Patents by Inventor Frederick Wayne Strickland

Frederick Wayne Strickland 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).

  • Patent number: 6134789
    Abstract: This invention relates to the cutting or trimming of grass directly over the top of the pop-up sprinkle head's shaft. In the past the grass and roots would cross over the path of the sprinkle's pop-up shaft restricting or stopping the upward movement of the shaft and deflecting or stopping the water spray pattern of the sprinkle. This invention will cut a very narrow cylindrical shaped hole down to the top of the pop-up head of the sprinkler eliminating the unsightly bowl shape cut in the grass of the prior patents and leaving a clean unrestricted small opening in the grass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Frederick Wayne Strickland
  • Patent number: 5953952
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hand held micro-adjustable bucking bar anvil having an adjustable threaded spindle for positioning the anvil face to the correct height above the surface of the sheet metal, for shaping new rivet heads to the proper diameter, height, and shape meeting the manufacturer's specifications for riveting sheets of metal together as the riveting process is completed. A further disclosure of this present invention is incorporating a threaded spindle having positioning feet. The positioning feet will maintain the rivet head tolerances as the self-leveling feet reaches the working surface; the feet will align the micro-adjustable bucking bar's horizontal and vertical axis to meet the height, diameter, and shape of the rivet heads. The feet align the bucking bar anvil equally on flat surfaces as well as curved surfaces, while shaping rivet heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Inventor: Frederick Wayne Strickland