Patents by Inventor James D. Bayless

James D. Bayless 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: 4776108
    Abstract: An elevating leg rest assembly or a shoe to be worn by a user when either necessity or comfort requires that his foot and leg be supported in a position elevated above the floor when he is seated, the leg rest assembly consisting of a sheath extending longitudinally of the shoe, and having one or more leg sections normally telescoped into aid sheath to permit normal walking movements, but which may be extended rearwardly of the sheath to adjustably variable distances whereby to support the user's foot and leg in an elevated position above the floor when the user is seated. The sheath may be permanently encased within the thick and rigid soles of certain types of orthopedic shoes, or may be disposed at one side of the shoe and be rigidly but detachably mounted to a rigid portion of the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Inventor: James D. Bayless
  • Patent number: 4696593
    Abstract: A car washing mitt constituting a flexible glove adapted to be worn on the hand of a user, having a palm pad formed of sponge material, and a liquid soap reservoir also mounted on the glove. A flexible water hose may be connected to a control device mounted on the glove, and the control device includes a manually operable selector valve, which may be set to deliver water selectively either directly to the interior of the pad, or to the interior of the pad after intermixture thereof with soap from the reservoir, or to a jet directed forwardly from the tip of the glove for rinsing purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Inventor: James D. Bayless
  • Patent number: 4470276
    Abstract: A lock for a pair of doors hung in a single door frame, usually an inner main door and an outer door which may be a storm door and usually includes glass or screen panels through which a caller may be observed and identified, the lock including a pair of bolts carried by the door frame and operable to be extended therefrom to engage sockets formed therefor respectively in the door edges to secure them against opening. The bolts are operated by a lock shaft carried in the door frame to unlock first the inner door, so that it may be opened to permit observation and identification of a caller, while the outer door remains locked, and then to unlock the outer door if desired, to permit ingress of the caller. The lock shaft may be operated from inside the doors by a manual lever, and from outside by a key mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Inventor: James D. Bayless