Patents by Inventor James E. Crocker

James E. Crocker 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: 10443832
    Abstract: A light fixture can include a housing having at least one wall and a collar limiting feature disposed at a top end of the at least one wall. The light fixture can also include a collar disposed around the at least one wall, where the collar abuts against the collar limiting feature and is rotatable relative to the housing, where the collar includes a first cover coupling feature. The light fixture can further include a cover coupled to the collar, where the cover includes a first collar coupling feature, where the first collar coupling feature couples to the first cover coupling feature of the collar. The housing can be rotatable relative to the collar and the cover when the cover is decoupled from the collar, where the housing can be held in a fixed position relative to the collar and the cover when the cover is coupled to the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Manahan, Andrew Francis Scarlata, Daniel Robert Treible, Jr., James E. Crocker
  • Patent number: 4150446
    Abstract: A foot controlled toilet seat lifter which includes a "V" shaped lever pivoted near its middle point on a base and having a pedal at one end and an eye at the other. A cable trained on a pulley secured to the base has one end fixed inside a threaded sleeve passing through the eye and adjustable thereon by means of a nut to adjust tension on the cable with its other end adjustably secured to a trip lever fixed to the hinge pin of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1979
    Inventor: James E. Crocker