Patents by Inventor Joseph Nikoden, Jr.

Joseph Nikoden, Jr. 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: 4426935
    Abstract: A case for securing valuables which includes a plurality of interconnected panels defining an interior space for location of the valuables. A door provides access to the space and a lock normally maintains the door in the closed position to prevent such access. Some of the panels employed for forming the space include inside facing surfaces and connectors such as threaded studs are positioned on these surfaces. Cooperating connectors such as openings for receiving the studs are defined by other panels so that upon assembly of the respective panels, access to the connectors is available only from within the interior of the case. The individual panels are readily transportable for convenient location and assembly; however, the case, once assembled, cannot be so readily moved from its location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: Detroit-Armor Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Nikoden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4247115
    Abstract: A shooting booth for shooting ranges having a target located down-range of the booth, the booth being formed by a pair of spaced side walls with one of the side walls having a cantilever support barricade. The barricade is a narrow vertical panel positioned toward the end of the cantilever arms and spaced from the hinge point at the side walls to form a window between the side wall and the panel. A shelf is mounted at the side wall adjacent to the barricade, and the booth is hinged to fold around the shelf and against the side wall such that the shelf may be lowered to a horizontal position or raised to a vertical position without interference with the barricade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignee: Detroit Bullet Trap Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Nikoden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4088322
    Abstract: A target shooting range having a designated shooter position, at least one target position and a target carrier system. The carrier system includes a rail extending between the shooter position and the target position with a movable target carrier mounted on the rail for movement between those two positions. The movable target carrier has a carriage portion comprising a wheeled vehicle and a lower target holder portion depending from the carriage portion. The lower target holder portion is movable to a retracted position as the carrier is being moved from the shooter position to a target position. Bullet deflection plates are suspended from the ceiling of the range beneath the carrier rail and have the function of protecting the upper carriage portion of the carrier from being struck and gradually destroyed by bullets fired from the shooter position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Assignee: Detroit Bullet Trap Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Nikoden, Jr.