Patents by Inventor Steven A. Callahan

Steven A. Callahan 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).

  • System, apparatus and method for rapidly attaching a boat cover or canopy to a windshield and frame
    Patent number: 5367977
    Abstract: A boat canopy is rapidly attached and detached to a windshield with a continuous flexible member having a flat plate joined to the inside surface of the periphery of the canopy, with a lateral riser and first and second locking segments extending from the riser. The locking segments are pushed into a continuous, upwardly and outwardly facing slot arrangement of a corresponding gripping member fixed to the upper extremity of the boat windshield. The sides of the canopy are rapidly attached and detached to a side frame of the windshield through the use of detent pins extending through lateral holes in the side frame extrusion and the ends of the canopy struts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Ray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Ellis, John W. Hamilton, John M. Owens, Steven A. Callahan