Patents Assigned to Adams Mfg.
  • Patent number: 11064810
    Abstract: A stackable molded plastic chair has a removable cup holder that may be placed on the top surface of a chair arm for use or attached to the underside of the chair arm for storage. The cup holder has an inverted U-shaped body that fits over a chair arm and a cup receiver that is connected to that body. There is a post that extends from the bottom surface of the chair arm and is sized and configured to fit through the hole in the cup receiver and create a snap-fit. The cup holder may also have a cell phone pocket at either side of the inverted U-shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: Shlomo Snir, Robert G. Schreiber
  • Patent number: 10323830
    Abstract: A bulb gripper for decorative light holder has a U-shaped body with projections on the interior surface that enable the bulb gripper to securely hold many different sizes of decorative light bulbs. The interior surface of each arm of the body has an inward tooth near the opening followed by several three spaced apart projections. The projections may have a tab portion which is connected to the arm by a narrower connector. The projections and the teeth on the arms form a ledge which supports the decorative light. A smaller U-shaped projection or several projections which are sized and configured to hold a mini-light are provided at the base of the U-shaped body. The arms can flex outward so that the body can receive and securely hold the decorative light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: William E. Adams, IV, Matthew Goodworth, Kevin A. Harper
  • Patent number: 10299614
    Abstract: A door hook includes a top member, a back member, a front member, a hook and a leg. The back member is attached to the first end of the top member and the front member is attached to the opposite end of the top member. The leg and hook are also attached to the front member. The leg extends below the hook. A resilient foot is attached to the leg such that the resilient foot is below the hook. The front member is configured to flex into a generally convex shape after a downward force acts on the hook and the resilient foot is configured to flex after the downward force is exerted on the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: William E. Adams
  • Patent number: 10247391
    Abstract: A stake for holding decorative lights has a stake portion having a pointed end and a head attached to the opposite end of the stake portion. The head has an open center and a top portion. A bulb gripper is pivotably attached to the inner surface of the top portion, such that the bulb gripper can be moved from a position which is co-linear with a centerline through the stake portion to a position which is substantially perpendicular to the centerline through the stake. The bulb gripper has a tab sized and positioned to engage another tab on the head when the bulb gripper is in a position which is substantially perpendicular to the stake portion locking the bulb gripper in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: William E. Adams, IV, Kevin A. Harper
  • Patent number: 10180242
    Abstract: A clip for holding decorative lights has an arm with a hook at one end, a leg and middle portion between the arm and the leg. The hook and leg together define a space between them in which will receive a roofing shingle or a portion of a gutter. A second hook may be attached to the middle portion and sized to receive a rope light. There may also be a light holding portion attached by a hinge to the corner formed where he arm meets the middle portion. There is a first locking tab attached to the arm and a second locking tab is attached to the middle portion. A first retainer tab and a second retainer tab on opposite sides of the light holding portion are configured and positioned to engage one of the pair of locking tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: Robert G. Schreiber, William E. Adams, IV
  • Patent number: 10016058
    Abstract: A foot for molded plastic furniture has a pad portion made of a first plastic or thermoplastic rubber and an anchor portion made of a second harder plastic or metal. The anchor has a base with a substantially flat surface that is bonded to a substantially flat top surface of the pad. Preferably the anchor portion and pad portion are co-extruded. A projection having at least one rib extends from the base of the anchor and is inserted into a cavity in a furniture leg creating a reliable mechanical fit which resists removal of the foot from the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: William E. Adams, William E. Adams, IV
  • Patent number: 9936828
    Abstract: A suction mounted door hook has two suctions cups and a hook connected to the two suction cups. Each suction cup has a cup portion and a loop portion attached to the cup portion such that the loop portion and a surface of the cup portion define an opening. There is a recess on that surface of the cup portion and a pair of spaced apart loop projections on the top surface and preferably on the bottom surface of the loop portion that have a recess between them which is opposite the recess in the cup portion. The hook has an S-shaped body and two legs, one leg being within the opening of each suction cup. The hook can be in either an extended position or a folded position. Surfaces and projections on the hook mate with the recesses in the suction cups to hold the hook in either position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: William E. Adams, IV, Matthew Goodworth
  • Patent number: 9848749
    Abstract: A cleaning device is provided with at least removable lamp console. When the lamp console is attached, the device can be used as a floor or desk lamp to illuminate a room and/or a table-top. The lamp console is removable to enable the device and/or lamp console to be used as a cleaner to clean a floor or other cleaning surface. Each lamp console is provided with a coupling mechanism that enables selective and electro-mechanical communication with a coupling mechanism of a cleaning device. This coupling enables interchangeability of various lamp consoles. Embodiments provide for a lamp console that acts as a handle-extension. Further embodiments provide for a second illumination display disposed on a portion of the cleaning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: William E. Adams
  • Patent number: 9834897
    Abstract: A tool adapted to collect, lift, and move material has a lifting structure attached to a collection element and at least one handle attached to the lifting structure. The lifting structure may have two or three segments. Each segment may have rails spaced apart and substantially parallel to each other with at least one cross member disposed there-between. The segments are oriented relative to one another to reduce the amount of bending required to lift material in the collection element. Adjacent segments in the lifting structure may be pivotally attached to each other. This tool can be free standing when used as a dustpan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: William E. Adams
  • Patent number: 9675176
    Abstract: A lightweight molded plastic Adirondack chair has front legs which each have an inner side wall that slopes inward. A pair of side walls each extends from and along a front leg, along the side edge of the seat and along a rear leg. The side walls vary in height along their length and are tallest adjacent a transition from the side edge of the seat to the rear leg. A front slat extends from the front edge of the seat and between the front legs forming an arch with the front legs. An arm support extends from each front leg to the front of the arm above that leg. The arm supports extend forward relative to the seat. These structural features improve the strength of the chair such that most portions of the chair can be thinner resulting is a chair that weighs less than 6 pounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: William E. Adams, IV, Matthew Goodworth
  • Patent number: 9540781
    Abstract: A tool adapted to collect, lift, and move material has a lifting structure attached to a collection element and at least one handle attached to the lifting structure. The lifting structure may have two or three segments. Each segment may have rails spaced apart and substantially parallel to each other with at least one cross member disposed there-between. The segments are oriented relative to one another to reduce the amount of bending required to lift material in the collection element. Adjacent segments in the lifting structure may be pivotally attached to each other. This tool can be free standing when used as a dustpan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: William E. Adams
  • Patent number: 9532654
    Abstract: A stackable molded plastic chair has a cup holder is connected to a cylindrical boss on the underside of a chair arm for movement between a retracted position lying underneath the chair arm and an open position extending away from the arm of the chair. The cup holder has a tubular boss having a first portion extending from the top surface of the cup holder and a second portion extending from the bottom surface of the cup holder. The first portion is at least partially within the cylindrical boss on the chair arm. A pin within the tubular boss has two or more spaced apart legs each leg having a foot. As the pin is inserted into the tubular boss the legs will move inward and then will move outward when the feet reach a recess on the inside surface of the cylindrical boss on the chair arm. The feet are each sized and configured to fit into the recess and the legs preferably have an outward curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: William E. Adams, IV, Matthew Goodworth, Kevin A. Harper, Shlomo Snir
  • Patent number: D787848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: William E. Adams, IV, Matthew Goodworth
  • Patent number: D799106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: William E. Adams, IV, Robert G. Schreiber
  • Patent number: D799314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: William E. Adams, IV
  • Patent number: D805855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: William E. Adams, IV, Matthew Goodworth, Shlomo Snir
  • Patent number: D847584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: Matthew Goodworth
  • Patent number: D892566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: Shlomo Snir, Robert G. Schreiber
  • Patent number: D892567
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: Shlomo Snir, Robert G. Schreiber
  • Patent number: D935255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: Shlomo Snir, Matthew Goodworth