Patents by Inventor Craig A. Vogeler

Craig A. Vogeler 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).

  • Patent number: 11395481
    Abstract: A hand-held device for powering the rewinding of a fishing reel which includes a housing having an interior compartment. The spool support shaft of the fishing reel has a gear mounted thereon after the crank handle thereof has been removed. A rechargeable DC battery is mounted in the interior compartment. A DC motor is positioned in the interior compartment and is electrically operated by the DC battery. The DC motor has a drive shaft which is rotatable in a single direction. The drive shaft has a gear mounted thereon. The gear on the spool support shaft may be connected to the gear on the drive shaft of the motor whereby the spool may be rotated to rewind the fishing line onto the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventor: Craig A. Vogeler
  • Patent number: 10883309
    Abstract: A gate closure device including a U-shaped support member which is slipped over the upper end of a fence post with the base portion thereof being pivotally and slidably secured to the fence post. An elongated shaft is rotatably secured to the outer ends of the legs of the first support member. A first rod is secured to one end of the first shaft and a second rod is fixed to the other end of the first shaft. First and second crank handles and locking devices are secured to the outer ends of the first and second rods respectively. A flexible loop has its ends fixed to the first shaft which is slipped over the free end of the fence gate. The crank handles are rotated to draw the free end of the fence gate towards the fence post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Craig A. Vogeler, Paul W. Snodgrass
  • Patent number: 10618770
    Abstract: An electric fence wire reel apparatus which is configured to be secured to the hitch receiver of a hitch at the rearward end of a vehicle. The reel may be used as a wire rewind reel powered by an electric drill or an electric motor. The apparatus may be used as a wire rewind reel or a freely rotatably wire reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Inventor: Craig A. Vogeler
  • Patent number: 10526812
    Abstract: An electric fence wire reel which may be secured to a vertically disposed post or secured to a drawbar which is secured to a receiver tube of a hitch mounted at the rearward end of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventor: Craig A. Vogeler
  • Patent number: 9932164
    Abstract: A sponge for insertion into the open upper end of a mud pan which acts as a plug to prevent the mud in the mud pan from drying out during periods of non-use of the mud pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Inventor: Craig A. Vogeler
  • Publication number: 20150217469
    Abstract: A wallboard cutting tool is provided which may simultaneously score or cut opposite sides of a wallboard. The cutting tool includes a blade safety guard assembly which encloses the cutting blades of the tool when the tool is not being used. The tool of this invention also includes a leg guide assembly positioned at the lower end of the legs of the tool. The tool of this invention also includes a push handle and a hold-down handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: CRAIG A. VOGELER, David M. Lech, John W. Weiner
  • Patent number: 8272136
    Abstract: A cutting tool is provided which may simultaneously score or cut opposite sides of a wallboard. The tool may also be used to cut semi-circular portions from a corner of the wallboard and which may be used to cut circles from the wallboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Inventors: Craig A. Vogeler, David M. Lech, John W. Weiner
  • Publication number: 20110162220
    Abstract: A cutting tool is provided which may simultaneously score or cut opposite sides of a wallboard. The tool may also be used to cut semi-circular portions from a corner of the wallboard and which may be used to cut circles from the wallboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Craig A. Vogeler, David M. Lech, John W. Weiner