Ned H Nelson
Architects in Bellevue, WA

4184707, Jan 22, 1980

Apr 28, 1978

5/900887

Ned H. Nelson - Bellevue WA
Marvin L. Behar - Edmonds WA

A63B 5700

294 19A

This invention is directed to an apparatus to assist in retrieving balls and in storing balls, such as tennis balls. The apparatus comprises a bottom frame through which a ball may pass upwardly when the bottom frame is positioned over the ball and pressed firmly to the ground and which frame prevents the ball passing downwardly and out of the frame by means of gravitational force. There is positioned above the frame a storage bag for storing balls.

4193625, Mar 18, 1980

Dec 12, 1977

5/859383

Ned H. Nelson - Bellevue WA

A63B 5700

294 19A

This invention is directed to an apparatus to assist in retrieving tennis balls and in storing tennis balls. The apparatus comprises a bottom frame through which a tennis ball may pass upwardly when the bottom frame is positioned over the tennis ball and pressed firmly to the ground and which frame prevents the tennis ball passing downwardly and out of the frame by means of gravitational force. There is positioned above the frame a storage bag for storing tennis balls.

6493973, Dec 17, 2002

Dec 1, 1999

09/452509

Ned H. Nelson - Bellevue WA 98005

G09F 1500

40607, 40611

A novel and improved banner holder for displaying easily exchangeable signs, flags, and other banners with extreme structural simplicity and a minimum of moving parts. The banner holder comprises a support member, at least two mounting members, and an interchangeable brace adapted to hold the banner. The ends of the brace are adapted to engage the mounting members in such fashion as to make the brace, and the banner mounted on it, easily mountable, removable, and replaceable. A preferred embodiment comprises a substantially vertical stationary support member, a pair of mounting members disposed on the support member, and a brace adapted to hold the banner and to engage the mounting members, the brace being easily and surely attached to the support member by inserting one end of the brace into one or more holes in one of the mounting members, aligning a second end of the brace with a hole or holes in a second mounting member, and inserting the second end of the brace into the hole(s) in the second mounting member until a stop member proximate the second end of the brace is engaged by the mounting member.

7299745, Nov 27, 2007

Dec 30, 2004

11/027455

Ned Nelson - Bellevue WA, US
Ross Mickel - Bellevue WA, US

American Basket Press Company, Inc. - Bellevu WA

B30B 9/06

100110, 100100, 100126, 100131, 100135, 100229 A, 210224, 210225, 210498, 99277, 99349

A juice press as used in the production of wine for removing liquids from solids, having a horizontally positionable press frame that allows a vertical press mechanism to be rolled to a first position for interference-free loading of a press basket with material to be pressed, and then rolled to a second operating position located over the press basket. The press basket has a liquid channeling plate having an arrangement of holes and channels that creates a perimeter seal along a circumference at the bottom of a loaded press basket. The liquid channeling plate traps naturally occurring sludge along the circumference bottom and allows for efficient evacuation of extracted juice from the bottom of the basket as the press mechanism is operated. In one embodiment, the press frame is configured with a hydraulic press basket lift that raises and holds the press basket after a press operation is completed and allows the press mechanism to be used to eject a disk of compressed solids from the bottom of the raised press basket.

4957395, Sep 18, 1990

Jun 19, 1989

7/368028

Ned Nelson - Bellevue WA

E02D 520

405287

A lightweight, pre-cast, reinforced, module used to build a structurally engineered retaining wall system. Each module has a panel with a front and rear surface with at least one horizontal reinforcing rod. In the preferred embodiment, a portion of each rod horizontal transverse an integrally attached flange located at each opposite end of the panel. On the outside surface of each flange, there is a recess across which a portion of each reinforcing rod is exposed to be subsequently surrounded by concrete of a poured-in-place reinforced column. A horizontal row of adjacent modules is positioned on a constructed, reinforced footing. The front surface of each module is exposed and each flange is positioned opposite to a flange located on an adjacent module with a column space created between opposite flanges. Alignment elements are attached to the upper surface of each flange and successive horizontal rows of modules are then positioned above until the desired height is achieved. Vertical column forms are attached to the distal and proximal edges of opposite flanges and concrete is poured down into the column space and surrounds all the exposed surfaces.

D625888, Oct 19, 2010

Dec 21, 2009

29/348332

Ned H. Nelson - Bellevue WA, US
Sheila Beth Nelson - Bellevue WA, US

3099

D30162, D8 4

2006015, Jul 20, 2006

Jan 20, 2006

11/336112

Ned Nelson - Bellevue WA, US
Ross Mickel - Bellevue WA, US

A21B 7/00

099348000

A wine punch down unit and method for processing fermenting wine by punching down a cap formed from buoyant skins, seeds, pulp, and stems within a batch of fermenting wine, and mixing the cap material with the fermenting wine to improve contact between the wine and the cap in order to extract a requisite amount of color and flavor. The wine punch down unit has a platform for placement under a vessel of fermenting wine, a vertical shaft mounted to the platform supporting a positionable arm that holds a vertically extendible agitator accessory. The agitator accessory is operational in an upward and downward and side-to-side manner for punching down the cap and mixing the cap material with the fermenting wine. This invention further relates to a vertical shaft adaptor as used by a wine maker for adapting a pallet jack or similar lift platform to securely hold a vertical shaft for supporting a device such as a wine punch down unit.

5010707, Apr 30, 1991

Aug 21, 1989

7/396088

Ned Nelson - Bellevue WA
William H. Duesenberg - Bellevue WA

E04B 504

52605

A retaining wall is described using multiple pre-cast concrete block modules positioned in stacked horizontal rows with multiple vertical concrete columns which interlock each horizontal row. Each block, which is designed and manufactured to interlock with other like modules, includes a body having at least one vertical side, a leg connecting means attached to a vertical side, and a central passageway. In the preferred embodiment, a leg is attached to and extends laterally from the body with a compatible connecting means formed on the end surface of the leg which interconnects with a leg connecting means located on the body. An alignment means may be formed on the top and bottom surface of the body and used to align stacked block modules. During the wall's assembly, the modules are positioned side-by-side and interconnected in a horizontal row either on the ground or on a pre-constructed continuous concrete footing. End or corner block modules are used when desired.

6902353, Jun 7, 2005

Apr 19, 2002

10/126797

Ned H. Nelson - Bellevue WA, US
William H. Duesenberg - Bellevue WA, US

E02D005/20

405287

A top block for modular precast retaining wall system wherein beveled surfaces of a horizontal component of the top block form a cast-in-place key integrated with cast-in-place column formed in the construction of the retaining wall using modular block units. The top block provides an aesthetically pleasing front surface the upper edge of which may be rectilinear or contoured to fit various applications and appearance requirements.