Patents by Inventor Alan R. Greenleaf

Alan R. Greenleaf has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150101151
    Abstract: An accessory supporting hook holder is provide for supporting tools, equipment and the like from a lineman's took belt. The hook attaches in a locking fashion to a lineman's tool belt. A trigger release is specifically adapted so as to prevent accidental detachment when impacted by tree branches or other obstructions. A release trigger is at such an angle that any branch or other item that impacts it from below would tend to close the latch more, rather than urging it open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Alan R. Greenleaf
  • Patent number: 5071051
    Abstract: A tape dispenser comprising a molded plastic frame having a base wall portion with a tape cutting edge and a pair of flexurable side wall arm portions extending in generally parallel side-by-side relation from the base wall portion and provided with C-shaped wall portions having opposed arcuate hub portions extending inwardly therefrom and adapted to support a tape roll. The hub portions are provided with axially engageable and releasable locking means adjacent the free ends of the C-shaped wall portions for firmly joining the hub portions together thereat simply by relative pivotal flexure movement of the arm portions to rigidify the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Manco, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Corbo, Brian A. Vulpitta, Alan R. Greenleaf, Richard J. Kicak, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4961525
    Abstract: A tape dispenser comprising a molded plastic frame having a base wall portion with a tape cutting edge and a pair of flexurable side wall arm portions extending in generally parallel side-by-side relation from the base wall portion and provided with C-shaped wall portions having opposed arcuate hub portions extending inwardly therefrom and adapted to support a tape roll. The hub portions are provided with axially engageable and releasable locking means adjacent the free ends of the C-shaped wall portions for firmly joining the hub portions together thereat simply by relative pivotal flexure movement of the arm portions to rigidify the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Manco, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Corbo, Brian A. Vulpitta, Alan R. Greenleaf, Richard J. Kicak, Jr.
  • Patent number: D766707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Inventor: Alan R. Greenleaf