Patents by Inventor Gerald A. Call, Sr.

Gerald A. Call, Sr. 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: 4396173
    Abstract: A furniture joint attachment bracket for applying securing force to a furniture leg and two side members connected by a furniture angle brace, the attachment bracket including a portion for engagement by the underside of the head and the square neck of a stove bolt for application of securing force to the joint while preventing turning of the bolt relative to the bracket. The head engaging portion of the bracket projects from laterally extending flanges thereof which fit against the leg to absorb the securing force thereon, and the bolt is extended through the leg and through the angle brace to receive a nut on the extending threaded end thereof for tightening thereon to pull the angle brace and the attachment bracket together thereby tightening and securing the leg between the side members of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1983
    Inventor: Gerald A. Call, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4124186
    Abstract: A furniture angle brace that has a central bracing portion from which a pair of flat flanges extend angularly with two flat rectangular tabs projecting generally perpendicularly from each flange for assembly in a furniture joint to secure a leg and two side members together with the flat flanges flat against the side members and the tabs seated in slightly smaller cylindrical bores in the side members for receiving alignment with the tabs for indenting side edge-to-cylindrical surface seating of the tabs in the bores. The brace is secured to the side members and leg by screws that fix the brace flanges to the side members and by a screw or bolt that draws the central portion of the brace toward the leg and thereby secures the side members to the leg with the tab and bore connections providing proper configuration of the parts and rigidifying the completed joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1978
    Inventor: Gerald A. Call, Sr.