Patents by Inventor Jeffery M. Kalman

Jeffery M. Kalman 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: 5979336
    Abstract: A portable and adjustable ironing board system in which the ironing board may be securely affixed to a door is shown. The ironing board system of the present invention includes a singular support tube extending along the height of the door and securely attached to both upper and lower edges of the door. The ironing board system has an adjustable ironing board height and the singular support tube is adjustable to securely affix the tube to the door. The ironing board may be placed in the useful horizontal position or in the stored vertical position. The design of the ironing board system provides that the rear end of the ironing board slides along the support tube in a manner such that when in the vertical stored position the upper surface of the ironing board is facing outward. The ironing board can be locked in the downward horizontal position or in the stored vertical position by locking clamps. Further adjustment of the ironing board are allowed by the use of adjustment feet on the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Whitney Design, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Nottingham, John W. Spirk, Richard O. McCarthy, Nicholas E. Stanca, Jeffery M. Kalman
  • Patent number: 5778573
    Abstract: A portable ironing board having a two-way swivel bracket assembly. The ironing board may be affixed to a dryer and stored in the space between a washing machine and dryer and is attached to the dryer by means of an attachment assembly. The attachment assembly allows secure affixing of the entire ironing board assembly to the top, side and bottom of the dryer. The ironing board additionally has a swivel assembly which allows the ironing board to be rotated about a first and a second axis. The first rotation allows the ironing board to be swiveled from a vertical stored position in which the ironing board is directed downwards to a vertical position wherein the ironing board extends outward toward the front of the dryer. The second rotation ability allows the ironing board to be swiveled about such that the ironing board rests upon the top of the dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Whitney Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Nottingham, John W. Spirk, Richard O. McCarthy, Nicholas E. Stanca, Jeffery M. Kalman
  • Patent number: 5533788
    Abstract: A multi-part article of furniture, such as a chair or table, capable of being assembled without tools or glue is disclosed. The legs of the table or chair can be rigidly, but removably, attached to the table top or chair seat by slideably engaging an elongated dowel protruding from an upper side surface of the leg into a mating slot formed in the end wall of an apron attached to the underside of the table top or chair seat. Alternatively, the elongated dowel may protrude from the apron and the upper side surface of the leg may contain a mating slot. Fastening clips may provide additional attachment between the legs and aprons and a separate dowel protruding from the upper end surface of the leg may mate with a bore in the underside of the seat or table top. In one embodiment, the length of the legs is varied either by replacement with longer-length legs or by the addition of leg-extension members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Galsten Trading, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Nottingham, John W. Spirk, Jeffery M. Kalman, Robert G. Taylor, Roland A. Stenta, Emily P. Stenta