Patents by Inventor Arthur M. Felske

Arthur M. Felske 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).

  • Slidable tray insert for mailboxes
    Patent number: 4714192
    Abstract: A conventional rural mailbox has a slidable tray insert therein molded from a plastic material exhibiting natural flexural characteristics with a generally rectangular configuration defined by a bottom wall with a pair of side walls and an end wall extending upwardly therefrom. The bottom wall has a handle inclined upwardly therefrom and spaced from the side walls and end wall. The handle is operatively connected to the bottom wall by a flexible live hinge permitting relative movement therebetween. Each of the side walls include a flexible finger element thereon for centrally locating the tray insert within the mailbox and limiting relative sliding movement therebetween. The end wall has a rearwardly inclined resilient semicircular member thereon for moving the tray insert partially out of the mailbox to expose the handle when the mailbox is opened and for maintaining the tray insert in a level position when it is fully extended from the mailbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Assignee: EZ Mail Corporation
    Inventors: Albert L. Harlow, Jr., Arthur M. Felske
  • Slidable tray insert for mailboxes
    Patent number: 4600143
    Abstract: A conventional rural mailbox has a slidable tray insert therein molded from a plastic material exhibiting natural flexural characteristics with a generally rectangular configuration defined by a bottom wall with a pair of side walls and an end wall extending upwardly therefrom. The bottom wall has a handle inclined upwardly therefrom and spaced from the side walls and end wall. The handle is operatively connected to the bottom wall by a flexible live hinge permitting relative movement therebetween. Each of the side walls include a flexible finger element thereon for centrally locating the tray insert within the mailbox and limiting relative sliding movement therebetween. The end wall has a rearwardly inclined resilient semicircular member thereon for moving the tray insert partially out of the mailbox to expose the handle when the mailbox is opened and for maintaining the tray insert in a level position when it is fully extended from the mailbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Inventors: Albert L. Harlow, Jr., Arthur M. Felske
  • Electric coffeemaker or similar article
    Patent number: D250688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Arthur M. Felske, Max C. Hauenstein
  • Stand for a ground coffee dispenser
    Patent number: D250690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Arthur M. Felske
  • Photo storage case
    Patent number: D251331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: The C. R. Gibson Company
    Inventors: John G. Russell, Arthur M. Felske
  • Slidable tray insert for a mailbox
    Patent number: D292539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: EZ Mail Corporation
    Inventors: Albert L. Harlow, Jr., Arthur M. Felske