Patents by Inventor Karen C. Miller

Karen C. Miller 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: 7909148
    Abstract: A combination food cooler and table assembly includes a cooler base having an insulated cavity covered by a removable lid and a table assembly overlying the cooler lid. A table sub-panel has two legs that slide within table leg sleeves at opposite ends of the cooler base. A table top mounted over the sub-panel includes a central panel and a pair of drop leaves hingedly attached to opposite sides of the central panel. A pair of handhold openings in the sub-panel, accessed through hinged covers at the ends of the central panel, permit the user to raise the table assembly to a desired height. The central panel is mounted atop the sub-panel by means of a swivel mechanism that permits the table top to be rotated about its central axis 90 degrees with respect to the sub-panel when the drop leaves are raised outwardly and upwardly from a vertical or transport position to a horizontal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventors: Larry D. Miller, Karen C. Miller
  • Patent number: 6925944
    Abstract: A table which may be quickly and easily reconfigured to meet the present needs of the user includes a base having left and right side members, front and rear slat members, and a bottom member extending therebetween, the foregoing members defining a magazine storage area within the base, a sub-top extending between the left and right side members and being arranged for vertical sliding engagement with respect to the side members to facilitate height adjustment of the sub-top with respect to the base, a table top having a rectangular central top member and drop leaves hingedly attached to respective ones of longer sides of the top member, each of the drop leaves being movable between a horizontal position and a depending vertical position, the top member being mounted on the sub-top such that the table top may be rotated ninety degrees in either direction with respect to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Inventors: Larry D. Miller, Karen C. Miller