Patents by Inventor Robert E. Longhurst

Robert E. Longhurst 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: 5845979
    Abstract: A structual support-or joist-suspendable storage case. An open-top box unit is suspended for pivotal motion and fixation between rafters, joists, etc. The suspension and movement mechanism includes hooks and, optionally, detents (or studs). In the preferred embodiment, only identical hooks are used in braces or pair-assemblies, one of each pair mounted to a side of the box unit, and its complement fixed to a structural element in a position best suited to receive the box-mounted device. Two or more of the assemblies are featured per unit. Alternatively, the assemblies may consist of a hook and studded hook combination where either hook or studded hook is placed on the box and its complement is fixed to a structural element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Robert E. Longhurst
    Inventors: Robert E. Longhurst, Fredric T. Morelle
  • Patent number: 5649751
    Abstract: A structural member-supported storage box. An open-top case projects at least two rod-engaging hooks so as to effect a constrainable pendulous or cantilevered fixation. Rods engagable by the hooks are fixed as orthogonal transversals to a pair of adjacent ceiling joists, wall studs or similar beams. The hooks of the invention, by engagement of the rods, cause the box to be nested between the paired joists, studs or beams. The books are movably fixed to the box in a number of arrangements to be complemented by the rod emplacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Inventor: Robert E. Longhurst