Patents by Inventor Dean Graboske

Dean Graboske 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).

  • Snap-together luggage carrier slat
    Patent number: 5025967
    Abstract: An end piece of a support slat of a luggage carrier which facilitates attachment of the end piece to the slat body prior to mounting to the vehicle body. The end piece has a tongue which extends into the slat body. The tongue includes a snap-in ramp designed to cooperate with an opening formed in the floor of the slat body to prevent withdrawal of the end piece and a series of alignment flanges extending upwardly from the tongue to engage the rub strip retaining shoulders of the slat body. A separate fastener is used to secure the slat assembly to the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Huron/St. Clair Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary M. Cronce, William Rasor, Dean Graboske