Patents by Inventor Shawn Finlay Sterling

Shawn Finlay Sterling 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).

  • Cover for outdoor furniture
    Patent number: 10123640
    Abstract: A cover is for a furniture item defining a recess at an upper end. The cover may include a cover layer extending over the furniture item and over the recess and having an inner surface adjacent the recess, and a bladder coupled to the inner surface of the cover layer adjacent the recess and configured to inflate. The bladder is for preventing depressions on an upper surface of the cover layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: DUCK COVERS, LLC
    Inventors: Olaf Dietrich Elze, Shawn Finlay Sterling
  • COVER FOR OUTDOOR FURNITURE
    Publication number: 20160183702
    Abstract: A cover is for a furniture item defining a recess at an upper end. The cover may include a cover layer extending over the furniture item and over the recess and having an inner surface adjacent the recess, and a bladder coupled to the inner surface of the cover layer adjacent the recess and configured to inflate. The bladder is for preventing depressions on an upper surface of the cover layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Olaf Dietrich ELZE, Shawn Finlay STERLING
  • Basketball storage system
    Patent number: 8579111
    Abstract: A container for equipment, particularly basketballs, being an open box comprising a rigid frame covered by a fitted cloth cover. In one embodiment, the container is open. In another embodiment, the container has a lid that covers the top opening to the container and may be locked in that position. The frame has means for bolting the frame to a vertical wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Inventors: Olaf Dietrich Elze, Shawn Finlay Sterling
  • Basketball storage system
    Publication number: 20120292211
    Abstract: A container for equipment, particularly basketballs, being an open box comprising a rigid frame covered by a fitted cloth cover. In one embodiment, the container is open. In another embodiment, the container has a lid that covers the top opening to the container and may be locked in that position. The frame has means for bolting the frame to a vertical wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Olaf Dietrich Elze, Shawn Finlay Sterling