Patents by Inventor William S. Sherman

William S. Sherman 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: 11647828
    Abstract: A transformable floor chair has a seat and a back. The seat has straps for carrying the chair when transformed into a transportation configuration. The straps are located on the underside of the seat when in a deployed configuration. A backpack including zippered enclosure is affixed to the rear of the floor chair back. The backpack remains usable and functional when in either the transportation configuration or the deployed configuration. When transformed into the transportation configuration, the upper portion of the seat is secured to the front face of the chair back, thereby sandwiching the chair between the straps and the backpack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Scott N. Lachapelle, William S. Sherman
  • Publication number: 20220104605
    Abstract: A transformable floor chair has a seat and a back. The seat has straps for carrying the chair when transformed into a transportation configuration. The straps are located on the underside of the seat when in a deployed configuration. A backpack including zippered enclosure is affixed to the rear of the floor chair back. The backpack remains usable and functional when in either the transportation configuration or the deployed configuration. When transformed into the transportation configuration, the upper portion of the seat is secured to the front face of the chair back, thereby sandwiching the chair between the straps and the backpack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Scott N. Lacehapelle, William S. Sherman
  • Patent number: 4565382
    Abstract: A combined portable table and hand truck particularly adapted for use as a picnic or camping table and for transporting picnicing and camping equipment and supplies, includes a table top supported by a pair of hingedly connected U-shaped members, one of which at the outer portions of its legs being hingedly connected to depending portions of the table top and its middle or center portion contacting the ground surface, while the other U-shaped member at the outer portions of its legs supports wheel supporting member and a pair of ground surface-engaging wheels and its middle portion is adapted to abut tubular members serving as stops for positioning the table top in either a raised erected position or a lower erected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Inventor: William S. Sherman