Patents by Inventor Douglas R. Allred

Douglas R. Allred 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).

  • Publication number: 20090320652
    Abstract: The present invention provides a socket wrench for electrical locknuts that is highly tolerant of size differences of electrical locknuts of a nominal size and the number and spacing of lugs thereon. The socket wrench, in its most simple form, is machined from a single piece of metal, and includes a cylindrical wall that is unitary with a socket ceiling having a square drive aperture centered therein. A pair of diametrically-opposed semi-cylindrical vertical projections extend inwardly from the cylindrical wall. The vertical projections operate on a pair of diametrically-opposed lugs on the electrical locknut. The semi-cylindrical shape of the vertical projections causes the socket to self-center on an engaged locknut when the socket is turned in either clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Douglas R. Allred, Shawn J. Sweat
  • Publication number: 20090038445
    Abstract: A pipe extraction tool grips the inside of a pipe or other such conduit to facilitate removal of a pipe which can not otherwise be removed. The extraction tool uses expandable jaws to grip the inside of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Ryan V. Sweat, Douglas R. Allred
  • Patent number: 7448303
    Abstract: A pipe extraction tool grips the inside of a pipe or other such conduit to facilitate removal of a pipe which can not otherwise be removed. The extraction tool uses expandable jaws to grip the inside of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Inventors: Ryan V. Sweat, Douglas R. Allred
  • Publication number: 20080115633
    Abstract: A pipe extraction tool grips the inside of a pipe or other such conduit to facilitate removal of a pipe which can not otherwise be removed. The extraction tool uses expandable jaws to grip the inside of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Ryan V. Sweat, Douglas R. Allred