Patents by Inventor James A. Roof

James A. Roof 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).

  • Lamp housing mounting arrangement
    Patent number: 5201579
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for a vehicle lamp housing which includes an integral hold-down member having a lock arm cooperating with a pawl formed on a support panel and also having a contact foot insertable into a slot adjacent the pawl for locking the lamp housing to the support panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Roof, Kenneth J. Foley
  • Lamp housing mounting clip
    Patent number: 5101540
    Abstract: A mounting clip for securing a lamp housing to a support panel formed with a retainer slot having an access portion and a retainer portion, and in which the mounting clip has a hold-down portion adapted to be fixedly connected to the lamp housing and be inserted into the access portion of the retainer slot after which a movement of the lamp housing towards the retainer portion of the retainer slot causes a lock portion of the mounting clip to engage teeth provided in the retainer portion to lock the lamp housing to the support panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Roof, Kenneth J. Foley
  • Antiglare rear view mirror
    Patent number: 4527860
    Abstract: An antiglare rear view mirror which includes a housing having a prismoidal mirror element provided with a pair of vertically aligned and finger-operated tab members for manually moving the mirror element between two positions so as to present one or the other of the two reflecting surfaces of the mirror element to a viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Roof