Patents by Inventor Michael T. Bottom

Michael T. Bottom 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: 7100528
    Abstract: A rigid replica of a flag of the United States consists of a background, a field and a plurality of emblems, the background comprising individual U-shaped channels comprising colored red and white horizontal stripes, the field comprising a solid blue panel and the emblem comprising a white star, the channels affixed to spaced apart vertical rafters, the rafters forming a frame of the rigid flag replica, the channels alternately uprightly and invertedly disposed whereby an exposed surface of the uprightly disposed channels is disposed at a different elevation than an exposed surface of the invertedly disposed channels, the uprightly and invertedly disposed channels providing depth and definition to the exposed surface of the rigid flag replica, the blue field having 50 white stars affixed thereto in rows and columns, the blue field applied to the horizontal stripes in an upper left hand corner, the blue field overlying the red and white horizontal stripes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Inventor: Michael T. Bottom
  • Patent number: 4694876
    Abstract: A knock-down awning construction which comprises an upper mounting strip and a lower transverse arm, each having tubular portions, a curtain with the upper end thereof detachably but reliably engagable within the tubular portion of the mounting strip. The lower portion of the curtain is detachably but lengthwise adjustably receivable within the tubular portion of the lower transverse arm; there being pivotally mounted return arms interconnecting the lower transverse arm and the awning support surface. A manually controlled flexible elongated member is provided for swinging the awning between downward or operative condition and upward or inoperative condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: T. J. Bottom Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael T. Bottom