Patents by Inventor Franklin D. Fender

Franklin D. Fender 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: 20020053794
    Abstract: A portable electric drive for a trailer landing gear lifting apparatus includes a trailer having a landing gear lifting apparatus having a hand crank engaging member for coupling to a portable electric drive. A base plate has an electric motor attached thereto for driving a drive shaft extending therethrough. A hand crank engaging member coupling is attached to the electric motor driven shaft and positioned to engage the hand crank engaging member. The base plate has a handle attached to one side thereof for supporting the trailer landing gear portable electric drive. A support member is attached to the trailer adjacent the landing gear hand crank engaging member and has a pair of openings therethrough having a sleeve attached to the support member over each opening. The base plate has a pair of support arms fixedly attached thereto each aligned for insertion one of the openings in the support member and into the attached sleeve for supporting and aligning the portable electric drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventor: Franklin D. Fender
  • Patent number: 5105992
    Abstract: A soap dispenser apparatus has a housing having a space formed in the housing for holding a soap container of a predetermined shape. The soap container has its own dispenser hose and nozzle formed therein and the dispenser hose fits through a squeeze pump and becomes part of the pump pumping the soap from the container. An electric motor has a gear box for gearing the motor down located in the housing and positioned to actuate a squeeze member to squeeze the dispenser hose against a pressure plate made of a self lubricating polymer. A sensor, such as an infrared sensor, senses a person's hand in line with the output of the soap container and dispenser nozzle and is coupled through a circuit to the electric motor to actuate the squeeze pump to pump the soap onto a person's hand positioned to receive the soap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Inventors: Franklin D. Fender, Fred Gibson
  • Patent number: D322377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Inventor: Franklin D. Fender
  • Patent number: D339493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Inventor: Franklin D. Fender