Patents by Inventor Floyd Searer

Floyd Searer 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: 9351566
    Abstract: A bearing and detent mechanism for automatic alignment of a Lazy Susan Turntable or shelf to an original position or door closed position is provided which includes a bearing mounted to the Lazy Susan Turntable and a cabinet shelf with a cavity on the outer bearing having an entrance and exit ramp and wherein the bottom of the exit and entrance ramp represents the detent or stop location of the Lazy Susan Turntable. The bearing and detent mechanism allows for the Lazy Susan Turntable to smoothly stop where it needs to so as to keep products on the shelf in a stable and upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: FAS INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Floyd A. Searer, Ralph N. Searer, Vo Cong Hai
  • Publication number: 20150055905
    Abstract: A bearing and detent mechanism for automatic alignment of a Lazy Susan Turntable or shelf to an original position or door closed position is provided which includes a bearing mounted to the Lazy Susan Turntable and a cabinet shelf with a cavity on the outer bearing having an entrance and exit ramp and wherein the bottom of the exit and entrance ramp represents the detent or stop location of the Lazy Susan Turntable. The bearing and detent mechanism allows for the Lazy Susan Turntable to smoothly stop where it needs to so as to keep products on the shelf in a stable and upright position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Floyd A. Searer, Ralph N. Searer, Vo Cong Hai
  • Publication number: 20060042622
    Abstract: A wall-mounted range hood for the collection and exhausting of fumes includes a mounting board that is affixed to a wall adjacent to and above a select area (cooking area) and where an exhaust assembly fits onto the mounting board by engagement with supporting hardware located thereon, and where the shroud is also mountable onto the mounting board by engagement with reverse angles located in compatible orientation between the top of the mounting board and the top of the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventor: Floyd Searer
  • Publication number: 20050199159
    Abstract: A turntable, such as one use for a Lazy Susan or for a carousel, comprises a plywood shelf and corresponding plywood rim construction where the rim is formed. Additionally, the rim of the present invention is segmented so as to be installable onto the plywood shelf of the turntable in pieces and form up a completed rim around the perimeter of the turntable shelf. The rim height may also be selected for use in specific applications. The combination of the rim and shelf components for a turntable of the present invention are compatibly packageable as separate components thereby reducing storage and shipping resource requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventor: Floyd Searer
  • Publication number: 20040040479
    Abstract: A shelf of the present invention includes a plate member, a band, and a plurality of posts, which are mounted to the plate member. Each of the posts includes a slot that receives the band and supports the band to form a fence around at least a portion of the plate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Floyd A. Searer, Michael L. Gingrich
  • Patent number: 6695419
    Abstract: The drawer structure enables drawer space to be conveniently divided, and includes L-shaped dividers cut to a desired length and placed within the drawer, and formed in any combination of width and length to fill the drawer bottom and providing individual compartments within it. Additional division of the drawer space is provided by transversely extending dividers that are mounted to the upstanding legs of desired ones of the L-shaped dividers. These transversely extending dividers may include a number of snap-off portions to accommodate the width of the space being transversely further divided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Inventors: Floyd A. Searer, Charles Tack
  • Patent number: 6582096
    Abstract: A hanger rod for supporting clothes hangers, wherein an elongated rod including a slot extends along the upper longitudinal surface of the elongated rod; at least one hanger rail mounted within the slot at least at one predetermined position therein and in noncontacting relationship with the surface of the elongated rod; and at least one hanger supported on the hanger rail to prevent substantial contact of the hanger with the surface of the hanger rod, thereby reducing the frictional engagement between the at least one hanger and the surface of the hanger rod. The elongated rod may include a lighting fixture mounted therein and emitting light at least from both end portions of the elongated rod and/or from a slot extending along the bottom of the elongated rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Fas Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Floyd A. Searer
  • Publication number: 20030052582
    Abstract: A drawer including respective opposing ends and side members and a bottom member; a number of L-shaped adjustable divider members forming compartments in the drawer, one of the leg members of each of the divider members resting on the bottom member abutting a respective adjacent divider member and determining the width of an associated compartment and the other leg member defining the height of the associated compartment; and a pair of spaced L-shaped separator members placed perpendicular to the divider members and each one of the separator members abutting the respective ends of the divider members to form a respective compartment at each end of the drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Floyd A. Searer, Charles Tack
  • Patent number: 6422672
    Abstract: An appliance garage with a front panel having left and right side frame members supported in spaced relation by a front panel member extending between the top portions of the left and right side frame members; each of the right and left side frame members including an angled projection extending away from the front of the front panel; a tambour door connected at each respective front side thereof to a respective right and left side frame member; left and right side panel members each having a channel extending substantially the length of the front edge portion and to engage the respective projection of the left and right side frame member so that the side panels extend angled from the tambour door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: FAS Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Floyd A. Searer
  • Patent number: 5794399
    Abstract: A combined molding cap and molding strip with the molding strip having opposed attachment surfaces extending along a longitudinal axis, a plurality of beaded ridges extending along one attachment surface of the molding strip, and a plurality of fluted channels extending along the opposed attachment surface of the molding strip. The molding cap has a surface including at least one of complementary fluted channels and beaded ridges for respectively engaging the beaded ridges and fluted channels of the molding strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: FAS Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Floyd A. Searer
  • Patent number: 5692354
    Abstract: A combined molding cap and molding strip wherein a molding strip having opposed attachment surfaces extends along the longitudinal axis thereof; a plurality of beaded ridges extends along one attachment surface of the molding strip and a plurality of fluted channels extends along the opposed attachment surface of the molding strip; and at least one molding cap having a surface including at least one of complementary fluted channels and beaded ridges for respectively engaging the beaded ridges and fluted channels of the molding strip so that the at least one molding cap is in closely abutting relationship with the molding strip at a desired location along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: FAS Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Floyd A. Searer
  • Patent number: 5570554
    Abstract: A floor covering member with a bottom and a top cover surface for covering sub-flooring a first end portion extending between the top cover surface and the bottom surface, and having a blind attachment surface extending outwardly from the bottom surface and through which at least one fastening member is driven; the blind attachment surface having an end face; a step portion having an upper surface parallel to the top cover surface and extending upwardly from the blind attachment surface at a distance inwardly from the end face; a first edge portion extending from the top cover surface and forming a vertical wall extending downwardly from the top cover surface; a groove formed between the vertical wall and the upper surface of the step portion; a second end portion spaced between the top cover surface and the bottom surface and including a cove having an upper surface formed in the second end portion opposite the blind attachment surface; a tongue having a vertically stepped lower surface joining the upper sur
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: FAS Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Floyd A. Searer
  • Patent number: 5444956
    Abstract: A mold trim member is formed of an elongated body member including spaced elongated channels extending along the longitudinal axis thereof; a backing member attached to the spaced channels so that the surface of the backing member is exposed between the channel members; a removable first insert member including cut-out portions and being inserted between the channels with the surface viewable between the cut-out portions and a removable second insert member inserted between the removable first insert member and the surface of the backing member with the surface of the second removable member viewable between the cut-out portions of the removable first insert member. The surface pattern of the second removable insert member may be changed either by inserting another second removable insert member having a different surface and/or changing the first removable insert member with another having different cut-out portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Fas, Inc.
    Inventors: Floyd A. Searer, Charles W. Tack
  • Patent number: 4947937
    Abstract: In a tambour door opening/closing apparatus, a tambour door is moved along a longitudinal axis between open and closed positions under restraint of a frame guiding opposed sides of the door. A constant spring is mounted to the tambour door and has a section thereof extending generally along the longitudinal axis to assist in moving the tambour door between the opened and closed positions. A fixed rod is mounted between the frames guiding both sides of the door and a spool is rotatably mounted on the rod with the spring being coiled around the spool and the exposed end of the constant spring is attached to the tambour door. A track assembly is mounted on each side of the frame for guiding the movement of the tambour door and includes a substantially straight portion extending substantially the length of the opening and a loop portion with a coiled track for forming coils of the tambour door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: FAS Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Floyd A. Searer, Ralph Searer
  • Patent number: D480581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: FAS Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Floyd A. Searer
  • Patent number: D493311
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: FAS Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Floyd A. Searer
  • Patent number: D345690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Omega Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Floyd A. Searer, Charles W. Tack
  • Patent number: D363131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Fas, Inc.
    Inventor: Floyd A. Searer
  • Patent number: D399323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: FAS Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Floyd A. Searer
  • Patent number: D403449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: FAS Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Floyd A. Searer