Patents by Inventor Robert T. Hoffmann

Robert T. Hoffmann 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).

  • Truck top frame
    Patent number: 6824192
    Abstract: A truck top frame for supporting a fabric cover including two or more bows mounted in truck stake pockets. Each bow having a plurality of nipples mounted thereon facing adjacent bows. Multiple purlins are supported by the bows by a pair of facing nipples. The bows comprise three sections including two vertical sections, a horizontal section and two non-rotating sliding joints therebetween. Each vertical section including a transitional section and its upper end and the horizontal section includes a transitional section at each end thereof. The transitional sections on the horizontal section join the transitional sections on the vertical section in a parallel telescoping relation in two non-rotating joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Inventor: Robert T. Hoffmann
  • TRUCK TOP FRAME
    Publication number: 20040207231
    Abstract: A truck top frame for supporting a fabric cover including two or more bows mounted in truck stake pockets. Each bow having a plurality of nipples mounted thereon facing adjacent bows. Multiple purlins are supported by the bows by a pair of facing nipples. The bows comprise three sections including two vertical sections, a horizontal section and two non-rotating sliding joints therebetween. Each vertical section including a transitional section and its upper end and the horizontal section includes a transitional section at each end thereof. The transitional sections on the horizontal section join the transitional sections on the vertical section in a parallel telescoping relation in two non-rotating joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Robert T. Hoffmann
  • Sporting goods insert for pickup storage compartment
    Patent number: D421738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Inventors: Stuart W. Gribble, Robert T. Hoffmann