Patents by Inventor Robert W. Ackley

Robert W. Ackley 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: 5772055
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rotatable tower for holding and displaying books, video cassettes, and like articles on a plurality of square shelves which extend in horizontal planes and are supported in vertically spaced relation to one another by a plurality of vertically extending rods, groups of which are interconnected into L-shaped configurations by L-shaped, horizontally extending rods. The shelves include an elongated slot formed from the midpoint of each edge inwardly towards the shelves' geometric center, and two laterally spaced notches formed in each edge to one side of the slot. Each edge of the shelves includes a downwardly extending flange along their entire lengths and an upwardly extending flange along a portion of the length to the opposite side of the slot in which the notches are formed. Each L-shaped group of vertically extending rods is comprised of four rods, two rods forming each leg of the L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: The Croydon Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry C. Orr, James R. Dokoupil, Robert W. Ackley, Linda Lewis, Jerome A. Dubos, Donald J. Crispin, Robert D. Lindridge
  • Patent number: D329548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: The Croydon Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanleigh Wells, Robert W. Ackley, James R. Dokoupil
  • Patent number: D337219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: The Croydon Company, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Dokoupil, Robert W. Ackley