Patents by Inventor Keith Brightbill

Keith Brightbill 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: 5407074
    Abstract: A stacking drawer assembly (10) is disclosed comprising a base (14), lid (12), and drawer (16). A bottom surface (35) of the base (14) is provided with a central recess (38) and a pair of locking tabs (44) extend into the recess from a rearward recess sidewall (42) of the base (14). The lid (12) has a central raised pedestal (22) and a pair of spaced apart slots (50) extend through a rearward pedestal side (28). The base recess (38) is sized to receive the pedestal (22) of a second drawer assembly in stacking fashion, and the tabs (44) project through the slots (50) and latch over an inside surface edge defining the slots (50) to lock the stacked drawer assemblies together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Keith Brightbill, Brian J. Conaway, Coy D. Ward
  • Patent number: 5117979
    Abstract: The subject invention comprises a tool tray having top and bottom surfaces, with side walls extending upwardly from the bottom surface to the top surface. An intermediately disposed handle extends upwardly between the side walls of the tray, and has a horizontal gripping portion and supportive end portions. A profile passageway is also provided to extend through the bottom surface of the tray in communication with the hand opening, whereby upon stacking positionment of the bottom surface of one of the trays upon the top surface of a substantially like configured second tray, the handle gripping portion of the second tray projects through the profiled passageway of the first tray into close underlying proximity with the handle gripping portion of the first tray. So positioned, the handle gripping portions nest and can be simultaneously lifted from the confines of a toolbox in single handed fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventor: Keith Brightbill
  • Patent number: D326176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventor: Keith Brightbill
  • Patent number: D327562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Rubbermain Incorporated
    Inventor: Keith Brightbill
  • Patent number: D328425
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Inventor: Keith Brightbill
  • Patent number: D330329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventor: Keith Brightbill
  • Patent number: D342609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventor: Keith Brightbill
  • Patent number: D358458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Keith Brightbill, Coy D. Ward
  • Patent number: D364272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventor: Keith Brightbill
  • Patent number: D372583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventor: Keith Brightbill