Patents by Inventor James M. Sprayberry

James M. Sprayberry 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: 5553373
    Abstract: A maintenance device for the servicing of overhead modular photoelectric control switches, from ground level. This invention integrates the means to functionally test, remove, and install photoelectric control switch modules, normally associated with outdoor lighting. Alternatively, the device can remove and install high intensity light bulbs. The device comprises a pair of rotatable contracting grips, at one end. The grips respond to rotation of a cam, which also attaches the opposite end of the grips to a flex-head ratchet wrench. The wrench selectively imparts either clockwise or counterclockwise drive to the cam and, therefore, the grips. The opposite, or handle, end of the ratchet wrench is in sequence connected, via a universal attaching head, to a telescopic pole. When the grips are slided over a modular photoelectric control switch, the amount light striking its sensor is reduced, causing a functional module to switch on. If it fails to switch on, the module has malfunctioned and must be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Inventor: James M. Sprayberry
  • Patent number: 4879835
    Abstract: An eyeletless fishing hook providing for secure attachment of fishing line, by means of a integral configuration of a fishing hook and sinker, eliminating the necessity of tying to an eyelet. The fishing device retains the ability of separate components to be adaptable to fishing needs, by varying the construction of the size, shape, and type of both the sinker and the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Inventor: James M. Sprayberry