Patents by Inventor Kenneth C. Fries

Kenneth C. Fries 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).

  • Hinged portable hat box having strap abutments
    Patent number: 5074410
    Abstract: A portable hat box for a brimmed hat having an upper member and a lower member. The upper member being pivotal relative to the lower member about a pivot axis between a closed position and an open position. The members in the closed position completely enclose a hat chamber. Each of the members having a platen surface. The lower member platen surface is substantially complementary in shape to the upper member platen surface. The platen surfaces are adjacent having a substantially constant vertical clearance therebetween in the closed position. The platen surfaces are nonadjacent and obliquely related in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Coppers Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Fries, Steven T. Gerber