Patents by Inventor Don Charles Burkman

Don Charles Burkman 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).

  • Publication number: 20150257518
    Abstract: A personal grip cover allows a user to lift and carry objects such as luggage, shopping bags, briefcases, ladders, and the like, or to grip a steering wheel or handles of exercise equipment, without causing pain or distress to the user's hands or fingers. The personal grip cover is a tubular body of a rubber material having a durometer of about 50. The tubular body has a generally oval, kidney shaped, or circular cross section with a hollow core and with a longitudinal slot that extends the entire length of the tubular body. The personal grip cover can be opened along the slot to allow the user to apply the tubular body over the handle of a luggage piece, a shopping bag, a briefcase, a purse, or other object, or even a steering wheel. The tubular body cushions the user's hand and fingers when a user lifts and carries the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Don Charles Burkman
  • Publication number: 20150258401
    Abstract: A tossing game is played using rubber saucers that are tossed at mat having one or more printed targets or at a foam ring. The rubber saucer has a flat rubber body with first and second major surfaces. The first surface has a covering that allows the saucer to slide when the saucer lands with the first surface facing downward. The second surface has the rubber body exposed so that the saucer tends to stay where it lands when the saucer lands with the second major surface facing downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Don Charles Burkman
  • Patent number: 8376299
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an object to a wall includes a backbone, a ledge, and a spacer. The backbone has a means for mounting the backbone parallel to the wall. The ledge is attached to a bottom of the backbone and extends away from the wall. The spacer is located between the backbone and the ledge. A bottom of the object rests on the ledge and leans over the spacer such that a top of the object rests on the wall above the backbone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventor: Don Charles Burkman
  • Publication number: 20110079693
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an object to a wall includes a backbone, a ledge, and a spacer. The backbone has a means for mounting the backbone parallel to the wall. The ledge is attached to a bottom of the backbone and extends away from the wall. The spacer is located between the backbone and the ledge. A bottom of the object rests on the ledge and leans over the spacer such that a top of the object rests on the wall above the backbone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventor: Don Charles Burkman
  • Patent number: D629215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventor: Don Charles Burkman