Patents by Inventor Marlin C. Berg

Marlin C. Berg 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: 4787163
    Abstract: A portable sign for removable mounting on the roof of a vehicle. The sign includes a rigid body formed of first, second and third side walls formed into a rigid triangular structure, a top structure including a triangular top wall and a frame fitting over the top wall and including a downturned flange extending around the laterally outer triangular perimeter of the top wall, and a bottom structure including a triangular bottom wall and a bottom frame including an upturned flange extending totally around the laterally outer perimeter of the bottom wall. The upper edge portion of the triangular body structure is positioned contiguously within and attached to the downturned flange of the top structure and the lower edge portion of the triangular body structure is positioned contiguously within and attached to the upturned flange of the bottom structure. An alarm assembly is also provided within the rigid body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Inventor: Marlin C. Berg
  • Patent number: 4706775
    Abstract: An anti-theft cover assembly for use on the interior panel of an automobile door of the type including a door locking mechanism actuable by an actuator positioned in an opening in the interior door panel. The cover assembly includes a rigid cover plate sized and configured to fit over and cover the actuator. The cover plate includes a generally rectangular main body portion, a lip portion extending around the main body portion and a locator flange portion extending inwardly from the top edge of the main body portion and sized to fit within a recess in the door panel of the vehicle to provide a piloting action for the cover plate. A first magnetic tape is secured to the inner face of the main body portion of the cover plate and a second magnetic tape is secured to the door panel in surrounding relation to the actuator. The magnetic tape on the door panel fits snuggly within the lip portion of the cover with the cover in its anti-theft position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Inventor: Marlin C. Berg
  • Patent number: 4671004
    Abstract: A portable sign mountable upon the roof of a vehicle. The portable sign is in the form of a hollow body having three side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall interconnected in a triangular form. The forwardmost edge of the interconnected side walls is positionable towards the front end of the vehicle for reduced wind resistance. Suction cups are mounted on the bottom wall of the body and in conjunction with strap members also mounted on the bottom wall of the body and connectable to the vehicle to provide for secure and removable attachment of the sign body on the roof of the vehicle. Detachable cover members carrying printed indicia are attachable on the side walls of the body to change the printed indicia on the sign. An illumination source is mounted within the body for illuminating the printed indicia formed on the side walls of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Inventor: Marlin C. Berg
  • Patent number: D272240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Inventor: Marlin C. Berg