Patents by Inventor Michael W. Selk

Michael W. Selk 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).

  • Publication number: 20090165771
    Abstract: Cooking apparatus includes a support structure which supports a cooking area, a side attachment such as a side table removably attached to the support structure and extending laterally alongside the cooking area, and connecting assemblies which enables the foldability and removability of the side table. Each connecting assembly includes two pins attached to vertical supports of the support structure and side brackets attached to the side table which each include two substantially L-shaped slots into which the pins are received. The slot of each bracket closest to an elongate portion of the bracket opens to an outer edge and is oriented upward while the other slot of each bracket opens to the inner edge and is also oriented upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: GEOGLOBAL PARTNERS, LLC
    Inventor: Michael W. Selk
  • Patent number: 6865977
    Abstract: A protective packaging device provides mitigation of the blast effect and fragmentation of a hand grenade when the grenade is detonated. The device includes at least one protective housing assembly, formed by inner and outer nested housing members, in which the hand grenade is received, and which, in response to detonation of the grenade, retains fragments of the grenade while providing controlled release, through the mesh material, of gases formed upon detonation. A cushioning container includes a cushioning material having a plurality of open compartments therein in which a corresponding plurality of the protective housing assemblies are received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Robert M. Kim, Stephan P. Kaiser, Michael W. Selk, James F. Zoll