Patents by Inventor Charles L. Coulter

Charles L. Coulter 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: 8201310
    Abstract: A co-molded plastic pinch clip with certain portions thereof formed from different materials. The clip is adapted to be secured to the body of a hanger, to a clothesline, or any other suitable element. The clip comprises a pair of complementary jaw members formed of a relatively hard plastic material joined together by a bridge-like member. The bridge-like member is joined, at each end, to the middle portion of each of the complementary jaw members by means of a living hinge. A substantially rigid, resilient member engages and presses against the outer surfaces of the complementary jaw members to maintain the relative positions thereof and, as well, force them into engagement at one end. Each jaw member includes a relatively soft plastic pad on the opposite sides of the opposite ends thereof such that a pair of soft plastic pads are disposed in abutting relationship at the inner engagable ends of the clip and a pair of soft plastic pads are disposed at the outer pressable ends of the clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Merrick Engineering Inc
    Inventors: Abraham Abdi, Muna Abdi, Charles L. Coulter
  • Patent number: 7237687
    Abstract: A hinged hanging device adapted to be mounted over the top of a door. The device can be adjusted to extend outwardly from the surface of the door to provide a support for conventional hangers or to fold substantially flat against the door surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Merrick Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Abdi, Charles L. Coulter, Terry Lee Oster
  • Patent number: 7188741
    Abstract: A hanging apparatus adapted to be mounted over the top of a door or other support structure. The apparatus is spaced outwardly from and substantially parallel to the surface of the support structure to provide a support for towels, linens, garments and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Merrick Engineering, Inc
    Inventors: Abraham Abdi, Charles L. Coulter, Terry Lee Oster
  • Patent number: D507705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Merrick Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Abdi, Muna Abdi, Terry Lee Oster, Charles L. Coulter
  • Patent number: D525061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Merrick Engineering, INC
    Inventors: Abraham Abdi, Charles L. Coulter, Terry Lee Oster
  • Patent number: D525062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Merrick Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Abdi, Charles L. Coulter
  • Patent number: D496849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Merrick Engineering Inc
    Inventors: Abraham Abdi, Charles L. Coulter, Terry Lee Oster
  • Patent number: D499560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Merrick Engineering Inc
    Inventors: Abraham Abdi, Charles L. Coulter, Terry Lee Oster