Patents by Inventor David W. Kinney

David W. Kinney 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: 4151926
    Abstract: A plastic multi-section electrical wiring box assembled from a plurality of individual sections. The individual sections are constructed so as to be capable of being mechanically and physically interconnected with each other without the need for mechanical assembly apparatus. The various sections are further adapted to be used with a bonding material such as an adhesive or solvent welding material to insure positive, permanent connections between the various sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1979
    Assignee: Union Insulating Company
    Inventors: David W. Kinney, Kenneth M. Moore, Edwin L. Sprout
  • Patent number: 4130335
    Abstract: An electrical wiring box having a pair of factory-installed mounting elements associated therewith for permitting the quick and easy mounting of an electrical device within the wiring box. The wiring box includes bosses each having a generally-rectangular opening countersunk therein for receiving a corresponding mounting element. Each of the mounting elements includes a central portion having a screw-receiving opening and a pair of abutment edge portions adjacent to the opening, a pair of spaced-apart side portions integral with the central portion, and a pair of deflectible thread-engaging portions integral with the side portions and including pairs of retention wing portions at the terminations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1978
    Assignee: Union Insulating Company
    Inventor: David W. Kinney