Patents by Inventor David A. Bohannan

David A. Bohannan 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).

  • Method and apparatus for attaching window hardware
    Publication number: 20030019093
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixture for securing hardware to a shaped sheet. The fixture includes supports having sheet supporting surfaces generally corresponding to a desired elevational contour of selected portions of a sheet to be supported and a holder to support hardware to be secured to the supported sheet at a predetermined location and orientation corresponding to a desired location and orientation of the hardware when secured to a sheet shaped to a desired configuration. In one particular embodiment of the invention, the sheet supporting surfaces correspond to selected marginal edge portions of the supported sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: David A. Bohannan, Neil S. Curliss
  • Apparatus for attaching window hardware
    Patent number: 6497025
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixture for securing hardware to a shaped sheet. The fixture includes supports having sheet supporting surfaces generally corresponding to a desired elevational contour of selected portions of a sheet to be supported and a holder to support hardware to be secured to the supported sheet at a predetermined location and orientation corresponding to a desired location and orientation of the hardware when secured to a sheet shaped to a desired configuration. In one particular embodiment of the invention, the sheet supporting surfaces correspond to selected marginal edge portions of the supported sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Bohannan, Neil S. Curliss