Patents by Inventor Richard H. Gates

Richard H. 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).

  • Publication number: 20120223076
    Abstract: A cup system including a lid, a liner, an outer cup, and an optional valve. The liner includes first and second mating surfaces. The liner first mating surface is selectively attachable to a corresponding mating surface associated with the outer cup and the liner second mating surface is selectively attachable to a corresponding mating surface associated with the lid. The mating surface of the lid is also selectively attachable to the mating surface of the outer cup such that present cup can be utilized as either an insulated or a non-insulated cup. The optional valve assembles to the lid by pressing the boss of the valve into a valve receiver associated with the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: NUK USA LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Godfrey, Richard H. Gates, Brian M. Albrecht
  • Patent number: 6386411
    Abstract: A boat support apparatus includes a hitch member adapted to be secured in cantilevered relation to a trailer hitch of a vehicle. A center bar extends longitudinally from the hitch member and provides the base for the apparatus. A pair of transversely opposed front vertical supports and a pair of transversely opposed rear vertical supports are mounted in longitudinally spaced apart relation relative to one another on a pair of longitudinally extending, transversely spaced apart support beams. The support beams are connected in parallel relation to the center bar by transversely disposed cross supports that are supported at their respective mid-points by the center bar. The forward vertical supports have upper ends disposed at a higher elevation than upper ends of the rear vertical supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventors: Steven C. Gates, Richard H. Gates
  • Patent number: D723314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nuk USA LLC
    Inventors: Richard H. Gates, Christopher R. Wolf