Patents by Inventor Harper F. Zarker, Jr.

Harper F. Zarker, 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: 8096000
    Abstract: A molded shower surround provides a base portion that receives wall portions and a corner portion. The corner portion includes a multiple of features such that the shower surround may be particularly tailored to customers' desires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel
  • Patent number: 7028349
    Abstract: A molded shower surround includes a base portion which receives wall portions and a corner portion therebetween. The corner portion includes an upper lock tab and a lower lock tab adjacent an outer edge. An upper lock slot and a lower lock slot are located adjacent the inner edge of each wall portions which engage the corner portion. Each side of the corner portion includes a corner flange arranged substantially perpendicular to a corner planar surface. The corner flange and the molded slots when combined with the upper lock tab and the lower lock tab which respectively engage the upper lock slot and the lower lock slot, provide a watertight interlocking arrangement between the corner portion and the wall portions. In one assembly method, the corner portion and a wall portion are locked into a sub-assembly then this sub-assembly is lifted and slide onto to a second wall which may already be mounted to the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel
  • Patent number: 5263576
    Abstract: A small plastic storage box is particularly adapted for the storage and display of trading cards and includes an open-topped container for edgewise receipt of a stack of cards and a sliding cover to close the box and enclose the cards therein. The container also includes upwardly opening slots around the side walls into which individual trading cards can be inserted edgewise and which are visible from outside the box through the transparent plastic walls. The box also includes a modular construction whereby identical boxes can be interconnected for expanded storage capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignees: Richard J. Boreen, Barbara J. Boreen
    Inventors: Richard J. Boreen, Barbara J. Boreen, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., David M. Bueschel
  • Patent number: D464330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: American Shower and Bath Corp.
    Inventor: Harper F. Zarker, Jr.
  • Patent number: D495783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corp.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel
  • Patent number: D495784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corp.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel
  • Patent number: D495785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corp.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel
  • Patent number: D495786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corp.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel
  • Patent number: D495787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corp.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel
  • Patent number: D495788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corp.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel
  • Patent number: D495789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corp.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel
  • Patent number: D496438
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corp.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel
  • Patent number: D496439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corp.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel
  • Patent number: D496440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corp.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel
  • Patent number: D498829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: American Shower & Bath Corp.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Helmetsie, Harper F. Zarker, Jr., Tomasz Pracel