Patents by Inventor Larry M. Markle

Larry M. Markle 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: 4726449
    Abstract: An elevator cab having a platform, upstanding wall panels on the platform which define an enclosure having an opening, a door mounted to open and close the opening, and a strike post assembly for the door. The strike post assembly, which includes an inner stationary post and an outer post coupled together to define a vertically extending enclosure, includes hall lanterns mounted in the enclosure, and resilient door stops or bumpers mounted on the outer post. The outer post holds the lenses for the hall lanterns without apparent fastener hardware, and it further functions as a removable cover for the hall lanterns, while concealing a single vertical column of fastener hardware which fixes the outer post to the inner post behind the resilient door bumpers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Karl B. Orndorff, Paul L. Baldwin, Larry M. Markle
  • Patent number: 4699251
    Abstract: An elevator cab, and method of assembling same, including upstanding wall members on a platform, with the upstanding wall members having upper edges which support a canopy. The canopy is constructed of at least two metallic panel members having adjacent edges which are bent into complementary bend configurations which form an interlocking joint when one bend configuration is pivoted about the other bend configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Karl B. Orndorff, Paul L. Baldwin, Larry M. Markle
  • Patent number: 4153234
    Abstract: A handrail assembly adapted for mounting between two spaced parallel surfaces. The handrail member and its mounting brackets are cooperatively configured to enable the handrail member to be supported by the brackets while concealing the brackets and the means which locks the handrail member and its mounting brackets in assembled relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1979
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Edward F. Sherwood, Larry M. Markle