Patents by Inventor David D. Ray

David D. Ray 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: 5164011
    Abstract: A door painting fixture which will hold a door in generally vertical position with the door being supported for rotational movement about a centrally located vertical axis to enable a door to be completely painted by the use of any of several well known paint applying techniques without the necessity of the painter moving to opposite sides of a door or lifting the door and manually rotating it 180.degree.. The fixture includes opposed, vertically spaced and aligned pins having tapered or pointed facing ends to engage the top and bottom edges of a door at a center point thereof with the pins being supported by a stand having laterally extending arms supporting the pins with the upper arm including a spring arrangement to bias the upper pin towards the lower pin to retain the door in position in the fixture. The lower arm of the stand includes a structure to frictionally retain the door in 180.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Inventor: David D. Ray