Patents by Inventor Daniel Grote

Daniel Grote 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).

  • Truck bed cover assembly
    Patent number: 4469317
    Abstract: An assembly for the production of covers, or toppers, for the truck beds of various sizes and makes of pick-up trucks comprising a preformed shell which serves as a base or body portion for the finished cover, and a support member for the preformed shell which provides means for trimming the shell to a predetermined length and enables the shell to be maintained in a fixed position during fabrication of the completed cover. The preformed shell has an initial length greater than that of the finished cover, and, together with the support member, provides a simple, effective and efficient means for making covers for at least eleven different models and makes of pick-up trucks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Brahma, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Grote, Duane Raymond, Joseph C. Mosher
  • Method of making truck bed cover assembly
    Patent number: 4295262
    Abstract: An assembly for the production of covers, or toppers, for the truck beds of various sizes and makes of pick-up trucks comprising a preformed shell which serves as a base or body portion for the finished cover, and a support member for the preformed shell which provides means for trimming the shell to a predetermined length and enables the shell to be maintained in a fixed position during fabrication of the completed cover. The preformed shell has an initial length greater than that of the finished cover, and, together with the support member, provides a simple, effective and efficient means for making covers for at least eleven different models and makes of pick-up trucks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1981
    Assignee: Thermoplastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Grote, Duane Raymond, Joseph C. Mosher
  • Pickup truck bed and tailgate liner
    Patent number: D259928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1981
    Assignee: Thermoplastics Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerald J. Weis, Donald L. Munoz, Daniel Grote