Patents Examined by Vestan Bo Booth
  • Patent number: 5931317
    Abstract: A golf equipment organizing device for use at a golf range. The device provides organized storage of items used during a practice session. The device operates as a storage unit for over two hundred golf balls. Release of the golf balls is controlled by a sliding cover shield connected to a spring-loaded handle. A water storage tank is located adjacent to the golf ball storage area and contained within the device housing. The device also includes a golf tee holder, a towel-holding hook, a club cleaner, a drink cup dispenser, and a waste receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Inventors: Michael R. Zusack, Robert M. Svenson
  • Patent number: 5921411
    Abstract: A shelf assembly has a shelf unit and pair of shelf brackets adapted to be mounted on aperture-bearing uprights of a gondola shelving support system. The shelf unit has a product-supporting panel with integral, outwardly and downwardly-extending side flanges adapted to engage outside surfaces of the shelf brackets to limit the lateral movement of said shelf unit. A thin, corrugated support structure is connected to the underside of the panel and spans between the side flanges. The support structure is spaced from the side flanges forming gaps allowing the shelf brackets to contact the underside of the panel to reduce the vertical space occupied by said shelf assembly. Stops associated with the shelf brackets and the shelf unit limit the forward and rearward movement of the shelf with respect to the shelf brackets. Integral front and rear flanges extend upwardly from the panel and provide boundaries for products supported thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Inventor: Milton J. Merl
  • Patent number: 5875903
    Abstract: A bathroom hanger rack has two base seats, two hollow casings, two bolts, two hollow balls, two caps, and a rod. Each hollow ball has a threaded hole, a groove, a middle interior, and a lower interior. Each base seat has a middle portion and two lateral portions. Each middle portion has an oblong hole. Each lateral portion has a round hole receiving a screw. A hollow post is disposed on the middle portion of the base seat. Each hollow ball is disposed on each respective hollow casing. A bottom of each hollow post is enclosed by a ring. Each groove receives the rod. A bolt passes through the respective threaded hole and is inserted in the hollow post. Each hollow casing has an interior receiving the respective base seat. Each threaded hole receives the respective cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Inventor: Wen-San Chen