Patents by Inventor Tommy M. Armstrong

Tommy M. Armstrong 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: 6517134
    Abstract: A vehicle utility rack system includes a pair of single support racks for providing an elevated hauling and working station. Each single support rack includes a T-shaped support structure having a lower vertical member and upper horizontal member, and angular-shaped retention structures disposed adjacent to and connected with opposite lateral end portions of the upper horizontal member so as to extend in an upward direction relative thereto and define opposite outer limits of a horizontal support region on the upper horizontal member. The rack system also includes a dual support rack structure having a single support rack, an auxiliary support rack, and a brace member supporting the auxiliary support rack in a cantilevered fashion from the single support rack and disposing them in spaced apart upright orientations to provide the elevated hauling and working station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Inventor: Tommy M. Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20020190534
    Abstract: A vehicle utility rack system includes a pair of single support racks for providing an elevated hauling and working station. Each single support rack includes a T-shaped support structure having a lower vertical member and upper horizontal member, and angular-shaped retention structures disposed adjacent to and connected with opposite lateral end portions of the upper horizontal member so as to extend in an upward direction relative thereto and define opposite outer limits of a horizontal support region on the upper horizontal member. The rack system also includes a dual support rack structure having a single support rack, an auxiliary support rack, and a brace member supporting the auxiliary support rack in a cantilevered fashion from the single support rack and disposing them in spaced apart upright orientations to provide the elevated hauling and working station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: Tommy M. Armstrong