Patents by Inventor Ashley Pennebaker

Ashley Pennebaker 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).

  • Sliding latch lock
    Patent number: 5145221
    Abstract: An apparatus for locking a case having a first part and a second part that close together along a first edge of the first part and a second edge of the second part, comprising a housing portion mountable in the first part adjacent the first edge, a latch portion positioned in the housing portion and capable of slidable movement within the housing portion from a first position to a second position displaced from the first position, and a biasing spring positioned between and adapted with respect to the housing portion and the latch portion to bias the latch portion into the first position. A catch is connected to the second part of the case and extends in a direction from the second edge of the second part toward the first edge of the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Chicago Electrical Tool Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashley Pennebaker, Duane R. Picht, Emerson Purkapile