Elzie S Mckinney Deceased532 James Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

6588355, Jul 8, 2003

May 1, 2002

10/136594

Bruce Lynn Reniger - Alto MI
Elzie McKinney - Grand Rapids MI
Trent Allan Eekhoff - Grand Rapids MI

Steelcase Development Corporation - Caledonia MI

B63B 2104

114218

A lift-up cleat assembly includes a base member having an upper plate shaped to abut a mounting surface and at least one normally vertically oriented tube depending from the plate, wherein the tube has a hollow interior, and a retractable cleat member having an upper cleat-shaped head shaped to retain lines thereon, and at least one normally vertically oriented mounting post depending from the head, wherein the post is telescopingly received in the interior of the tube of the base member and is telescopingly movable along a given length of travel. The cleat assembly also includes a cup-shaped retainer located within the hollow interior of the tube base member and having a central portion fixed with respect to the mounting post of the cleat member and an elastically deformable skirt portion that flexibly abuts the tube of the base member, thereby providing infinitesimally small increments of adjustablity of the post of the cleat member within the tube of the base member along the length of travel, and wherein the retainer is shaped to allow liquid located within the interior of the tube of the base member to drain therefrom.

RE40805, Jun 30, 2009

Jun 29, 2005

11/171653

Bruce L. Reniger - Alto MI, US
Elzie McKinney - Grand Rapids MI, US
Trent A. Eekhoff - Grand Rapids MI, US

Attwood Corporation - Lowell MI

B63B 21/04

114218

A lift-up cleat assembly includes a base member having an upper plate shaped to abut a mounting surface and at least one normally vertically oriented tube depending from the plate, wherein the tube has a hollow interior, and a retractable cleat member having an upper cleat-shaped head shaped to retain lines thereon, and at least one normally vertically oriented mounting post depending from the head, wherein the post is telescopingly received in the interior of the tube of the base member and is telescopingly movable along a given length of travel. The cleat assembly also includes a cup-shaped retainer located within the hollow interior of the tube base member and having a central portion fixed with respect to the mounting post of the cleat member and an elastically deformable skirt portion that flexibly abuts the tube of the base member, thereby providing infinitesimally small increments of adjustability of the post of the cleat member within the tube of the base member along the length of travel, and wherein the retainer is shaped to allow liquid located within the interior of the tube of the base member to drain therefrom.

6062713, May 16, 2000

May 29, 1998

9/087814

Elzie McKinney - Grand Rapids MI

Attwood Corporation - Lowell MI

B60Q 300

362477

A marine navigation light assembly for installation in alternately configured mast mounting bases has a mast, a navigation light mounted to a top end of the mast, and an electrical receptacle mounted in a bottom end of the mast and electrically connected to the navigation light. The electrical receptacle includes a receptacle shell and at least two electrical contacts housed in the shell wherein a first of the at least two contacts is fixed with respect to the shell and a second of the at least two contacts laterally floats within the shell and with respect to the first contact for interchangeable mating between electrical plugs having differently spaced electrical pins.

5882109, Mar 16, 1999

Dec 19, 1996

8/769961

Elzie McKinney - Grand Rapids MI
Bruce L. Reniger - Alto MI

Attwood Corporation - Lowell MI

B60Q 100

362477

An all-round marine navigation light which generally limits the direction of light transmission to a selected angle above and a selected angle below a plane in which light transmission is to be generally directed. The navigation light generally includes a base defining a light limiting perimeter wall, a circumferential lens which allows light transmission in all directions of the selected plane, the lens being secured to the base, a cap defining a downwardly projecting light limiting perimeter wall, the cap being secured to the lens, and the upwardly and downwardly projecting perimeter walls blocking light transmission through lower and upper portions of the circumferential lens, respectively, to generally limit the direction of light transmission to a relatively narrow band generally within and/or adjacent to a selected plane. Also disclosed is an all-round marine navigation light having a light assembly, a connector configured for attachment to a pole, and the light assembly being attached to the connector through an articulated joint, whereby the orientation of the marine navigation light can be adjusted with respect to the connector to facilitate mounting of the light to a variety of sloped surfaces while generally limiting the direction of light transmission to a relatively narrow band generally within and/or adjacent to a selected plane.