Patents by Inventor Lee Bayless

Lee Bayless 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: 5983422
    Abstract: A collapsible, self-supporting, fully portable hammock assembly in which the supporting framework is fabricated of lightweight metal components. The apparatus can be quickly and easily extended from a compact, collapsible configuration into a self-supporting highly stable structure which safely carries the hammock. The supporting framework includes a pair of hammock support uprights which are pivotally connected to novel mounting brackets which also support pairs of transversely extending ground engaging stabilizing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventor: Lee Bayless
  • Patent number: 5971209
    Abstract: An operating apparatus for safely and effortlessly operating beverage dispensers of the character which embody a manually operated air pump for expelling the beverage from the dispenser. The operating apparatus of the invention, which can simultaneously support and operate a plurality of air pump dispensers in a side-by-side relationship, safely constrains the dispensers within an upright supporting structure of novel design to which a number of lever-like, air-pump operating arms can be pivotally connected. The operating arms, each of which includes a pump engaging member, is separately movable from a first at rest position to a second, downward operating position. Because of the mechanical advantage offered by the lever-like operating arms of the device, the plunger component of the air pump can be effortlessly depressed while the dispenser is being securely held in position within the superstructure of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventor: Lee Bayless
  • Patent number: 5003652
    Abstract: A collapsible, self-supporting, fully portable hammock assembly in which the supporting framework is fabricated of light weight metal components. The apparatus can be quickly and easily extended from a compact, collapsible configuration into a self-supporting highly stable structure which safely carries the hammock. When the apparatus is in its folded configuration, it is mounted on a wheeled base assembly which permits easy transport of the collapsed apparatus from place to place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Inventor: Lee Bayless
  • Patent number: D408166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Inventor: Lee Bayless