Patents by Inventor Rodger A. Price

Rodger A. Price 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: 5201564
    Abstract: A mounting system for mounting a vehicle accessory such as a visor to a vehicle includes a mounting member for each visor and which includes a pair of opposed spaced support surfaces for compressibly engaging opposite sides of the vehicle sheet metal support structure when one of the support surfaces is extended through an aperture in the sheet metal support structure to lock the mounting member in place. A compression member extends between one of the support surfaces of the mounting member and the sheet metal vehicle support structure to prevent movement of the mounting member and visor attached thereto once installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Prince Corporation
    Inventor: Rodger A. Price
  • Patent number: 5061005
    Abstract: A mounting system for mounting a vehicle headliner and visors to a vehicle includes a spider-like mounting member for each visor and which includes a central hub with alternate sets of legs. A first set of legs extend downwardly from the hub and terminate in mounting bases to which a visor mounting bracket is attached, while a second set of downwardly extending legs terminate in ends which engage and grip the upper surface of the vehicle roof when the mounting member is inserted into an aperture of the vehicle roof to snap-fit the visors and attached headliner to the vehicle roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: Prince Corporation
    Inventors: Kim L. Van Order, Todd A. Zandbergen, Rodger A. Price