Patents by Inventor Franklin M. Brawand

Franklin M. Brawand 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).

  • Hub mounted support for a wheel lug wrench
    Patent number: 5123312
    Abstract: A lug wrench support for temporary placement on a wheel hub and including a sleeve having appendages on the sleeve outer wall defining wrench receiving grooves. A first internal wall surface of the sleeve is of diameter to receive and frictionally engage a wheel hub while a second internal wall surface of the sleeve is of a lesser diameter and frictionally engages a wheel hub of lesser size than the first mentioned wheel hub. The wrench receiving grooves support that portion of a lug wrench adjacent the socket end of the wrench during rotation of wheel lug nuts. An eye of each appendage serves to retain the lug wrench in the appendage groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Inventor: Franklin M. Brawand
  • Tag line and butt hook constructions
    Patent number: 4107825
    Abstract: A plurality of butt hooks are secured to a tag line and receive ferrules on the tag line in positions blocking release passages in the butt hooks through which nubbins on the ends of choker lines must be moved to release the choker lines from the butt hooks. A sling construction includes butt hooks connecting a spreader bar to a pair of tag lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1978
    Inventor: Franklin M. Brawand