Patents by Inventor Chris Loraas

Chris Loraas 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).

  • Conduit cutting tools and conduit cutting tool operational methods
    Patent number: 9707691
    Abstract: Conduit cutting tools and conduit cutting tool operational methods are described. According to one aspect, a conduit cutting tool includes a pivot pin, a pair of elongated members coupled with the pivot pin, and wherein the elongated members include a jaw and a handle and interior portions of the jaws include cutting blades, wherein the jaws are spaced apart from one another in an open configuration to receive a conduit and one of the elongated members is configured to move with respect to an other of the elongated members as a result of an input force to the handles, and wherein the movement of the one elongated member rotates the jaw of the one elongated member towards the jaw of the other elongated member and moves the jaw of the one elongated member in a substantially linear direction towards the jaw of the other elongated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: RL Tools, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Paul Lindstrom, Mike Raunig, Chris Loraas
  • Conduit Cutting Tools and Conduit Cutting Tool Operational Methods
    Publication number: 20140196584
    Abstract: Conduit cutting tools and conduit cutting tool operational methods are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: RL Tools, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Paul Lindstrom, Mike Raunig, Chris Loraas