Patents by Inventor Donald B. Colby

Donald B. Colby 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: 4684170
    Abstract: A chaise lounge has an open framework, main frame supported on front and back leg frame structures which are hingedly connected to the front and rear portions of the main frame. A back rest portion has a lower end hingedly connected to the main frame generally intermediate the length of the main frame and is swingable from a longitudinal position generally in the plane of the main frame to any selected one of a number of vertically inclined positions. Bale-shaped front and rear leg brace frames are hingedly connected to the main frame generally intermediate the length thereof to extend in opposite directions, and each has a connecting web portion which is engageable with and disengageable from trap members fixed on the front and rear leg frames respectively at a level below the hinged connection of the front and rear leg brace frames to the main frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1987
    Assignee: Lee L. Woodard, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: 4579383
    Abstract: A foldable, lightweight, principally metal chair or ottoman has a pair of spaced apart side frames with front and rear legs connected by an upper arm. The seat comprising a pair of fore to aft extending seat side rails, each lying within the vertical plane of one of the side frames, and connected together by a flexible material seat web is supported for folding movement by a pair of vertically inclined cross frames pivotally connected generally intermediate their ends and fixed at their upper ends to the seat side rails. Each cross frame is pivotally connected to a side frame near the lower end thereof, and caps on the seat side rails have forwardly and rearwardly extending extensions which project beyond the seat rails to engage the inboard sides of the front and rear legs of the side frames when the furniture unit is unfolded to spread position to react to the weight of a seat occupant and bear against the legs to maintain them in spread apart position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: Lee L. Woodard, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: 4559878
    Abstract: A folding table, suited to patio and poolside use as well as to interior use and comprising a horizontally disposed table top having a transparent sheet top with a downwardly projecting rim supported by opposed foldable, nesting leg assemblies for said top at opposite ends of said top, movable from a vertical position in which they support said top to a substantially horizontal position folded in nested relation against the bottom side of said top. A spreadable keeper member having a downwardly opening socket is fixed to the underside of said top on each side of the center thereof in a location such as to releasably lockably receive leg brace parts and retain the leg assemblies in vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: Lee L. Woodard, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: 4234226
    Abstract: A seating piece, such as a chaise longue, includes a foldable base unit and a seating unit. The base unit includes side frame members that are rotatable into a generally horizontal, collapsible position, and into a laterally spaced-apart, generally vertical position. The seating unit includes a seat section and a back section rotatably joined together to permit adjustment of the seat and back sections relative to each other; the seating unit including connecting means for releasably engaging the side frame members when these frame members are in their generally vertical position and releasably connecting the seating unit to the base unit without preventing rotational movement between the seat and back sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: Scott Paper Company
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D259307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Brown Jordan Company
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D260057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1981
    Assignee: Brown Jordan Company
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D263525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: Scott Paper Company
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D286826
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: Lee L. Woodard Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D288391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: Lee L. Woodard, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D291507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Lee L. Woodward, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D294436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: Tropitone Furniture Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D295933
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Tropitone Furniture Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D296272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1988
    Assignee: Tropitone Furniture Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D296273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1988
    Assignee: Tropitone Furniture Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D296284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1988
    Assignee: Tropitone Furniture Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D296618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Tropitone Furniture Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D296621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Tropitone Furniture Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D296848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: Tropitone Furniture Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D298785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Tropitone Furniture Company
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby
  • Patent number: D300996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Tropitone Furniture Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald B. Colby