Patents by Inventor Donald Yerman

Donald Yerman 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: 5240320
    Abstract: A food service cabinet embodies a unique shelf support rail construction and mounting arrangement which provides for easy and quick removal of the shelf support rails for cleaning and/or adjustment, a unique construction of channel members employed in the cabinet as support posts and tray stops, for example, which construction coacts with catches on walls of the cabinet for providing quick and east removable attachment of the channel member to the wall, and a removable top unit for closing an open top of a cabinet enclosure, the top unit forming a continuation of the cabinet enclosure and having essentially full width hand grips integrally embodied in sheet metal side walls of the top unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Crescent Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Yerman
  • Patent number: 4892366
    Abstract: A sneeze guard system comprising a sneeze guard panel having oppositely bent top and bottom edge portions, support legs for supporting the sneeze guard panel in a supported position, and a channel member secured between the top ends of the support legs for mounting the sneeze guard panel on the support legs in such supported position while permitting removal of the sneeze guard panel upon relative pivoting to a release position. The channel member defines with the support legs respective slots sized to permit passage of the top edge portion of the sneeze guard panel into said channel member when in such released position and then pivoting of the top edge portion to a position precluding withdrawal from the channel member when the sneeze guard panel is in its supported position atop the support legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Assignee: Crescent Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Yerman
  • Patent number: 4757913
    Abstract: A cover unit for a food warmer of the type comprising a food container. The cover unit comprises a frame for connection to the food container, a plurality of door members slidably supported on the frame and independently movable relative to said frame and to each other selectively to close said opening and to allow a selected amount of access to the food container. A pair of track members are provided for supporting and guiding each of the door members, with the track members being selectively connectable and removable from the frame and from the door members, to enable assembly and disassembly of the frame, the track means and the door members. The key components of the cover unit, i.e., the door members, track members and frame are formed, essentially of sheet metal parts, to facilitate manufactue of those components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: Crescent Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Yerman