Patents by Inventor Samuel E. Hodges

Samuel E. Hodges 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: 6311841
    Abstract: A lap-tray and picnic-supply case made of light material has a case receptacle (1) with a lap-tray lid (2) attached removably. The lap-tray lid has a lid-plate cradle (3) intermediate a bowl end with a lid-bowl cradle (4) and a cup end with a lid-cup cradle (5). Between the lid-bowl cradle and the lid-plate cradle is a first lid-utensil cradle (6) and between the lid-cup cradle and the lid-plate cradle is a second lid-utensil cradle (7). The lid-bowl cradle and the lid-cup cradle protrude downwardly to provide lap-side buttresses on outsides of legs (8) of a user. The first lid-utensil cradle and the second lid-utensil cradle have flat bottom surfaces for resting on the user's lap between opposite sides of an attachment rim (11) for fitting down over a top of a receptacle wall (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Inventor: Samuel E. Hodges
  • Patent number: 5853239
    Abstract: Multiple assemblable components are engaged by connectors positioned across abutment edges on adjacent components and received within recesses in the base panels of adjacent components to form a planar upper surface. Selected ones of the components have vertical walls which can be connected in back-to-back relation to each other by clips. The connectors can include depending projections engaged within openings in the recess bottoms, with selected connectors having upwardly projecting elongate dividers mounted thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas M. Laib, Samuel E. Hodges
  • Patent number: D421879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: D. Scott Miller, Morison S. Cousins, Samuel E. Hodges