Patents by Inventor Joel R. Overdorf

Joel R. Overdorf 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: 5659657
    Abstract: A heater element support frame is pivotally mounted at one edge to a support member attached to a reflector for movement between a first position disposing the frame adjacent to the reflector and a second position in which the frame is spaced from the reflector. Heater element end caps are slidably mounted in slots formed in sidewalls of the frame and mountable in a selectively adjustable position along the slots. Alternately, slots are formed in the reflector and arranged in a dimensional relationship to receive the end cap mounts such that the ends of two adjacent alternating heater elements of two side-by-side arranged columns of heater elements are offset from each other such that the heat generating portion of one heater element overlaps a non-heat generating portion and the end cap of an adjacent heater element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Brokaw, Inc.
    Inventor: Joel R. Overdorf