Patents by Inventor Yates Allen Sikes

Yates Allen Sikes 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).

  • Energy absorbent table
    Patent number: 9295325
    Abstract: A workstation table having a first panel, a second panel, a support member, and a first deforming mechanism is disclosed. The first deforming mechanism is coupled to the first panel and the support member, and includes a first deformable member. The first panel has a first top surface and a first outer edge, and the second panel has a second top surface and a second outer edge. When a force is applied to a first outer edge, the first deforming mechanism causes deformation of the first permanently deformable member, and causes the first panel to move from a first configuration to a second configuration. In the first configuration, the first top surface and the second top surface occupy substantially parallel planes, and in the second configuration the first top surface and the second top surface do not occupy substantially parallel planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Kustom Seating Unlimited, Inc.
    Inventors: William John Luebke, Yates Allen Sikes, Jon Lane
  • Energy Absorbent Table
    Publication number: 20150366337
    Abstract: A workstation table having a first panel, a second panel, a support member, and a first deforming mechanism is disclosed. The first deforming mechanism is coupled to the first panel and the support member, and includes a first deformable member. The first panel has a first top surface and a first outer edge, and the second panel has a second top surface and a second outer edge. When a force is applied to a first outer edge, the first deforming mechanism causes deformation of the first permanently deformable member, and causes the first panel to move from a first configuration to a second configuration. In the first configuration, the first top surface and the second top surface occupy substantially parallel planes, and in the second configuration the first top surface and the second top surface do not occupy substantially parallel planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: William John Luebke, Yates Allen Sikes, Jon Lane