Patents by Inventor Charles A. Shirley

Charles A. Shirley 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: 20220268051
    Abstract: A portable hunting blind system is provided comprising a hunting blind having a plurality of frame members supporting a blind cover. Each of the plurality of frame members may terminate at one or more pivot joints and the blind cover may comprise a plurality of windows each defined by a flap and a coupling seam. The hunting blind may transition between an active state, a transitional state and an inactive state. In the active state, each of the plurality of frame members may be disposed relative one another about the one or more pivot joints at an angle between 15 and 180 degrees. In the inactive state, each of the plurality of frame members may be disposed relative one another about the one or more pivot joints at an angle between 0 and 15 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventor: Charles Shirley
  • Patent number: 11401727
    Abstract: A portable hunting blind system is provided comprising a hunting blind having a plurality of frame members supporting a blind cover. Each of the plurality of frame members may terminate at one or more pivot joints and the blind cover may comprise a plurality of windows each defined by a flap and a coupling seam. The hunting blind may transition between an active state, a transitional state and an inactive state. In the active state, each of the plurality of frame members may be disposed relative one another about the one or more pivot joints at an angle between 15 and 180 degrees. In the inactive state, each of the plurality of frame members may be disposed relative one another about the one or more pivot joints at an angle between 0 and 15 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: Charles Shirley
  • Patent number: 9593929
    Abstract: A device for measuring turkey beard length and turkey spur length, including a beard stop, a beard ruler, one or more apertures sized to accommodate a turkey foot, and a spur ruler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Inventor: Charles A. Shirley
  • Patent number: 9360156
    Abstract: A frame having one or more wall mount angle brackets. The wall mount brackets have a plate for mounting to a wall and a horizontally projecting surface. Outer brackets connect through slotted plates to the wall brackets allowing for variation in the depth of the object supported by the frame, i.e. the distance that the object projects from the wall. The outer brackets are themselves made of two pieces that join through slotted plates allowing for variation in the height of the supported object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: HIDEit Mounts, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Shirley, Relina Shirley
  • Publication number: 20160123713
    Abstract: A device for measuring turkey beard length and turkey spur length, including a beard stop, a beard ruler, one or more apertures sized to accommodate a turkey foot, and a spur ruler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Charles A. Shirley
  • Publication number: 20150264823
    Abstract: A frame having one or more wall mount angle brackets. The wall mount brackets have a plate for mounting to a wall and a horizontally projecting surface. Outer brackets connect through slotted plates to the wall brackets allowing for variation in the depth of the object supported by the frame, i.e. the distance that the object projects from the wall. The outer brackets are themselves made of two pieces that join through slotted plates allowing for variation in the height of the supported object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Charles Shirley, Relina Shirley
  • Patent number: D803710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventor: Charles A. Shirley