Patents by Inventor Ferris E. Jones

Ferris E. Jones 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: 4032188
    Abstract: A modular bench seat construction composed of separate base, seat and backrest parts which may be easily assembled to form a bench seat for a dining nook or the like. These parts may be assembled in various arrangements to form differing bench seat configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Inventor: Ferris E. Jones
  • Patent number: 4019443
    Abstract: A table having a sliding table top supported on a base for edgewise adjustment of the top relative to the base, and means for releasably locking the top in fixed position relative to the base. The table is designed for use in combination with a bench seat or the like to provide a dining facility, such as a breakfast nook, wherein the table top may be moved away from the seat for convenience of access to and egress from the seat and toward the seat to a comfortable dining position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Inventor: Ferris E. Jones
  • Patent number: 3981533
    Abstract: A furniture combination including an article of furniture, such as a seat or table, pivotally attached to a support in a manner such that the article may be elevated above the floor to permit cleaning of the floor area below the article. The article may be retained in elevated position during cleaning by mechanical latch means or by friction or gravity. The furniture support may be another article of furniture, such as a seat, table, or bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1976
    Inventor: Ferris E. Jones
  • Patent number: 3977723
    Abstract: A furniture combination including an article of furniture, such as a seat or table, which is pivotally mounted on a support to swing vertically and is spring urged to an elevated position above the floor to permit cleaning of the floor area below the article. The article is latched in its normally lower position of use. The furniture support may be another article of furniture, such as a seat, table, or bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Inventor: Ferris E. Jones
  • Patent number: 3963272
    Abstract: A table having a supporting base with a lateral mounting extension for attachment cantilever fashion to a supporting structure with the bottom of the base spaced above the floor, and a supporting foot mounted at the bottom of the base below the table top for movement between a lower extended position werein the foot projects below the base for supporting contact with the floor and an upper retracted position wherein the foot is raised above the floor to facilitate cleaning the floor below the base.A furniture combination including the table and a bench seat to which the table base is secured to form the supporting structure for the table. In its extended position, the supporting foot for the table base may incline slightly from the vertical in a direction away from the bench seat to resist movement of the seat in the latter direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Inventor: Ferris E. Jones
  • Patent number: 3957302
    Abstract: A furniture combination including a seat and a table mounted on the seat for movement between a position of use in front of the seat and a storage position wherein the table top is disposed in an edgewise upright position at the rear of the seat. The table, when in its use position, may be adjustable toward and away from the seat to locate the table in a comfortable position for a person occupying the seat. The seat may be a chair, sofa, convertible sofa or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Inventor: Ferris E. Jones