Patents by Inventor Mark T. Proffitt

Mark T. Proffitt 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).

  • Chair
    Patent number: 8118358
    Abstract: A folding chair includes a back frame including at least one rear leg, a seat frame pivotally connected to the back frame, at least one front leg pivotally connected to the seat frame, a link connected to the at least one front leg and the at least one rear leg to pull the front leg toward the back frame when the folding chair is folded, and a seat panel pivotally connected to the seat frame and configured to be separated from the seat frame when the folding chair is folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Meco Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas G. Wright, Mark T. Proffitt, George Lawrence Huff, Stephen J. Zwonitzer, Robert B. Holben, Kurt Rampton
  • COLLAPSIBLE GAS GRILL
    Publication number: 20100326417
    Abstract: A collapsible gas grill having a control panel, a bowl and a hood. The collapsible gas grill comprises a cooking grid that supports a cooking item, a burner attached to the bowl, a valve attached to the control panel, a rotating latch that locks the hood to the bowl, a base that supports the grill, and a catch that engages the base when the collapsible gas grill is in one of a collapsed configuration or an open configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Meco Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin GROTH, R. James Foster, Mark T. Proffitt
  • MULTI-BURNER HEAD
    Publication number: 20100242944
    Abstract: A multi-burner system includes a horizontally elongated body structure having burner heads extending along an axis. Each burner head has a length along the axis greater than a width or height thereof and includes an inner chamber, a housing surrounding the inner chamber and holes formed on the housing to disperse gas externally from the inner chamber. The multi-burner system further includes a plurality of conduits connected to the body structure to convey the gas to the inner chamber of each burner head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Meco Corporation
    Inventors: STEVE RICHARDSON, Mark T. Proffitt, Kevin Groth
  • GRILL WITH BAFFLE ARRANGEMENT TO MAKE COOKING TEMPERATURE MORE UNIFORM
    Publication number: 20090223384
    Abstract: A cooking unit is disclosed. The cooking unit includes one or more burners, a cooking surface located above the burners, and a number of differently-sized baffles between the burners and the cooking surface. The baffles are configured to create a more-uniform temperature at the cooking surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Meco Corporation
    Inventors: Mark T. Proffitt, Jim Foster
  • CHAIR
    Publication number: 20080238157
    Abstract: A folding chair includes a back frame including at least one rear leg, a seat frame pivotally connected to the back frame, at least one front leg pivotally connected to the seat frame, a link connected to the at least one front leg and the at least one rear leg to pull the front leg toward the back frame when the folding chair is folded, and a seat panel pivotally connected to the seat frame and configured to be separated from the seat frame when the folding chair is folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Douglas G. WRIGHT, Mark T. Proffitt, G. L. Huff, Stephen J. Zwonitzer, Robert B. Holben, Kurt Rampton
  • Gas grill
    Patent number: D568670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Meco Corporation
    Inventors: Mark T. Proffitt, James C. Fife, Devin Lee Moore, Mark Joseph Moneypenny, Collin Sobczynski Farill
  • Grill
    Patent number: D578335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Meco Corporation
    Inventor: Mark T. Proffitt
  • Grill
    Patent number: D579709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: MECO Corporation
    Inventors: Mark T. Proffitt, Devin Lee Moore, Collin Sobczynski Farill
  • Portable grill
    Patent number: D583613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Inventors: Mark T. Proffitt, G. L. Huff, Douglas G. Wright, Stephen J. Zwonitzer, Robert B. Holben
  • Gas grill
    Patent number: D623004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Meco Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Groth, R. James Foster, Mark T. Proffitt