Patents by Inventor Jerry D. Rutledge

Jerry D. Rutledge 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: 7520247
    Abstract: A manually operated dog treat dispensing machine capable of dispensing dog treats one at a time, the dispenser having a rectangular housing with a hinged housing door and hinged capital that serves as a food supply reservoir which is gravity fed into a spring loaded spindle chamber mounted on an axel and hand crank. Treats exit the dispenser through a chute output consisting of a hinged chute lid, two side walls and a base block and a retaining plate mounted in the end of the chute lid and adjacent to the spindle chamber acts as a stop preventing dispensing of more than one dog treat at a time. The dispenser also can function using a magazine that is inserted inside the rectangular housing area. Magazine stop tabs at the base of the magazine along with the retaining plate mounted on the chute lid prevent the dispenser from dispensing more than one dog treat at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Inventor: Jerry D. Rutledge
  • Patent number: 4605265
    Abstract: The specification discloses a one-piece polymeric bumper to be installed on the forward end of a drawer slide to prevent the slide from marking the door of a cabinet in which the slide is mounted. The bumper includes a body abutting the end of a drawer rail, a pair of legs telescoped over the rail, and an arm telescoped into the rail and secured therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1986
    Assignee: Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Walter L. Bessinger, Jerry D. Rutledge