Patents by Inventor Robert Hellerson

Robert Hellerson 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: 6926328
    Abstract: A collapsible basket assembly for collecting and transporting tennis balls, the basket assembly having a tray member defining a bottom wall of the basket, the tray member further comprising upstanding partial side walls integral with the bottom wall, each partial upstanding side wall terminating with an upper edge, two extension side walls rotatably mounted to opposing upper edges of partial upstanding side wall portions of the tray, and two extension side walls snap fit to opposing edges of two remaining opposed partial upstanding side walls of the tray member. Snap fit extension side members having a hoop formed at opposing ends of their top edge for engagement with protrusions extending from opposing ends of the upper edges of the rotatable extension side members, the side members being secured by a fastener on the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: J. A. Cissel Mfg. Co.
    Inventor: Robert Hellerson
  • Publication number: 20050052040
    Abstract: A tennis ball retrieval and storage device comprised of a rigid tubular member having a first end and a second end, the first end having a flexibly resilient first cap member slidably removably positioned on the tubular member, the first cap member having a unitary inner segmented flexibly resilient flange defining an aperture slightly less than the diameter of a tennis ball, the tubular member having an inner diameter slightly greater than the diameter of a tennis ball, the second end of the tubular member having a second cap member secured thereto, the second cap member having a pivotal closure which is frictionally engageable in a closed secure position, there being positioned on the tubular member about its outer circumference at a predisposed point from the first end, a ring member having an integral hook member secured thereto for hanging the ball retrieval and storage device from a structure, the ring member being positioned at a distance from the first end so as to define the proper height of a tennis
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Hellerson
  • Publication number: 20050023850
    Abstract: A collapsible basket assembly for collecting and transporting tennis balls the basket assembly having a tray member defining a bottom wall of the basket the tray member further comprising upstanding partial side walls integral with the bottom wall each partial upstanding side wall terminating with an upper edge, two extension side walls rotatably mounted to opposing upper edges of partial upstanding side wall portions of the tray, and two extension side walls snap fit to opposing edges of two remaining opposed partial upstanding side walls of the tray member, snap fit extension side members having a hoop formed at opposing ends of their top edge for engagement with protrusions extending from opposing ends of the upper edges of the rotatable extension side members, the side members being secured by a fastening means on the protrusions, a bracket member horizontally secured to the outer surface of each rotatable extension side members for the removable receipt of a U-shaped member serving as a leg support or ha
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Hellerson