Patents by Inventor Charles J. Slayman

Charles J. Slayman 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: 4098481
    Abstract: A track assembly for securing to a wall and receiving shelves. The track assembly includes two spaced, parallel, elongated strips having a plurality of slots along their lengths. There is also provided an adapter member located at one end of each of these strips and the adapter member is U-shaped to provide depending legs connected by a body with the body having at least one circular hole therethrough and dimensioned for each of the legs to be received through the slots in the strips such that the circular hole overlies one of the slots. There is also a headed attachment element through the circular hole of each of the adapter and the underlying strip slot into the wall to secure each of the strips to the wall. Shelf brackets are provided for each of the strips with the brackets having a hook-shaped attachment element at one end removably inserted in the slots for support of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas O. Johnson, Charles J. Slayman