Patents by Inventor Edwin J. Fehringer

Edwin J. Fehringer 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: 20140101902
    Abstract: A hook-connector includes first and second first hook parts. Each hook part includes first and second plates. The plates have a cord opening, and each plate is defined by a plate first end and a plate top edge. A hub is disposed between the first and second plates. A hook member is attached to the first ends of the plates, the hook member including a hook element defining a hook opening sized to receive the hub of the corresponding hook part. The hook member includes a means for ensuring a positive and releasable engagement of each hook element about the hub of the corresponding hook part. Each plate is further defined by a plate angled portion located between the plate first end and the plate top edge, the angled portions allowing the hook parts to be connected to one another with the angled portions in juxtaposed position to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel S. Hayes, Daniel Fehringer, Edwin J. Fehringer
  • Patent number: 8646157
    Abstract: A hook-connector includes a first hook part and a second hook part. Each hook part includes a first plate and a second plate. The plates have a cord opening defined there-through. The hook-connector further includes a hub disposed between the first and second plates which hold the plates in essentially parallel, spaced apart relationship. The hook-connector further includes a hook member attached to a first end of at least one of the first or second plates. The hook member includes a hook element defining a hook opening, and the hook opening is sized to receive the hub of a corresponding hook part. The hook-connector further includes a means for ensuring a positive and releasable engagement of each hook element about the hub of the corresponding hook part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel S. Hayes, Edwin J. Fehringer, Daniel J. Fehringer
  • Publication number: 20100024177
    Abstract: A hook-connector includes a first hook part and a second hook part. Each hook part includes a first plate and a second plate. The plates have a cord opening defined there-through. The hook-connector further includes a hub disposed between the first and second plates which hold the plates in essentially parallel, spaced apart relationship. The hook-connector further includes a hook member attached to a first end of at least one of the first or second plates. The hook member includes a hook element defining a hook opening, and the hook opening is sized to receive the hub of a corresponding hook part. The hook-connector further includes a means for ensuring a positive and releasable engagement of each hook element about the hub of the corresponding hook part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel S. Hayes, Edwin J. Fehringer, Daniel J. Fehringer
  • Patent number: 7603754
    Abstract: A hook-connector includes a first hook part and a second hook part. Each of the first hook part and the second hook part include a first plate and a second plate, and a hub disposed between the first and second plates. The hub holds the first and second plates in essentially parallel, spaced apart relationship. The hub and the first and second plates define a cord opening there-through. The hook-connector further includes a hook member that is attached to a first end of the first and second plates. The hook member includes a hook element that defines a hook opening that is sized to receive the hub of a corresponding hook part. The hook member further defines a sloped portion configured to slidingly mate against the sloped portion of the corresponding hook part in one mating configuration of the first and second hook parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Inventors: Daniel S. Hayes, Edwin J. Fehringer, Daniel J. Fehringer
  • Publication number: 20090044387
    Abstract: A hook-connector includes a first hook part and a second hook part. Each of the first hook part and the second hook part include a first plate and a second plate, and a hub disposed between the first and second plates. The hub holds the first and second plates in essentially parallel, spaced apart relationship. The hub and the first and second plates define a cord opening there-through. The hook-connector further includes a hook member that is attached to a first end of the first and second plates. The hook member includes a hook element that defines a hook opening that is sized to receive the hub of a corresponding hook part. The hook member further defines a sloped portion configured to slidingly mate against the sloped portion of the corresponding hook part in one mating configuration of the first and second hook parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Daniel S. Hayes, Edwin J. Fehringer, Daniel J. Fehringer