Patents by Inventor Bradley B. Hobday

Bradley B. Hobday 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).

  • Publication number: 20120071252
    Abstract: A playground system has an enclosure that defines a play area and an entry point. A transfer system couples with the entry point of the enclosure. A modular playground is positioned within the enclosure to exclude the playground system from compliance with accessibility standards. The modular playground has a plurality of base members arranged within the enclosure, a play unit positioned on each base member, and an securement member engaged with the base member, the play unit, and the enclosure for securement in a customized arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: SOFTPLAY, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Alexander Lawrence Georg, Bradley B. Hobday
  • Patent number: 6383119
    Abstract: A one-piece molded plastic vehicular enclosure for children is disclosed. The vehicular enclosure, which can either be a car or truck configuration, has a length substantially greater than its width and height. The enclosure includes opposing top and bottom surfaces and opposing side surfaces inner connecting the top and bottom surfaces. The enclosure further includes opposing front and rear surfaces extending between the top and bottom surfaces and side surfaces. The rear surface includes a rear entry opening for ingress and egress of children into and out of the enclosure. The rear entry opening is defined by a cylindrical extension projecting from the rear surface. The rear entry opening has a height and width substantially equal to the distance between the top and bottom surfaces to facilitate ingress and egress into the enclosure by children. Preferably, the rear entry opening is sufficiently large to permit two children to pass one another during ingress and egress relative to the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Soft Play, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Don F. Cattoni, Michael J. Clarke, Jonathan E. Brooks, Bradley B. Hobday, Michael S. Jaeb, Keith C. Nagelski
  • Patent number: 5860436
    Abstract: A washer having a pair of offset legs. In addition to the offset legs, the washer includes a tub, a front frame and a rear frame. The tub defines a wash chamber with a front opening and includes a bottom wall and opposing side walls. The front frame has a pair of legs respectively disposed adjacent to the opposing side walls of the tub toward the front opening. The rear frame has a pair of horizontal legs with outer ends and a pair of vertical supports. The vertical supports are disposed rearward from the legs of the front frame. The horizontal legs are secured to the vertical supports and extend forward therefrom to the outer ends. The offset legs each have a neck and an upright member. The necks are offset forward of the upright members and are respectively secured to the legs of the front frame. The upright members are respectively secured to the horizontal legs toward the outer ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Bradley B. Hobday
  • Patent number: 5758676
    Abstract: A washer having a tub supported by a front frame, a pair of front supports and a rear frame. The tub defines a wash chamber with a front opening. The front frame has a pair of vertical members respectively disposed adjacent to the opposing side walls of the tub toward the front opening. The front supports each have a nose extending forward from a neck. The necks are respectively secured to lower ends of the vertical members. A door is pivotally secured to the noses of the front supports. A door hinge support is secured between the noses of the front supports so as to secure the front supports from lateral movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Duckwall, Bradley B. Hobday
  • Patent number: 5741054
    Abstract: A base for a portable washer having a tub supported by a frame with legs. The base is composed of a structural foam and is movably supported by a plurality of casters having upward-projecting pintles. The base defines a plurality of vertical bores and a compartment for holding a mass of material to counterbalance a door that closes the tub. The base also has a pair of angular surfaces for supporting the legs of the frame. The pintles of the casters are securely disposed within the vertical bores of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig H. Becker, Bradley B. Hobday
  • Patent number: 5613747
    Abstract: The toespace below the door of a front-loading dishwasher is closed off from the under-tub space inside the dishwasher assembly by a combined toeplate-and-access-panel member which also closes off the door-bottom-receiving recess above the toespace; in installed condition, the combined member is anchored at its top edge by cooperating projecting and receptor elements associated respectively with the tub bottom and the top edge of the combined member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig H. Becker, Bradley B. Hobday, Jim Fourney
  • Patent number: 5427129
    Abstract: A dishwasher has a pump mounted in the lower end of the tub to have outlet tube extending upward above the bottom of the tub. A wire rack has a fixed tower mounted on the rack with a rotatable spray tower journalled inside. A rotatable spray arm is mounted on the outlet of the pump and is moveable vertically into and out of engagement with the rotatable spray tower, with a spray arm having a downwardly extending collar carrying a seal that slides vertically on the outlet tube, while the wash arm rotates about the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Inventors: Raymond A. Young, Jr., Bradley B. Hobday
  • Patent number: D435876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Soft Play, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Don F. Cattoni, Michael S. Jaeb, Bradley B. Hobday, Keith C. Nagelski