Patents by Inventor Samuel Allen Tarver

Samuel Allen Tarver 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: 6109189
    Abstract: A transportable living quarters configured for maximum comfort and spaciousness, with a relatively small footprint. In order to enhance the efficiency of the layout of the present invention, a unique sofa/bed arrangement is contemplated, wherein first and second, facing fold-out sofas are provided which are convertible to a single bed, which may be full size or larger. One of the sofas further provides a means to manipulate, via bracketed supports, the sofa back to form a long counter area, which, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, is situated adjacent to the kitchen counter and thereby extends same. The present invention further contemplates a dining/work table which is configured to be stored along the ceiling of the unit, in a relatively hidden capacity, and easily deployed between the first and second sofas when needed, providing a relatively large, stable work surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventor: Samuel Allen Tarver
  • Patent number: 4117653
    Abstract: A spreading device is disclosed which is particularly suitable for use with drum mowers. The spreading device includes a crop divider of a unique shape and configuration which extends in front of the forward mowing direction of the mower and which is positioned between the two mower drums, or between each pair of mower drums in a large scale mower. The crop divider includes two fins extending in an angled relationship with respect to a main body portion thereof forming a Y-shaped configuration when viewed from the top. A pair of feeder chains is connected to each of the drum mowers in the pair for moving the cut crop through the mower and adjacent to the crop divider fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1978
    Inventor: Samuel Allen Tarver, Jr.