Patents by Inventor Gregg C. Krehel

Gregg C. Krehel 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: 5765258
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a floor traveling head with wheels and an elongate handle pivotably connected to the head. The head has two motors; one connected to an impeller and one connected to a rotatable brush. The head has rechargeable batteries therein for supplying electricity to the motors and a three position electrical switch. All working components of the vacuum cleaner, including an air filter and dust/dirt collection cup, are in the floor traveling head. The handle has no working components thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: M. Anthony Melito, Deborah L. Potvin, Gregg C. Krehel, Anthony Brooks Rorke
  • Patent number: 5694665
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge for pivotally mounting a door on a frame has a first leaf mounted and an adjustable mounting assembly to be mounted on the frame or the door. The mounting assembly includes (i) a bracket, (ii) a vertically extending threaded shaft, (iii) an internally threaded pinion gear, and (iv) a rotatable screw. The threaded shaft is fixed on the bracket and threadably engaged with the pinion gear. The rotatable screw has a threaded outer surface portion engaged with the pinion gear for rotating the pinion gear relative to the shaft so as to axially move the gear relative to the shaft. A second leaf is pivotally mounted on the mounting assembly and has one end pivotally engaged with the first leaf. A horizontally extending adjusting screw has a shank threadably engaged in the second leaf, and the end of the shank abuts the bracket so that the rotation of the adjusting screw pivots the second leaf inwardly and outwardly relative to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: The Stanley Works
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Strickland, Gregg C. Krehel
  • Patent number: 5671499
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a floor traveling head with wheels and an elongate handle pivotably connected to the head. The head has two motors; one connected to an impeller and one connected to a rotatable brush. The head has rechargeable batteries therein for supplying electricity to the motors and a three position electrical switch. All working components of the vacuum cleaner, including an air filter and dust/dirt collection cup, are in the floor traveling head. The handle has no working components thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: M. Anthony Melito, Deborah L. Potvin, Gregg C. Krehel, Anthony Brooks Rorke