Patents by Inventor B. Douglas Brockman

B. Douglas Brockman 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).

  • Method of packaging a chair for shipment
    Patent number: 5301491
    Abstract: A chair has a removable back portion and a base portion connectable by unique female/male tapered connectors attached to the base portion and back portion with the base portion being shaped and dimensioned to be received in a carton having a tapered rear portion provided by diagonal vertical panels on opposite sides of a rear vertical wall panel with the base carton being shaped and dimensioned so that the sum of its girth and height do not total more than 130 inches so that the carton can be shipped by a parcel service shipping company such as UPS rather than by regular freight with the back being separately shipped in a separate package so that total shipping charges are much less than regular freight charges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Sam Moore Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Boardman, Jr., Garmon W. Conner, B. Douglas Brockman
  • Box
    Patent number: D337270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: Sam Moore Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: B. Douglas Brockman