Patents by Inventor Lesley R. Jenkins

Lesley R. Jenkins 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).

  • Combination garage door and roll-up curtain system
    Patent number: 8016014
    Abstract: A combination garage door and roll-up curtain system that allows a flexible curtain to be lowered when the garage door is in a raised position. The system preferably comprises an automated garage door assembly wherein the drive mechanism is mounted to a bracket mounted in turn to the inside wall above the garage opening upper margin. The system preferably further comprises an automated roll-up curtain assembly having a rotatable rod mounted above the garage opening upper margin between the bracket and the inside wall. The rotatable rod has a flexible curtain wound thereabout wherein the first end of the curtain is affixed to the rod and the second end of the curtain is secured along its lateral margins within tracks mounted adjacent the garage opening lateral margins. The second end of the curtain preferably has a weighted member attached thereto to urge the curtain toward the garage opening lower margin and to keep the curtain taut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Inventors: Grant W. Crider, Shawn J. Crider, Lesley R. Jenkins
  • COMBINATION GARAGE DOOR AND ROLL-UP CURTAIN SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090199978
    Abstract: A combination garage door and roll-up curtain system that allows a flexible curtain to be lowered when the garage door is in a raised position. The system preferably comprises an automated garage door assembly wherein the drive mechanism is mounted to a bracket mounted in turn to the inside wall above the garage opening upper margin. The system preferably further comprises an automated roll-up curtain assembly having a rotatable rod mounted above the garage opening upper margin between the bracket and the inside wall. The rotatable rod has a flexible curtain wound thereabout wherein the first end of the curtain is affixed to the rod and the second end of the curtain is secured along its lateral margins within tracks mounted adjacent the garage opening lateral margins. The second end of the curtain preferably has a weighted member attached thereto to urge the curtain toward the garage opening lower margin and to keep the curtain taut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Grant W. Crider, Shawn J. Crider, Lesley R. Jenkins
  • Portable evaporative cooling fan
    Patent number: D679372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Inventors: Shawn J. Crider, Lesley R. Jenkins