Patents by Inventor John A. Bishop

John A. Bishop 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).

  • Publication number: 20030205180
    Abstract: The present invention is a collapsible table that has the benefit of the interlocking legs supporting each other independently of the top, and of supporting the top itself. The present invention table includes components generally referred to as interlocking legs, but because one set extends to the floor and the other set need not extend to the floor, they are more specifically referred to as table support members and table brace members. In the present invention table, there is a pair of table support members, each table support member having a general frontal view shape of an inverted “U”. There is a substantially horizontal top portion and two substantially vertical leg portions, the top portion having two receiving slots at opposite ends from one another. These two receiving slots face or open upwardly when the table support members are upright for assembly, and these receiving slots have a predetermined height, h, and a predetermined width, w−1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventor: John A. Bishop
  • Patent number: 4702453
    Abstract: A universally positionable holder securely holds a book or other printed matter in any position. A selectively shaped back plate has a frontal lip at its lower portion and straps, secured at its upper portion. The straps are extendable across the front of the back plate to bend around the bottom to the back, where they are secured to the plate by hook and loop type fasteners. Hold-down stays are pivotably mounted near the top of the back plate and attachment means are provided on the back of the back plate. The back plate is attached via a double ball-joint to a universally positionable support arm comprised of arm segments and joints, mounted upon a base that may be mounted either by clamp or by screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Inventor: John A. Bishop
  • Patent number: 4620687
    Abstract: A universally positionable holder securely holds a book or other printed matter in any position. A selectively shaped back plate has a frontal lip at its lower portion and projecting pegs extending from a lower portion of the back plate. A plurality of spaced projecting pegs extend from the upper portion of the back plate. Hold-down stays are pivotably mounted near the top of the back plate and attachment means are provided on the back of the back plate. Elastic bands may be affixed to the lower pegs and stretchably secured across a book cover to any of the plurality of spaced projecting peg means extending from and along the upper portion of the back plate which is attached via a ball-joint to a universally positionable support arm comprised of arm segments and joints, mounted upon a base that may be mounted either by clamp or by screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Inventor: John A. Bishop