Patents Assigned to Navillus, Inc.
  • Canoe stabilizing and guide mechanism
    Patent number: 4862818
    Abstract: A canoe stabilizing and guiding mechanism which includes a bracket to which is mounted a vertically depending canoe paddle, the bracket being mounted on a tube for pivoting therewith, the tube extending transversely of a canoe and dimensioned to place the bracket and canoe paddle outboard of the canoe, the tube being provided with quick disconnect attaching plates for releasably engaging the gunwales of a canoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Navillus, Inc.
    Inventor: H. Frank Sullivan
  • Hinge clamp mechanism for drop-leaf tables
    Patent number: 4646654
    Abstract: A hinge-latch mechanism mounts an extension leaf to a table for movement between extended and storage positions. A pair of guide rails, mounted to the table, support a flat hinge plate for sliding movement along the undersurface of the table while an extension leaf is pivotally connected to one end of the hinge plate for rotation between the extended and storage positions. A latch mechanism is provided to lock the leaf in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Navillus, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry F. Sullivan