US 11,937,722 B2
Trophy device and method of making the same
Matthew Walsh, Orange, CA (US); Dax Holt, Anaheim, CA (US); and Eugene Yesin, Laguna Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to TrophySmack, Inc., Orange, CA (US)
Filed by Matthew Walsh, Orange, CA (US); Dax Holt, Anaheim, CA (US); and Eugene Yesin, Laguna Hills, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/986,096.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/988,837, filed on Mar. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0282582 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A47G 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 33/004 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
3. A trophy apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of columns;
a bottom end of each column providing a bottom column cap threadably engaged therewith, an outer surface of each of the bottom column caps providing a threaded rim configured for threadable engagement with a corresponding threaded rim of an inner surface of the bottom end of a corresponding one of the columns;
each bottom column cap providing a threaded opening through which a bottom cap bolt threadably extends;
an opposing top end of each column providing a top column cap threadably engaged therewith, an outer surface of each of the top column caps providing a threaded rim configured for threadable engagement with a corresponding threaded rim of an inner surface of the top end of a corresponding one of the columns;
each top column cap providing a threaded opening through which a top cap bolt threadably extends;
a base piece providing a plurality of base column grooves positioned on a top surface thereof, each of the base column grooves sized and configured for receiving the bottom column cap of a corresponding one of the columns therewithin;
each of the base column grooves providing a threaded interface positioned and configured for threadably receiving the bottom cap bolt of a corresponding one of the columns when the bottom column cap of said corresponding one of the columns is inserted into said base column groove;
a lid piece providing a plurality of lid column grooves positioned on a bottom surface thereof, each of the lid column grooves sized and configured for receiving the top column cap of a corresponding one of the columns therewithin;
a plaque mount engageable with the top surface of the base piece, a front surface of the plaque mount providing a plurality of U-shaped prongs positioned in a substantially parallel, spaced apart arrangement; and
a plaque piece providing a plurality of inner tracks positioned in a substantially parallel, spaced apart arrangement on a rear surface thereof, the inner tracks configured for slidably receiving the U-shaped prongs of the plaque mount, thereby engaging the plaque piece with the plaque mount.