Patents by Inventor Donald C. Mestler

Donald C. Mestler 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: 4566661
    Abstract: A support assembly, for use with a table assembly for a recreational vehicle includes at least three support legs which pivots on a support collar which slides along a central support tube for the table. The outward pivoting motion of the legs is limited by struts which are pivotably mounted between the central support tube and each of the legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Inventor: Donald C. Mestler
  • Patent number: 4560135
    Abstract: A support apparatus is arranged for use with a van or camper table, wherein a table top is mounted by a cylindrical table support tube to the floor of a van or similar vehicle using sockets mounted on the underside of the table top and the floor of the vehicle which receive tapered ends of a central cylindrical support tube. The support apparatus includes a collar, which engages the support tube, and legs which extend from the collar. With the support apparatus attached, the support tube can be mounted with the support apparatus at the bottom, so that the table can be used on a ordinary horizontal surface, or with the support apparatus at the top, immediately below the table top, so that the tube can support the table top inside a vehicle by engagement of the tapered end to a received socket mounted to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Inventor: Donald C. Mestler