes a pair of axial slits formed therein, each slit having a length, and the slits spaced apart by a first distance. The identifier attachment further includes a band, the band having a width less than the length of the axial slits and a band length greater than the first distance between the slits and the band having a band fastener for releasably securing the band to the panel and through the slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: William F. Geier
  • Patent number: 5620124
    Abstract: A method of attaching a load carrying bag inside the body of a pickup truck. The method requires first installing a tonneau cover which utilizes a rail with snaps, the rail is attached to the top edge of the truck body walls. The load carrying bags are equipped with straps extending upward from the back of the bag. The bag is place in the body of the truck body and the straps are extended over the side walls of the truck body. Snaps on the end of the straps are engaged with snaps added to the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Inventor: William F. Geier
  • Patent number: 5607093
    Abstract: A carrier device for supporting and securing different objects to a luggage rack of a vehicle or directly to the roof of a vehicle which does not have a luggage rack. The device includes a carrier fabric on which one side is covered along its length with loops and one half with barbs. The fabric is formed with cushioned straps on one half opposite either the hooks or barbs. The fabric may be placed onto a luggage rack bar across the width of a vehicle, and skis, fishing poles or the like can be secured by the straps to the support carrier. Alternatively, the carrier device may be secured directly to a vehicle roof which does not have a luggage rack. To this end, the carrier device is wrapped around a filler member and end straps with hooks thereon are provided and designed to connect to a vehicle gutter or other part of the vehicle body such as the lip of the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Inventor: William F. Geier
  • Patent number: 4964669
    Abstract: This relates to a foldable cover for a truck bed, particularly pickup truck beds. The foldable top includes a bed rail which may be readily secured to the truck bed and the bed rail carries a pair of transversely aligned primary support hinges which serve as the sole support for the foldable support frame. The support frame is formed of a plurality of generally U-shaped frame members with only a rearwardly extending frame member being pivotally connected to the primary hinges and the connection between lower rear ends of a front frame member being carried by forward lower ends of the rear frame member in a manner wherein the bottom ends of the forward frame member move rearwardly as the support frame is folded from an upright cover supporting position to a collapsed position whereby a cross bar of the front frame member moves substantially in a vertical plane so as to clear at all times the rear of a truck cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Inventor: William F. Geier