Patents by Inventor Earl D. Boorman, Jr.

Earl D. Boorman, Jr. 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: 4244637
    Abstract: A track assembly for securing to a wall and receiving shelves. The track assembly includes an elongated strip which is U-shaped in lateral cross section to provide two spaced parallel legs in a connecting portion. Supports are attached to the strip for receiving shelves thereon. There is also provided a shim having a base with a top and bottom surface, the bottom surface contacts the wall and each of two parallel sides of the shim has a step, said steps being spaced apart a distance equal to the distance of the spaced parallel legs of the strip and the other two parallel sides of the shim being unstepped and spaced apart from each other a distance greater than the distance of the spaced parallel legs of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Earl D. Boorman, Jr.
  • Patent number: 3984163
    Abstract: A shelf assembly particularly adapted for use in a household refrigerator comprises a cantilever supported frame and a sliding shelf which may easily be removed from the frame. The frame includes a pair of shelf guides or tracks which, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, are inwardly extending horizontal flanges attached to frame side members. The shelf includes a pair of shelf side members which are slidably supported on the cooperating upper surfaces of the horizontal flanges. Attached near the rear corners of the shelf are outwardly extending projections which ride against the lower surfaces of the flanges to prevent the rear of the shelf from moving upwardly. A stop prevents the shelf from being pulled out farther than the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Earl D. Boorman, Jr., Donald H. Kolseth