Patents by Inventor Daily Gist
Daily Gist 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).
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Patent number: 7815081Abstract: A retractable belt clip is disposed on an electronic hand-held tool, such as a stud finder, a laser level, or an electronic tape measure, and is moveable from a stowed position, in which the belt clip is disposed within or flush to a housing of the tool, to a deployed position, in which the belt clip may be attached to a belt or other member for carrying and storage.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2005Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool CompanyInventors: Daily Gist, Derek J. Nash, Raymond Chan
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Patent number: 7756665Abstract: An electronic measuring device that includes a transceiver device, a microprocessor operatively connected to the transceiver device, as well as a memory, an electronic output device, and a plurality of input mechanisms, all of which are operatively connected to the microprocessor. In some embodiments, the microprocessor may be programmed with logic that allows a user of the device to take and manipulate measurements using a menu-driven procedure by using the input mechanisms to select and activate desired operations.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2005Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool CompanyInventors: Jeffrey L. Spanski, John C. Smith, Derek J. Nash, Daily Gist, Michael Williams, Raymond Wai-Man Chan, Desmond Wai Nang Tse, Hughes Sanoner
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Patent number: 7513051Abstract: A light generating system including a base comprising a bottom surface comprising a nonmechanical attachment structure and a light generating device rotatably mounted to the base about an axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2005Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool CompanyInventors: Jeffrey L. Spanski, John C. Smith, Derek J. Nash, Mike Williams, Leslie Daily Gist, Steven R. Levine
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Patent number: 7429430Abstract: A battery release mechanism for releasably securing a battery to a power tool is disclosed. The battery release mechanism includes a battery receiving portion integral with a handle portion of the power tool and an attachment portion integral with the battery. The attachment portion is configured to engage the battery receiving portion. The battery release mechanism also includes a closure member that is operable with and transversely disposed within the battery receiving portion. The closure member is configured to secure the battery within the battery receiving portion when the closure member is in a “lock” position. The closure member has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end is disposed through a side wall of the tool housing and defines a push button for selectively moving the closure member from the “lock” position to a “release” position. When the closure member is in the “release” position, the battery can be removed from the power tool.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2003Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Tom Mooty, Earl Clowers, Mark Etter, Daily Gist, Michael Lagaly
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Patent number: 7272893Abstract: An electronic measuring device is disclosed which includes a pair of wheels connected to an axle that passes through a drive gear. The drive gear is enmeshed to a second gear which, in turn, is coaxially connected to an encoder disk. The encoder disk has spaced-apart fins around its outer periphery. As the wheels turn and the encoder disk rotates, the fins and openings between the fins pass between an emitter and a receiver. The emitter and receiver are linked to a controller which calculates the distance traversed by the wheels based upon the number of fins that pass between the emitter and receiver, or with an active counting system (ACS). The controller also includes functions to establish start and stop points for a measurement and an easy means for dividing a measured distance into equal parts or segments and a means for marking the boundary points that define the segments when the measuring device is rolled back across the measured distance. The device can be used on both planar and non-planar surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool CompanyInventors: Michael Williams, Jeffrey L. Spanski, Derek J. Nash, John C. Smith, Daily Gist
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Patent number: 7269907Abstract: A laser alignment device includes a laser generating device, an upper attachment portion, and a lower attachment portion. The laser generating device includes a housing and a laser generator. The upper attachment portion is disposed near a bottom of the housing, and the lower attachment portion is pivotally and/or rotationally connected to the upper attachment portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2004Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool CompanyInventors: Steven R. Levine, Jeffrey L. Spanski, John C. Smith, Derek J. Nash, Leslie Daily Gist
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Publication number: 20070124952Abstract: An electronic measuring device is disclosed which includes a pair of wheels connected to an axle that passes through a drive gear. The drive gear is enmeshed to a second gear which, in turn, is coaxially connected to an encoder disk. The encoder disk has spaced-apart fins around its outer periphery. As the wheels turn and the encoder disk rotates, the fins and openings between the fins pass between an emitter and a receiver. The emitter and receiver are linked to a controller which calculates the distance traversed by the wheels based upon the number of fins that pass between the emitter and receiver, or with an active counting system (ACS). The controller also includes functions to establish start and stop points for a measurement and an easy means for dividing a measured distance into equal parts or segments and a means for marking the boundary points that define the segments when the measuring device is rolled back across the measured distance. The device can be used on both planar and non-planar surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2007Publication date: June 7, 2007Inventors: Michael Williams, Jeffrey Spanski, Derek Nash, John Smith, Daily Gist
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Patent number: 7222437Abstract: A combined stud finder and tape measure device includes a housing having any traditional stud finder circuitry integrally disposed therein along with a tape measure having a tape strip wound on a spindle. The tape measure is oriented so that the width of the tape strip lies parallel to the surface being scanned for studs or other obstacles. This orientation accommodates a wide viewing angle of the scale markings on the tape strip, making it easier to use the stud finder and the tape measure at the same time. Additionally, the tape measure can be re-oriented over at least 180 degrees so that the tape strip can be directed to either side of or from the bottom of the combined stud finder and tape measure device. Detents may be located at, for example, 90 degree intervals to provide a manner of locking the tape measure at predetermined angles with respect to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool CompanyInventors: Jeffrey L. Spanski, John C. Smith, Derek J. Nash, Daily Gist, Michael Williams
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Patent number: 7178259Abstract: An electronic measuring device is disclosed which includes a pair of wheels connected to an axle that passes through a drive gear. The drive gear is enmeshed to a second gear which, in turn, is coaxially connected to an encoder disk. The encoder disk has spaced-apart fins around its outer periphery. As the wheels turn and the encoder disk rotates, the fins and openings between the fins pass between an emitter and a receiver. The emitter and receiver are linked to a controller which calculates the distance traversed by the wheels based upon the number of fins that pass between the emitter and receiver, or with an active counting system (ACS). The controller also includes functions to establish start and stop points for a measurement and an easy means for dividing a measured distance into equal parts or segments and a means for marking the boundary points that define the segments when the measuring device is rolled back across the measured distance. The device can be used on both planar and non-planar surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Irwin Hand Tools/North AmericaInventors: Michael Williams, Jeffrey L. Spanski, Derek J. Nash, John C. Smith, Daily Gist
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Patent number: 7086166Abstract: The present spirit level has an elongated body with a longitudinal leveling face and at least one inclination peg retractably mounted in the body. The inclination peg is configured to selectably extend at least partially out from the leveling face by at least one predetermined stepwise increment, such that when it contacts a surface to be leveled, the inclination peg raises the leveling face to a predetermined angle of inclination from the surface to be leveled.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2004Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool CompanyInventors: Eric John Helda, Leslie Daily Gist
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Publication number: 20060150431Abstract: An electronic measuring device is disclosed which includes a pair of wheels connected to an axle that passes through a drive gear. The drive gear is enmeshed to a second gear which, in turn, is coaxially connected to an encoder disk. The encoder disk has spaced-apart fins around its outer periphery. As the wheels turn and the encoder disk rotates, the fins and openings between the fins pass between an emitter and a receiver. The emitter and receiver are linked to a controller which calculates the distance traversed by the wheels based upon the number of fins that pass between the emitter and receiver, or with an active counting system (ACS). The controller also includes functions to establish start and stop points for a measurement and an easy means for dividing a measured distance into equal parts or segments and a means for marking the boundary points that define the segments when the measuring device is rolled back across the measured distance. The device can be used on both planar and non-planar surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2006Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOL COMPANYInventors: Michael Williams, Jeffrey Spanski, Derek Nash, John Smith, Daily Gist
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Publication number: 20060113985Abstract: A retractable belt clip is disposed on an electronic hand-held tool, such as a stud finder, a laser level, or an electronic tape measure, and is moveable from a stowed position, in which the belt clip is disposed within or flush to a housing of the tool, to a deployed position, in which the belt clip may be attached to a belt or other member for carrying and storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2005Publication date: June 1, 2006Applicant: IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOL COMPANYInventors: Daily Gist, Derek Nash, Raymond Chan
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Patent number: 7040239Abstract: A downdraft table includes an enclosure connected to a downdraft mat member that provides a work surface, a support apparatus, and a conduit member capable of providing dust collection to the work surface. The downdraft mat includes a plurality of through points and is disposed upon a top surface of the enclosure. The conduit member includes one or more connection portals enabling a vacuum device to be connected to the conduit member and provide dust collection to the work surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2002Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Angela Denise Shelton, Leslie Daily Gist
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Patent number: 7036241Abstract: An electronic measuring device is disclosed which includes a pair of wheels connected to an axle that passes through a drive gear. The drive gear is enmeshed to a second gear which, in turn, is coaxially connected to an encoder disk. The encoder disk has spaced-apart fins around its outer periphery. As the wheels turn and the encoder disk rotates, the fins and openings between the fins pass between an emitter and a receiver. The emitter and receiver are linked to a controller which calculates the distance traversed by the wheels based upon the number of fins that pass between the emitter and receiver, or with an active counting system (ACS). The controller also includes functions to establish start and stop points for a measurement and an easy means for dividing a measured distance into equal parts or segments and a means for marking the boundary points that define the segments when the measuring device is rolled back across the measured distance. The device can be used on both planar and non-planar surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2004Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool CompanyInventors: Michael Williams, Jeffrey L. Spanski, Derek J. Nash, John C. Smith, Daily Gist
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Publication number: 20060089817Abstract: An improved electronic measuring device has a compact design, is easy to operate, and uses menu-driven logic to minimize the requirement for buttons and/or switches to take, store, recall, and/or manipulate measurements.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2005Publication date: April 27, 2006Inventors: Jeffrey Spanski, John Smith, Derek Nash, Daily Gist, Michael Williams, Raymond Chan, Desmond Tse, Hughes Sanoner
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Publication number: 20060021243Abstract: A combined stud finder and tape measure device includes a housing having any traditional stud finder circuitry integrally disposed therein along with a tape measure having a tape strip wound on a spindle. The tape measure is oriented so that the width of the tape strip lies parallel to the surface being scanned for studs or other obstacles. This orientation accommodates a wide viewing angle of the scale markings on the tape strip, making it easier to use the stud finder and the tape measure at the same time. Additionally, the tape measure can be re-oriented over at least 180 degrees so that the tape strip can be directed to either side of or from the bottom of the combined stud finder and tape measure device. Detents may be located at, for example, 90 degree intervals to provide a manner of locking the tape measure at predetermined angles with respect to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2005Publication date: February 2, 2006Applicant: IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOL COMPANYInventors: Jeffrey Spanski, John Smith, Derek Nash, Daily Gist, Michael Williams
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Publication number: 20060010706Abstract: An electronic measuring device is disclosed which includes a pair of wheels connected to an axle that passes through a drive gear. The drive gear is enmeshed to a second gear which, in turn, is coaxially connected to an encoder disk. The encoder disk has spaced-apart fins around its outer periphery. As the wheels turn and the encoder disk rotates, the fins and openings between the fins pass between an emitter and a receiver. The emitter and receiver are linked to a controller which calculates the distance traversed by the wheels based upon the number of fins that pass between the emitter and receiver, or with an active counting system (ACS). The controller also includes functions to establish start and stop points for a measurement and an easy means for dividing a measured distance into equal parts or segments and a means for marking the boundary points that define the segments when the measuring device is rolled back across the measured distance. The device can be used on both planar and non-planar surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2004Publication date: January 19, 2006Inventors: Michael Williams, Jeffrey Spanski, Derek Nash, John Smith, Daily Gist
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Patent number: D520327Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool CompanyInventors: Leslie Daily Gist, Gregory C. Schultz, Steven R. Levine, Norman John LeBlanc
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Patent number: D521352Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2004Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool CompanyInventor: Leslie Daily Gist
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Patent number: D530232Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2003Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool CompanyInventor: Leslie Daily Gist