Patents by Inventor Curtis C. Shoup

Curtis C. Shoup 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: 7121004
    Abstract: A security door for a gate or building opening is formed of a metal frame that defines a pair of hollow stile frame members and upper and lower hollow transverse rail frame members. Each of the frame members has an inner face with an attachment flange projecting therefrom. Security receiving apertures are defined in the inner faces of the frame members. In the fabrication of the door a plurality of metal security bars are positioned relative to the hollow frame member so that the ends of the security bars project through the security bar receiving apertures and into the hollow frame members. The security bars pass over and reside in contact with the attachment flanges. The security bars are spot welded to the attachment flanges so as to permanently secure them to the door frame. Also, the frame itself is preferably formed from a single, elongated strip of metal that is roll formed and then bent at mitered corner cuts to create and delineate the stile and rail members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Columbia Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: Curtis C. Shoup
  • Patent number: 5979137
    Abstract: A security door for a gate or building opening is formed of a metal frame that defines a pair of hollow stile frame members and upper and lower hollow transverse rail frame members. Each of the frame members has an inner face with an attachment flange projecting therefrom. Security receiving apertures are defined in the inner faces of the frame members. In the fabrication of the door a plurality of metal security bars are positioned relative to the hollow frame member so that the ends of the security bars project through the security bar receiving apertures and into the hollow frame members. The security bars pass over and reside in contact with the attachment flanges. The security bars are spot welded to the attachment flanges so as to permanently secure them to the door frame. Also, the frame itself is preferably formed from a single, elongated strip of metal that is roll formed and then bent at mitered corner cuts to create and delineate the stile and rail members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Columbia Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: Curtis C. Shoup
  • Patent number: 5887391
    Abstract: A unique storm door construction utilizes economical, plastic glide channel strips disposed about fixed and sliding panes of glass to provide not only a weather seal, but also a means for interconnection to a storm door mounting frame within which the glass panes are mounted. The system also provides a top edge protector for the sliding pane, as well as a sash member with a finger grip thereon that can be used to raise and lower the sliding pane. The sliding pane member can thereby be raised to permit ventilation through a screen covering a portion of the rectangular opening defined in the storm door frame. Alternatively, the sliding pane member can be lowered to thereby provide a complete, transparent, weather-tight barrier across the enclosed rectangular area delineated within the storm door frame. The system provides a means for assembly of a storm door which allows the component elements to be snapped together without the use of screws or other metal fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Columbia Manufacturing Co.
    Inventor: Curtis C. Shoup
  • Patent number: 5797223
    Abstract: An improved screen door frame construction is provided in which at least one transverse door frame member is coupled to the screen door frame stiles by means of plastic coupling elements. The plastic coupling elements are inserted into the opposite ends of each detachable, transverse door frame member. Each coupling element includes a hook that passes across a free, interior wall of a channel formed at the facing, interior side of one of the door stiles. The tips of the coupling elements include barbs that engage in an interlocking fashion with bearing ledges formed on the inside surfaces of the free interior channel walls. The compression bead that is utilized to attach a screen to a door frame serves the further function of maintaining the hooks of the coupling elements in interlocking engagement with the channels of the door frame stiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Inventors: Curtis C. Shoup, Alfonso Muniz
  • Patent number: 5405196
    Abstract: An adjustable shelf personal care cabinet that employs a plurality of snap-in support rods that are removably mounted in the rear wall of the cabinet wherein the rods are structured to receive the edge of a shelf with the opposite edge received in a side wall of the cabinet or another support rod. The support rods are bifurcated at one end for contaction and entry into the rear wall to snap-in and remain until removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Jensen Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis C. Shoup, Victor A. Stalley, Kenneth P. Mendoza
  • Patent number: 4685037
    Abstract: An arrangement for mounting a thermal protective device on the outer surface of a housing of a recessed lighting fixture includes a plaster frame having a horizontal portion and a depending portion formed integrally with the horizontal portion. The plaster frame is adapted for mounting in a ceiling opening. A housing has a lamp connected to a source of electrical power and is adapted for mounting within the depending portion of the frame. A thermal protective device is connected in series with the lamp for interrupting the current from the source of electrical power when the temperature on the outer surface of the housing exceeds a predetermined temperature. A retaining device is provided for holding the thermal protective device against the outer surface of the housing to sense the temperature thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1987
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Akiyama, Ronald C. Zaker, Curtis C. Shoup