Patents by Inventor Robert J. Hodack

Robert J. Hodack 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: 4378926
    Abstract: For amusement, and for utility as an article hanger, a molded plastic body simulates the head end of a full-size railroad-rail-anchoring spike. The head end of a relatively small screw is embedded in the molded body to extend therefrom for perpendicular insertion into a wall or partition or door, to create the illusion that a large spike has been surface-defacingly driven into the wall. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the screw extends perpendicularly from the beveledly truncated head-end portion of the spike to create the illusion that the spike has been driven angularly downwardly into a vertical structure. A smaller body, simulating the pointed end of a spike, is similarly constructed for aligned positioning on the opposite side of a partition or door to create the illusion that the spike has been driven downwardly-angled entirely through its supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1983
    Inventor: Robert J. Hodack