Patents by Inventor Anthony S. Copeland

Anthony S. Copeland has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5014892
    Abstract: A camera carrying device having a support plate with a slot in the plate with the slot having a closed end and an open end joined by an intermediate section, with the intermediate section of lesser width than the closed end, an angle plate having first and second arms, with one of the arms disposed at an angle to the other, a first camera engaging stud carried in the first arm, and a second slot engaging stud carried in the second arm, with the second stud having an end section and an intermediate section, with the second stud end section larger than the slot, with the second stud intermediate section slideable along the slot intermediate section, and with the second stud intermediate section non-circular in cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Inventor: Anthony S. Copeland
  • Patent number: 4759450
    Abstract: An assembly for supporting and storing paper, reference materials and other like items on a space divider and furniture system off of work surfaces includes paired hanging vertically extending brackets having one or more horizontally projecting cantilevered arms. Each bracket includes an upper hook and alternative forms of a lower foot which maintains the brackets vertical and the arms horizontal. The hook and feet are removably secured to the ends of the brackets and the alternative feet are employed depending on the height at which the assembly is mounted on the space divider system. The brackets may be mounted anywhere along the space divider system. The arms in turn support with a snap fit several forms or sizes of molded plastic trays which interconnect the paired brackets. The arms are circular in section and the edges of the tray are provided with downwardly turned circular edges which snap over the arms. Projections partially closing such openings assist in retaining the trays on the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: Hauserman, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Ball, Roland A. Mentessi, Anthony S. Copeland
  • Patent number: 4630185
    Abstract: A mechanical arm has a free end that can be positioned in an almost infinite number of locations relative to a fixed end. The mechanical arm may be used as a free position lamp. The arm is free standing in the location without the use of counter balance or springs. The arm comprises a fixed end base and a free end portion with a pair of spaced apart separate link members therebetween, each link member is substantially the same and each has a first goose neck portion with a rotatable connection to the fixed base, a first rigid rod between the first goose neck portion and a second goose neck portion and a second rigid rod between the second goose neck portion and a rotatable connection to the free end portion, a first flexible spacer between the first rigid rods in the pair of link members and a second flexible spacer between the second rigid rods in the pair of link members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Inventor: Anthony S. Copeland
  • Patent number: D327133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony S. Copeland