Patents by Inventor Armand T. Rankin

Armand T. Rankin 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: 4162780
    Abstract: An ice cube storage bin, including a container having opposing walls with side edges in the same plane, an ejector bar for ejecting ice from an ice tray, and a top rotably attached to the side walls to allow at least 90.degree. rotation from fully closed to fully open is disclosed. This bin allows improved utilization of the space within a refrigerator freezer compartment and is utilized in conjunction with an ice cube tray having two longitudinally extended rows of less than half-spherical compartments attached to and penetrating through a tray bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1979
    Assignee: Stone City Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Armand T. Rankin
  • Patent number: 4036761
    Abstract: An improved guard for guttering having a U-shaped clip for holding the guard in rotational contact with the front flanged edge of the gutter is disclosed. The guard is comprised of a screen member attached to the front edge of the gutter and extending across the gutter mouth to the leading edge of the roof. The U-shaped clip is equipped with two rotational nodes, wherein the first node is located on the gutter flange so that the screen rotates into contact with the leading edge of the roof, and the second node is located directly to the rear of the first node on the outer edge of the gutter flange so that the screen can rotate as much as 135.degree. from full closed position over the gutter to a fully open position substantially perpendicular to the ground. The screen is comprised of intersecting cross members which intersect with the line of the leading edge of the roof at angles of from about 10.degree. to about 80.degree. and about 170.degree. to about 100.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: Stone City Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Armand T. Rankin
  • Patent number: D247938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1978
    Inventor: Armand T. Rankin