Patents by Inventor Mike F. Palka

Mike F. Palka 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: 5092062
    Abstract: A display device for holding and exhibiting placards and the like such as business cards, wherein a plurality of opentopped, card-receiving pockets are arranged on the front face of a main, plate-like body of a main, plate-like body of the display device; each card-receiving pocket is capable of receiving a plurality of placards in the form of a stack or batch and maintaining such placards in a neat upright stack with the outer face of the outermost placard of the stack clearly visible to a casual observer; the card-receiving pockets are integrally formed with the main plate-like which is made of transparent plastic material and permit a single placard to be easily grasped by the fingers of a person and removed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Inventor: Mike F. Palka
  • Patent number: 4057028
    Abstract: A resilient "C" shaped propeller guard, pivotally attached to the propeller housing below the propeller and linked to a movable semi-rigid cable at its other end, transmits impact forces upon the guard through the cable thereby shifting the output of an outboard motor to the neutral position when the guard encounters propeller damaging objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1977
    Inventor: Mike F. Palka