Patents by Inventor Eric R. Swinford

Eric R. Swinford 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).

  • Tool for disconnecting an air-hose coupler
    Patent number: 8341816
    Abstract: A tool for use in disconnecting a quick-connect air-hose coupler has a pair of arms, each arm having a tool end and a handle, the arms being hinged to each other for relative rotation in generally parallel planes, such that selected relative movement of the handles causes opposite relative movement of the tool ends. An incomplete ring is formed on each tool end, the rings being generally coaxial when the rings are adjacent to each other. An insert is configured for insertion into one of the rings, the insert comprising an opening of a selected width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventor: Eric R. Swinford