Patents by Inventor Maxwell Gates

Maxwell Gates 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: 6227423
    Abstract: A clothes hanger pad comprising a foam piece having a first edge opposite a second edge and a third edge opposite a fourth edge, and a layer of a dimensionally stable material laminated to a first side of the foam piece. The foam piece is folded along a midline of the foam piece, the midline being parallel to the first and second edges, so that the first side is folded against itself. The third edge is attached to itself and the fourth edge is attached to itself to form a pocket having, as an inside surface, the first side of the foam piece. A clothes hanger pad is mounted on each end of a conventional hooked clothes hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Signal Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Maxwell Gates