Stephen M Brooks

US Patent:

8505129, Aug 13, 2013

Filed:

Nov 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/294491

Inventors:

Maurice Stafford Parker - Kinston NC, US
Willie Strong - Goldsboro NC, US
Melvin Walker, Jr. - Goldsboro NC, US
Stephen Blair Brooks - Clemmons NC, US

Assignee:

Ex-Cell Home Fashions, Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

A47K 3/22

US Classification:

4610, 2111051, 211123, 2482001

Abstract:

We provide a tension assembly for a curtain rod, preferably a shower curtain rod. The assembly includes a tube and a plunger slidably disposed within the tube. Between the tube and the plunger is a biasing means such as a spring. The plunger includes opposite L-shaped grooves having a common axial section and opposite tangential section. The groove allows inclusion of a locking pin that is retained in the tube. The combination of the locking pin and the L-shaped grooves allows the plunger to be moved until the plunger compresses the spring, then the plunger is locked. When additional the curtain rod is put into place the plunger or rod may be rotated, releasing the plunger and allowing the spring to provide additional tension.

US Patent:

20130047331, Feb 28, 2013

Filed:

Aug 31, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/222916

Inventors:

Maurice Stafford Parker - Kinston NC, US
Willie Strong - Goldsboro NC, US
Melvin Walker, JR. - Goldsboro NC, US
Stephen Blair Brooks - Clemmons NC, US

Assignee:

GLENOIT LLC - Goldsboro NC

International Classification:

A47K 3/38
B23P 11/00

US Classification:

4610, 29428

Abstract:

Methods and apparatuses are described for providing a telescoping, load-supporting rod assembly. In one embodiment, the rod assembly may include a first portion, a second portion, a locking assembly, and a tension adjustment assembly. The locking assembly may include a threaded bolt, a cylindrical sleeve, a cylindrical locking portion, and at least two securing pins. The locking assembly may allow a user to adjust an overall length of the rod assembly by allowing the first and second portions to move with respect to each other. The rod assembly may also include a tension adjustment assembly which may include a tension adjusting spring, a tension adjusting cylindrical tube, a spring clip, at least two rivets, and at least two spacers. The tension adjustment assembly may allow a user to make small changes to the length of the rod assembly at one of the ends without moving the first or second portions with respect to each other. Corresponding and additional embodiments of rod assemblies and related methods of the present invention are also provided.

US Patent:

20130048236, Feb 28, 2013

Filed:

Aug 31, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/222893

Inventors:

Stephen Blair Brooks - Clemmons NC, US
Maurice Stafford Parker - Kinston NC, US

Assignee:

GLENOIT LLC - Goldsboro NC

International Classification:

B41F 33/00
A47K 3/38

US Classification:

160330, 101483

Abstract:

Methods and apparatuses are provided for manufacturing a shower curtain. A method may include providing a digital image file representative of an image, printing the image represented by the digital image file onto a film with an ink, illuminating the film with ultraviolet light, and forming one or more openings along a top portion of the film. The method allows for the custom image represented by the digital image file to be printed onto the film without additional downtime for the cleaning or changing of screens that is typically required with traditional roller screen printing processes. Accordingly, a first shower curtain may be printed with a first image, and subsequently a second shower curtain may be printed with a second different image with minimal wait or prep time. Printer systems and devices and related methods of the present invention are also provided.

US Patent:

20130212799, Aug 22, 2013

Filed:

Feb 20, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/400310

Inventors:

Maurice Stafford Parker - Kinston NC, US
Stephen Blair Brooks - Clemmons NC, US

International Classification:

A47K 3/00

US Classification:

4558

Abstract:

We provide a shower enclosure, typically a temporary shower enclosure. Embodiments may include a rod that includes an insert. The insert has at least two tracks. Each track includes a panel that has a top portion that may be placed within the track and the rod. The panel then slides within the track. The rod may be held in a shower enclosure by friction. This allows the creation of an inexpensive and easily-cleaned and replaced shower enclosure.