Patents Represented by Attorney John M. Kilpatrick Stockton LLP Harrington
  • Patent number: 5873642
    Abstract: A hanging file bar support assembly for a drawer includes at least one elongate rail with opposing ends adapted to be mounted on opposite walls of a drawer and at least one clip supported on the rail which has a clip body. The clip body is provided with a hook member extending from the front side of the clip body near an end of the clip body which engages a top edge of the rail and a detent member extending from its opposite end which engages a bottom edge of the rail. The clip body also has a cantilever member extending from its back side which is adapted to support an end of a hanging file bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventor: Georg Domenig
  • Patent number: 5836106
    Abstract: A plant watering system utilizing an improved plant watering device to provide automatic, controlled delivery of liquid, such as water, fertilizer and insecticides, to the root systems of a plurality of plants on a substantially continuous basis. The plant watering system includes an enclosed chamber or tubing with multiple openings and a plurality of improved plant watering devices adapted to be attached to the openings. The improved plant watering device includes an internally threaded endcap which is attached to externally threaded members extending from the openings for securely attaching the tubing to the plant watering device and forming an airtight connection between the endcap and the extension member. Further, the preferred embodiment of the plant watering device includes a resilient washer positioned in the threaded endcap at the top end for ensuring an airtight fit between the endcap and the extension member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Inventor: Timothy Scott Alex
  • Patent number: 5830078
    Abstract: A golf club head according to the present invention has an elongate, substantially planar club face with top and bottom edges, a heel end, and a toe end. The club head includes heel and toe portions which extend rearward from the club face between the top and bottom edges of the club face. A rear portion of the club head includes a cantilever portion having a rear member disposed thereon. The center of mass of the rear portion is disposed a distance rearward of the respective centers of mass of the heel and toe portions and rearward of the combined center of mass of the heel and toe portions. The club head is made of a light-weight yet durable material with a relatively low specific gravity. Front and rear sighting lines may also be included along the central axis of the club head at or near the top edge of the head or on the rear member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Inventor: Clifton H. McMahan
  • Patent number: 5826305
    Abstract: A hinge for mounting a door on a frame of a furniture articles includes a first hinge member such as a hinge cup to be mounted to the door, a hinge arm connected at one end of the hinge arm to the hinge cup on a pivot pin fixed in the hinge cup, and a second hinge member in the form of a hinge plate disposed on the other end of the hinge arm. The hinge plate includes an elongate opening with a centrally disposed first section and adjacent sections communicating with the first section through first and second gap formed by projections extending from opposing sides of the elongate opening towards one another. A fastening screw can be premounted in the hinge arm plate by insertion into the first section of the elongate opening. The fastening screw is provided with a threaded section which engages the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Andreas Moser
  • Patent number: 5823648
    Abstract: A bracket for mounting a drawer guide in a furniture article includes a plate member and one or more spring flanges disposed on the top surface of the plate member near the front end of the plate member to engage the drawer guide. One or more fasteners extends from the bottom surface of the plate member for attaching the bracket to the furniture article. A stop member extends from the top surface of the plate member and is disposed between the spring flanges to be received in an opening formed in a tongue portion of the drawer guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventor: Georg Domenig
  • Patent number: 5816637
    Abstract: An extension bed for extending the cargo space of a truck of the type having a truck bed including a floor, side walls, and a tailgate is readily installed in any standard-sized pickup truck and is easily slidable from its retracted, storage position within the truck bed to an extended position supported by the open tailgate of the truck. The truck cargo space extension bed includes an extension floor, an extension tailgate, and opposing upright extension side walls having a substantially t-shaped channel extending the length of the side walls and corresponding t-shaped pins mounted to the pickup truck for slidably connecting the extension bed to the pickup truck side walls. The t-shaped channels include a stop mechanism for preventing the extension bed from becoming accidently disengaged from the pickup truck and a latch on the extension bed for selectively locking the extension bed in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventors: Litz Adams, Wayne D. Ketner
  • Patent number: D402824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: University of Ottawa
    Inventors: Mark Gareau, Harb Singh