Patents by Inventor Thomas B. Pollitt

Thomas B. Pollitt 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: 4357119
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fitting comprising a male component and a female component respectively to be attached to furniture wall parts to be joined together normal to one another. The former comprises a male member and a shank bearing circumferential ribs to hold the shank in a hole bored in one of the furniture parts, and the latter is in the form a part cylindrical body likewise ribbed to hold the body in a hole bored in the other furniture part. The body constitutes a socket formed to interrupt the lateral wall of the body so that the socket opens radially of the body; the hole formed in the respective furniture part being of complementary form to interrupt an end edge of the furniture part. The male member further comprises a recess in part delineated by a ledge and tapered end faces of flanges of the male member; and the female component further comprises a resilient tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Newage Kitchens Limited
    Inventor: Thomas B. Pollitt