Patents by Inventor James Samuel Follows

James Samuel Follows 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).

  • Lock for a slidable door
    Patent number: 4076289
    Abstract: A lock for a slidable door. The lock comprises an elongate body formed with an open catch compartment. A back plate closes the catch compartment. There is a catch opening in a first side wall of the catch compartment. A pivotable hub is borne by aligned bearing means in the back plate of the catch compartment. A catch is mounted on the hub and is reciprocable with the hub between a lock position from which the catch projects through the catch opening and an unlocked position in which the catch is within the catch compartment. The lock has means to permit selection of the lock or unlock position of the catch and means to maintain the catch in the selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1978
    Assignee: Vanguard Plastics Ltd.
    Inventors: James Samuel Follows, Gerhard Stanley Bergen