Patents by Inventor Ronald Norgaard

Ronald Norgaard 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: 4942827
    Abstract: A desk for use in an automobile has a base which is provided with adjustable spring urged retaining hook members for engagement with the bottom edge of the seat back portion of a conventional vehicle seat. The retaining hook members may be adjusted in selected extended positions for use with a wide variety of different configurations of conventional vehicle seats. The adjustable hook members comprise spring biased retaining flanges which, in a first position, may be easily inserted beneath the bottom edge of the automobile seat back portion. The retaining flanges are spring biased to a second position for clamping engagement with the vehicle seat back portion. The desk has an adjustable writing surface which may be pivoted about a vertical mounting post, for enabling occupants seated at either side of a vehicle to easily use the desk. A writing surface of the desk is formed by a slidable cover of a compartmentalized storage tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Inventor: Ronald Norgaard