Patents by Inventor William Vernon Koeneker

William Vernon Koeneker 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).

  • Bed frame
    Patent number: 6941596
    Abstract: A bed frame assembly for supporting a bed in a substantially flat manner above a floor including interlocking elongate rails and feet for forming a rectangular, flat platform, each of the feet including an upper portion defining a receptacle oriented in a first direction for receiving a longitudinal end a portion of a first of the rails, and a second receptacle oriented in a second direction at about a 90 degree angle to the first direction for receiving a portion of a second of the rails, such that when received in the receptacles, respectively, the first and second rails being in abutting interlocking relation and extend in the first and second directions defining the platform, and elements cooperatively engageable with each of the feet, respectively, for holding the rails in the abutting relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Inventors: Ethan Joel Schuman, William Vernon Koeneker
  • Bed frame
    Publication number: 20040181874
    Abstract: A bed frame assembly for supporting a bed in a substantially flat manner above a floor including interlocking elongate rails and feet for forming a rectangular, flat platform, each of the feet including an upper portion defining a receptacle oriented in a first direction for receiving a longitudinal end a portion of a first of the rails, and a second receptacle oriented in a second direction at about a 90 degree angle to the first direction for receiving a portion of a second of the rails, such that when received in the receptacles, respectively, the first and second rails being in abutting interlocking relation and extend in the first and second directions defining the platform, and elements cooperatively engageable with each of the feet, respectively, for holding the rails in the abutting relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Ethan Joel Schuman, William Vernon Koeneker
  • Frame apparatus
    Patent number: 6611977
    Abstract: A frame apparatus made of two side frames and four interlocking cross arm supports, held together with a locking member with leg support feature. This configuration provides a frame apparatus that is less complex to assemble, and when the components are in place and locked together, the shape of the frame apparatus will not become distorted. In a preferred embodiment the frame apparatus is used as a bed frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventors: Ethan Joel Schuman, William Vernon Koeneker