Patents Assigned to Wubbers, LLC
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Patent number: 11235438Abstract: The present invention provides a mandrel tool and method for more efficiently and consistently forming various shapes of material. In one embodiment of the invention, a pair of pliers having mandrel jaws that are shaped with a uniform cross sectional area throughout a length of the mandrel jaw is used to replace the traditional tapered mandrel. Because the mandrel jaws have a uniform cross sectional area, the wire, for example, can be wrapped multiple times around the mandrel jaw when it is desired to produce multiples of the same shape. For added versatility, the pliers can have opposing mandrel jaws, with different size cross sectional area.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: 10661325Abstract: Disclosed are texture hammers and related methods for using the texture hammers to create textures on metallic materials without distorting the material. Such hammers may comprise having a handle and a hammer head with a first end and a second end. The first end may have an oval, square, inverted triangle, triangle, or any other shape, and may comprise indentations on the surface to create a texture. The second end may have a rectangular, triangle, or any other shape, and may also comprise indentations complementary to the indentations on the first end. The texture hammers may be used to create different textures by varying the angle the hammer strikes the material, dragging the hammer head across the surface of the material, or creating a texture border on the material.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: 10160100Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for forming wire loops using wire looping pliers. In one embodiment of the invention, the pair of wire pliers having a cylindrical jaw and a recessed jaw for accepting the cylindrical jaw allows the user of the tool to make symmetrical wire loops on a consistent basis. Additionally, the width of the recessed jaw can be set such that the user can use the recessed jaw to measure the distance from a particular point where the neck of the wire loop should be broken. The recessed surface of the recessed jaw and the cylindrical jaw mate together in such a manner as to provide uniform pressure around a significant portion of the loop so as to prevent marring of the surface of the wire.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: 10137560Abstract: The present invention provides a mandrel tool and method for more efficiently and consistently forming various shapes of material. In one embodiment of the invention, a pair of pliers having mandrel jaws that are shaped with a uniform cross sectional area throughout a length of the mandrel jaw is used to replace the traditional tapered mandrel. Because the mandrel jaws have a uniform cross sectional area, the wire, for example, can be wrapped multiple times around the mandrel jaw when it is desired to produce multiples of the same shape. For added versatility, the pliers can have opposing mandrel jaws, with different size cross sectional area.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: 9744581Abstract: Disclosed are pliers and related methods for punching a hole in a non-flat material without distorting the material. Such pliers may comprise a first member having a first handle and a first jaw, and a second member having a second handle and a second jaw. The first and second members are attached at a connection point to permit pivoting in response to a squeezing force on the handles. The first jaw comprises a punch tip to be received by the second jaw, where the punch tip may have an angled distal end truncating a cross-section of the punch tip. The second jaw comprises a shaped edge facing the punch tip and extending along a length of the second jaw, the shaped edge having substantially the same shape as the non-flat material and comprising an opening having substantially the same shape as the cross-section of the punch tip and to receive the tip therein.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Wubbers LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: 9694476Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for forming wire loops using wire looping pliers. In one embodiment of the invention, the pair of wire pliers having a cylindrical jaw and a recessed jaw for accepting the cylindrical jaw allows the user of the tool to make symmetrical wire loops on a consistent basis. Additionally, the width of the recessed jaw can be set such that the user can use the recessed jaw to measure the distance from a particular point where the neck of the wire loop should be broken. The recessed surface of the recessed jaw and the cylindrical jaw mate together in such a manner as to provide uniform pressure around a significant portion of the loop so as to prevent marring of the surface of the wire.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: 9687966Abstract: The present invention provides a mandrel tool and method for more efficiently and consistently forming various shapes of material. In one embodiment of the invention, a pair of pliers having mandrel jaws that are shaped with a uniform cross sectional area throughout a length of the mandrel jaw is used to replace the traditional tapered mandrel. Because the mandrel jaws have a uniform cross sectional area, the wire, for example, can be wrapped multiple times around the mandrel jaw when it is desired to produce multiples of the same shape. For added versatility, the pliers can have opposing mandrel jaws, with different size cross sectional area.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: 9649750Abstract: The present invention provides a mandrel tool and method for more efficiently and consistently forming various shapes of material. In one embodiment of the invention, a pair of pliers having mandrel jaws that are shaped with a uniform cross sectional area throughout a length of the mandrel jaw is used to replace the traditional tapered mandrel. Because the mandrel jaws have a uniform cross sectional area, the wire, for example, can be wrapped multiple times around the mandrel jaw when it is desired to produce multiples of the same shape. For added versatility, the pliers can have opposing mandrel jaws, with different size cross sectional area.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: 9227304Abstract: The present invention provides a mandrel tool and method for more efficiently and consistently forming various shapes of material. In one embodiment of the invention, a pair of pliers having mandrel jaws that are shaped with a uniform cross sectional area throughout a length of the mandrel jaw is used to replace the traditional tapered mandrel. Because the mandrel jaws have a uniform cross sectional area, the wire, for example, can be wrapped multiple times around the mandrel jaw when it is desired to produce multiples of the same shape. For added versatility, the pliers can have opposing mandrel jaws with different size cross sectional area.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Publication number: 20150114188Abstract: Disclosed are pliers and related methods for punching a hole in a non-flat material without distorting the material. Such pliers may comprise a first member having a first handle and a first jaw, and a second member having a second handle and a second jaw. The first and second members are attached at a connection point to permit pivoting in response to a squeezing force on the handles. The first jaw comprises a punch tip to be received by the second jaw, where the punch tip may have an angled distal end truncating a cross-section of the punch tip. The second jaw comprises a shaped edge facing the punch tip and extending along a length of the second jaw, the shaped edge having substantially the same shape as the non-flat material and comprising an opening having substantially the same shape as the cross-section of the punch tip and to receive the tip therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: WUBBERS LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Publication number: 20140251492Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for forming wire loops using wire looping pliers. In one embodiment of the invention, the pair of wire pliers having a cylindrical jaw and a recessed jaw for accepting the cylindrical jaw allows the user of the tool to make symmetrical wire loops on a consistent basis. Additionally, the width of the recessed jaw can be set such that the user can use the recessed jaw to measure the distance from a particular point where the neck of the wire loop should be broken. The recessed surface of the recessed jaw and the cylindrical jaw mate together in such a manner as to provide uniform pressure around a significant portion of the loop so as to prevent marring of the surface of the wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: 8726943Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for forming wire loops using wire looping pliers. In one embodiment of the invention, the pair of wire pliers having a cylindrical jaw and a recessed jaw for accepting the cylindrical jaw allows the user of the tool to make symmetrical wire loops on a consistent basis. Additionally, the width of the recessed jaw can be set such that the user can use the recessed jaw to measure the distance from a particular point where the neck of the wire loop should be broken. The recessed surface of the recessed jaw and the cylindrical jaw mate together in such a manner as to provide uniform pressure around a significant portion of the loop so as to prevent marring of the surface of the wire.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: D809889Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: D809890Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: D809891Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard
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Patent number: D809892Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Wubbers, LLCInventor: Patricia Bullard