Patents by Inventor Robert M. Seabolt

Robert M. Seabolt 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: 5865679
    Abstract: A water sprayer is combined with a play slide to form a water slide for amusement. The sprayer includes a straight tubular portion mounted to an upper end of the slide and having multiple groups of spray openings. Openings in a first group are aligned with an upper end of a slide surface to spray water thereon and openings in a second group are spaced or angled above the first group to spray water onto the users of the slide. A supply portion, extending normal with the straight portion and parallel with the first group of openings, includes a flow control and shutoff valve which is mounted to a side of the slide to align the first group of spray openings with the slide surface. Corrosion free pressure resistant plastic material, garden hose attachment and clamp mounting accommodating thermal expansion are among other features of the sprayer and its combination with a slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Inventors: Robert M. Seabolt, Walter M. Griffin, III
  • Patent number: 5229175
    Abstract: An arrangement for attaching a plastic molding strip to a vehicle metal panel exterior surface provided with two parallel rows of weld-on studs fixedly securing a series of T-shaped molding mounting plastic clips to the panel. Each clip, fixedly secured to the panel by an associated upper and lower pair of the studs, has an upper cross-head formed with an upwardly facing notched guide shoulder and a lower foot formed with a snap action fastener. The molding strip is generally C-shaped having interned flanges extending along the upper and lower edges thereof. The upper interned flange is formed with a downwardly directed upper guided rib while an inwardly directed lower guided flange, having a plurality of longitudinally spaced buttons molded thereon, is formed adjacent the lower interned flange. Attachment of the molding strip to the clips is achieved by initially slidably positioning the upper guided rib in the notched guide shoulder of each clip cross-head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventor: Robert M. Seabolt