Patents by Inventor John G. Sterling

John G. Sterling 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: 4306377
    Abstract: Suspension hardware for interior doors, such as closet or wardrobe doors and the like, incorporating overhead and floor mounted hardware assemblies, each incorporating a pair of angularly intersecting track means; the track means of cooperating assemblies being aligned in superposed registry in operation. One track means of each assembly parallels the wall in which the door opening is formed while the other track means is in intersecting relation thereto. Door brackets are affixed to the inner face of the door, adjacent its upper and lower edges, and guide members are mounted thereon for sliding movement along associated track means. Each guide member is pivotally joined to the door (via the associated door bracket) for pivotal movement about a vertical axis so that the door is movable simultaneously along the intersecting paths of the track means to produce arcuate swinging door action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: John Sterling Corporation
    Inventors: John G. Sterling, Richard G. Kluge
  • Patent number: 4181338
    Abstract: A jamb mounted strike assembly for use with a door mounted lock or latch, particularly on interior doors, which incorporates movable catch means operable to capture and hold a cooperative door mounted bolt for latching the door in closed position and capable, under impact, to release the bolt to afford emergency door opening operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1980
    Inventor: John G. Sterling
  • Patent number: 4135746
    Abstract: A bolt assembly for use with interior door latches or locks embodying a movable latch bolt and a relatively movable strike engaging latching element normally activated with the bolt to engage and disengage a jamb mounted strike in response to actuation of manual operator means having associated locking means operable to prevent operator actuation of the bolt and latching element for purposes of locking the door. In such locked state, emergency opening of the door may be accomplished with the assembly of this invention by imposing appropriate force on the latching element to effect strike disengaging movement thereof relative to the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1979
    Inventor: John G. Sterling
  • Patent number: D261225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Inventor: John G. Sterling