Patents by Inventor Torrey Wyclisse Adams

Torrey Wyclisse Adams 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).

  • Log staircase and a method of producing components for a log staircase
    Patent number: 7900403
    Abstract: A log staircase is disclosed along with a method of producing components for the log staircase. The log staircase includes an elongated stringer capable of angularly extending from a lower level to an upper level. The stringer has an outer circumference with a notch formed therein. A protuberance extends upward from the notch. The log staircase also includes a tread having a semicircular periphery with a flat surface. An opening is formed in the semicircular periphery of the tread. The opening is designed to mate with the protuberance to retain the flat surface crossways to the stringer. The method includes cutting a number notches and protuberances in each of a pair of stringers, and cutting a pair of openings in a predetermined number of treads which are capable of mating with the protuberances to retain each of the treads crossways to the pair of stringers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: The Armstrong Creek Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Harven Teckam, Torrey Wyclisse Adams
  • Log staircase and a method of producing components for a log staircase
    Publication number: 20090139161
    Abstract: A log staircase is disclosed along with a method of producing components for the log staircase. The log staircase includes an elongated stringer capable of angularly extending from a lower level to an upper level. The stringer has an outer circumference with a notch formed therein. A protuberance extends upward from the notch. The log staircase also includes a tread having a semicircular periphery with a flat surface. An opening is formed in the semicircular periphery of the tread. The opening is designed to mate with the protuberance to retain the flat surface crossways to the stringer. The method includes cutting a number notches and protuberances in each of a pair of stringers, and cutting a pair of openings in a predetermined number of treads which are capable of mating with the protuberances to retain each of the treads crossways to the pair of stringers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: The Armstrong Creek Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Harven Teckam, Torrey Wyclisse Adams