Patents Represented by Attorney Charles Lee Thompson
  • Patent number: 6978582
    Abstract: A one piece beam means used a post to support a longitudinal impact-resistant member, such as a guardrail along a highway. The one piece, stamped construction simplifies installation because fewer steps and parts are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Inventor: Gwynn Alan Bernard
  • Patent number: 6669163
    Abstract: Support apparatus including a base, a receptacle for receiving an object, and a plurality of spaced apart buttresses connected to the base and to the receptacle, the buttresses mounting the receptacle perpendicularly with respect to the base and spaced outwardly therefrom to cause force received by the receptacle from supporting the object to be transferred and distributed to different portions of the base by the buttresses. The support may be grounded to ground supported objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Universal Support Systems LLC
    Inventor: Wilman E. Davis, Jr.