Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Davis & Jack, L.L.C.
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Patent number: 7328810Abstract: A crane support consisting of a steel square tubing pedestal having an apertured mounting plate fixedly attached to its upper end, and having an enlarged base fixedly attached to its lower end; an axle, the pedestal being mounting rotatably upon the axle; an auxiliary implement mounting frame fixedly attached to a rearward end of the axle, such mounting plate being adapted for attachment to skid steer loader lift arms and bucket dumping rams; a pair of telescoping outriggers fixedly attached to and extending laterally from the pedestal, each outrigger arm having downwardly extendable and upwardly retractable foot fixedly attached to its distal end; a plurality of hydraulic cylinders operatively connected to the telescoping outriggers and to the feet for alternating lateral and vertical extensions and retractions; and a hydraulic cylinder connected operatively to the pedestal for alternately locking the pedestal against rotation with respect to the mounting frame and permitting such rotation.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Inventor: Lester Kent Rhodes
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Patent number: 7314237Abstract: A pipe joint assembly including a transparent quill; an outer quill having at least a first view port, and having at least a first outwardly extending pipe coupling thread which extends longitudinally along and helically about the outer quill, the transparent quill being slidably received by the outer quill; a pair of baffles; and baffle mounting helical threads interconnecting the baffles and the outer quill, the baffle mounting helical threads positioning the baffle so that they extend radially inward from the outer quill, the baffle mounting helical threads further positioning the baffles for resisting longitudinal sliding and counter-sliding motions of the transparent quill.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Inventor: Charles M. Warden
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Patent number: 7287410Abstract: An automobile body repair machine incorporating a quill and shaft load shouldering assembly whose quill includes lateral, medial, and oppositely lateral sections; slide stopping set screws extending through the quill sections for impingement upon the quill and shaft combination's shaft; weld seam grasping left and right anchor clamps fixedly attached to the lateral and oppositely lateral quill sections; a pull force transferring cantilevered stem; a selectively lockable and unlockable pivot joint interconnecting the stem and the medial quill section; a pivoting cantilevered foot attached to a distal end of the stem; and a foot extending hydraulic cylinder triangulating between the stem and the foot; the automobile body repairing machine further incorporating a body damage pulling tie attached to a distal end of the cantilevered foot.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Inventor: Jerry A. King
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Patent number: 7255540Abstract: A gas processing well head pump assembly consisting of a reciprocating piston compressor pump having input and output ports; an internal combustion engine connected operatively to the compressor pump; a first gas conduit having a wall, a well head end, a pump end, and having an expanded bore between the well head and pump ends, the pump end being fixedly attached to the gas pump's input port, the wall having a first and at least a second aperture overlying the expanded bore; a second gas conduit having a pump end fixedly attached to the gas pump's output port, the second gas conduit entering the first gas conduit's expanded bore through the first aperture, and the second gas conduit exiting the expanded bore through the at least second aperture; and a natural gas liquids separator positioned within the first gas conduit's expanded bore.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2004Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Inventor: Jerry A. Cooper
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Patent number: 7188854Abstract: A motorcycle jack having a “C” channel beam, the “C” channel beam having a web and having left and right flanges, the web having an upper end, the left flange having a first pin receiving aperture therethrough, the right flange having a second pin receiving aperture therethrough; a lift arm having a third pin receiving aperture therethrough and having an upper end; a pivot pin extending through the first, second, and third pin receiving apertures, the lift arm being pivotable between first and second positions, the lift arm being housed between the “C” channel beam's left and right flanges while in the first position, the lift arm contacting the “C” channel beam's web's upper end while in the second position; and a motorcycle hub engaging bar pivoting attached to the upper end of the lift arm.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Inventor: Howard Pickens
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Patent number: 7165992Abstract: A connector assembly for interconnecting an overhead electric junction box and electric fixture, the connector assembly including a socket housing having first and second apertures, each aperture having a hook engaging end and a hook disengaging end, the socket housing internally supporting first and second lands, the first and second lands overlying the first and second apertures' hook engaging ends; a plug housing having a first and second hook, each hook being composed of an electrically conductive material, the first and second hooks being movable between the first and second apertures' hook engaging and hook disengaging ends; upper terminals connected operatively to the socket housing, the upper terminals having upper and lower ends, the upper terminals' upper ends being adapted for electrical connections with structural power wires, the upper terminals' lower ends being adapted for, upon extensions of the first and second hooks into the first and second apertures, electrically contacting the first and sType: GrantFiled: March 3, 2006Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Inventor: Mario A. Schiaffino
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Patent number: 7156350Abstract: A carrier for supporting a trash bag, the trash bag having an upper lip, the carrier having a frame having a forward end and a rearward end, the frame having an aperture extending therethrough; a handle fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the rearward end of the frame, the handle being positioned for, upon extension of the trash bag's upper lip through the aperture, single handed grasping of the handle and the upper lip; and a leg fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the forward end of the frame, the leg extending downwardly from the frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2005Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Inventor: Raymond L. Velasquez
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Patent number: 7156067Abstract: An apparatus and method for laterally conducting oil within a motorcycle frame space, the motorcycle frame space being longitudinally bounded by an engine having a protrusion, the space being oppositely laterally bounded by an oil filter manifold having a removably attached oil filter, the apparatus including a bushing fitted for oil filter passage and for nesting receipt of an annular bearing surface of the manifold; the apparatus further including an oil sluice and a wholly formed joint interconnecting the sluice and the bushing, the joint orienting the oil sluice so that the oil catch and oil drain ends of the oil sluice may respectively underlie the oil filter and extend laterally from the frame space; the method including steps of extending the bushing into the motorcycle frame space and over the oil filter for nestingly receiving the manifold's bearing surface within the bushing; removing the oil filter; and catching and laterally conducting the oil along the oil sluice for collection outside the frameType: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Inventor: Kent J. Gottschalk
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Patent number: 7118788Abstract: An artificial saguaro cactus having a cactus trunk indicating section having an annular wall; a multiplicity of apertures extending through the annular wall, the apertures being arranged in a plurality of vertically extending series, the annular wall being alternately inwardly and outwardly creased along the vertically extending series of apertures, the creases vertically pleating the inner and outer surfaces of the annular wall; a domed cap fitted for covering the upper end of the annular wall; and cap attaching means interconnecting the domed cap and the upper end of the annular wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2004Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Desert Steel CompanyInventors: O. Richard Turner, Eric J. Carroll
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Patent number: 7112094Abstract: A method for securing a flexible cable to an electrical adapter shell, the electrical adapter shell having a nipple having an outwardly opening channel, the method including the steps of extending the cable sheath over the nipple, providing a thermoplastic strap, compressing the thermoplastic strap's inner end and the flexible cable sheath into the nipple's outwardly opening channel, wrapping the thermoplastic strap about the flexible cable sheath, adhesively attaching the thermoplastic strap's outer end to the thermoplastic strap's immediately underlying wrap, and nestingly compressing and heat shrinking the spirally wrapped thermoplastic strap about the flexible cable sheath and into the nipple's outwardly opening channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2003Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: M-Pyre, L.L.C.Inventors: Joseph M. Reilly, Nicholas H. Neely
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Patent number: 7111444Abstract: A lawn tractor lift consisting of a lift arm having a forward end and a rearward end, a tire wheel receiving cradle pivotally mounted upon the forward end of the lift arm; a lever arm having a forward end and a rearward end, and a curved bar providing a variable fulcrum, the curved bar having a forward end and a rearward end, and a pivot point, the rearward end of the curved bar being fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the forward end of the lever arm, the forward end of the curved bar being fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the rearward end of the lift arm, the curved bar, upon alternate levering and counter-levering of the lever arm, alternately rearwardly and forwardly moving the pivot point.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2004Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Inventors: Larry D. Morris, Terry L. Emond
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Patent number: 7036637Abstract: A tire chocking apparatus consisting of first and second tire chocks, a spreader jack interconnecting the first and second tire chocks; a handle fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the spreader jack, the handle extending upwardly from the spreader jack, the handle having an upper end; a reciprocatable member mounted moveably upon the handle's upper end; and a drive linkage interconnecting the reciprocatable member and the spreader jack.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Inventor: Randy Wiens
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Patent number: 7019541Abstract: An electric conductivity water probe consisting of a test chamber having a wall, a fluids input/output port, and a water input port, the wall having a first and at least a second wall section, the first and at least second wall sections being electrically isolated from each other by an electrical insulator; and a valve connected operatively to the fluids input/output port, the valve being adapted for alternately and permitting and resisting flows of fluids through the fluids port.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Crown Products, Inc.Inventor: Michael E. Kittrell
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Patent number: 7004894Abstract: An abdominal muscle exercise machine having a body support plate having a lower surface, a front end, and a rear end; front and rear slide shafts; first and second tubular quills slidably interconnecting the front and rear slide shafts and the lower surface of the body support plate for alternate forward and rearward sliding motions of the front and rear slide shaft; a front “T” handle; a roller bracket interconnecting the front “T” handle and the front slide shaft for alternate forward and rearward rolling motion of the front “T” handle along the front slide shaft; and a rear “T” handle fixedly attached to the rear slide shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2003Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Inventor: Ray Trotter
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Patent number: 6990769Abstract: An assembly and method for termite ground monitoring, the assembly including an upwardly opening cylindrical housing defining an interior space; a removable lid having a flanged upper surface; a bait stick cradle fitted for downward extension into the interior space; and cradle suspending ties interconnecting the lid and the bait stick cradle; the method including steps of burying the cylindrical housing within the ground so that the interior space opens upwardly; inserting a bait stick into the bait stick cradle; inserting the bait stick cradle into the interior space; providing an extension arm having a slotted lower end; downwardly extending the extension arm toward the lid, and engaging the slot with the lid's flange; and upwardly retracting the extension arm, the lid, the bait stick cradle, and the bait stick for inspection of the bait stick.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Inventor: Joseph T. Wright
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Patent number: 6918785Abstract: An electrical connector including an adapter, having an electric component attachment flange and a hollow bored nipple which is continuous with the adapter, the nipple having an outwardly opening “C” band receiving channel; an electrical cable extending through the nipple; a tubular sheath having a forward end overlying the hollow bored nipple's outwardly opening “C” band receiving channel; a first steel “C” band overlying the flexible tubular sheath, the first steel “C” band being positioned along the flexible tubular sheath so that it further overlies the outwardly opening “C” band receiving channel, the first steel “C” band extending the flexible tubular sheath into the outwardly opening “C” band receiving channel; and at least a second steel “C” band oppositely overlying the first steel “C” band.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2004Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: M-Pyre, L.L.C.Inventor: Joseph M. Reilly
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Patent number: 6684555Abstract: A hook setting fishing pole holder including a base having a forward end and having a hollow storage space; a fishing pole holding sleeve fixedly and hingedly attached to the base; a pair of extension springs spanning between the fishing pole holding sleeve and the base; a trip latch assembly oppositely spanning between the fishing pole holding sleeve and the base, the trip latch assembly being responsive to a forward pull upon a fishing pole held by the fishing pole holding sleeve to release the fishing pole holding sleeve for rearward sweeping of the fishing pole; a first ground staple, and apertures within the base adapted for receiving the ground staple for anchoring the base to the ground.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2002Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Inventor: Jose A. Vela
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Patent number: 6626105Abstract: A self-inking ink stamp consisting of a platen having upper and lower surfaces, having a slot or aperture extending from the lower surface to the upper surface, and having lugs and slide tracks respectively extending outwardly and downwardly from the platen, the lugs and slide tracks adapting the platen for rotating and linearly moving from an inking position to a stamping position; an “H” clip; a first ink stamping die fixedly attached to the upper surface of the platen; a second interchangeable ink stamping die received by the “H” clip; and a cantilevered arm having proximal and distal ends, the proximal end of the cantilevered arm being adhesively mounted upon the platen, the distal end of the cantilevered arm being received by the “H” clip; the cantilevered arm extending the second interchangeable ink stamping die upwardly through the slot or aperture.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2002Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Inventor: Denis Patrick Linehan
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Patent number: D522239Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Inventor: Dusty Herring
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Patent number: D540495Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2005Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Inventors: Janell Knuth, David L. Turnbull