Patents by Inventor Terry L. Norton

Terry L. Norton 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: 4489996
    Abstract: In a sheet metal cabinet designed for convenience store use, an L-shaped recessed shelf provides a space for horizontally extending cup dispensers which extend underneath the cabinet and present cups at locations immediately above the recessed shelf. The L-shaped recessed shelf is part of a specialized cabinet front structure which also includes a framework having access doors located underneath the front edge of the recessed shelf. This framework has a U-shaped horizontal cross section, with side panels extending downwardly from the side edges of the shelf and meeting the side panels of the main part of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Royston Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Terry L. Norton, Neil V. Constantine
  • Patent number: 4242970
    Abstract: A free-standing shelf support of prefabricated components particularly suited for convenient store or supermarket displays is disclosed. The unit includes two sections each comprising a pair of vertically-disposed uprights mounting therebetween a panel assembly having grooved vertical edges with clips at their upper ends designed to cooperate with slotted tongue protrusions on the uprights to cause the panel assembly to be secured to the uprights simply by being slid downwardly into engagement therewith during assembly. Each upright has a base member which extends laterally from its lower end, and a lower shelf spans across the top of the base members and cooperates with a kickplate extending across the ends of the base members to tie together the lower end of the unit. The uprights are provided with a series of vertically-spaced holes designed to accommodate vertically adjustable shelf supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1981
    Assignee: Royston Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Suttles, Terry L. Norton, Joseph P. Hart, Thomas C. Jordan, III