Patents by Inventor Laurie R. Sparkes

Laurie R. Sparkes 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: 4694773
    Abstract: A tiltable upwardly extending supporting arch assembly for supporting a radar antenna and other antenna devices above the roof of a cabin or control bridge superstructure of a boat including a unitary rigid arch member of inverted substantially U-shaped configuration having a generally horizontal transversely elongated top portion and a pair of depending leg portions having feet at their lower ends. The feet are attached to a pair of tilting base mounting assemblies each having a base housing component in the shape of an elongated box shaped housing to be fixed to the roof and having a tiltable top plate member pivoted to the box-shaped housing for movement from a first position disposing the arch member in a raised normal operating position to a second position disposing the arch member in a lower position wherein the leg portions lie substantially parallel to the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: JGB Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurie R. Sparkes, Joseph G. Baker