Patents by Inventor Gerald M. Rea

Gerald M. Rea 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).

  • Cover system for a golf cart
    Patent number: 6220657
    Abstract: Disclosed is a manually actuated sliding golf cart cover system to protect both the occupants and the golf equipment from the elements. Several overlapping panels are configured such that they telescope one with respect to the other in the closed position until all that is visible is a single panel. In the deployed position, the several overlapping panels form a roof cover and the rear-most panel pivots around a hinge and extends over an item storage area thereby protecting the golf equipment housed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Patent Holding Company
    Inventor: Gerald M. Rea
  • Cigar and cigarette ashtray
    Patent number: 5927286
    Abstract: A stackable ashtray of rectangular shape is provided in a plastic container having notched walls for supporting cigarettes and outwardly extending channels for supporting cigars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Larry J. Winget
    Inventor: Gerald M. Rea
  • Shroud top vent grille retaining means
    Patent number: 4521050
    Abstract: A shroud top vent grille is releasably retained or attached to the front fenders of a vehicle by a retainer means. The retainer means comprises a pair of headed weld studs welded to an inner wall of the fender a predetermined distance below its upper external surface and a one piece plastic retainer member which can be readily secured to the weld studs and which is adapted to releasably retain the shroud top vent grille in place and so that it is flush with the adjacent external fender while preventing rattling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald M. Rea, William G. Stoff, John F. Zens