Patents by Inventor Howard A. Magness

Howard A. Magness 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).

  • Rail and post connector
    Patent number: 4360285
    Abstract: A connector to unite rail and post in a railing or the like by means of adjustable frictional engagement within the rail, adjustment being through a plurality of barbs extending from a leg of the connector and bendable toward or away from the leg to adjust fit with the rail; the barbs have free ends oriented toward the middle of the connector, making the connector easier to assemble to the rail than to pull apart from the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Inventor: Howard A. Magness