Patents by Inventor Joseph Allen Menzel

Joseph Allen Menzel 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).

  • Lockout tagout plug sleeve
    Patent number: 8979559
    Abstract: A lockout tagout hole that traverses at least one wall of a cylindrical body of a lockout tagout plug sleeve, where the lockout tagout hole securely receives a lockout tagout tag. Also disposed on the outer surface of the cylindrical body can be a polarizing slot, where the polarizing slot and an end of the wall of the sleeve are used to orient the position of the lockout tagout hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Alvah Benjamin Aldrich, Daniel Treible, Joseph Allen Menzel
  • LOCKOUT TAGOUT PLUG SLEEVE
    Publication number: 20130157521
    Abstract: A lockout tagout hole that traverses at least one wall of a cylindrical body of a lockout tagout plug sleeve, where the lockout tagout hole securely receives a lockout tagout tag. Also disposed on the outer surface of the cylindrical body can be a polarizing slot, where the polarizing slot and an end of the wall of the sleeve are used to orient the position of the lockout tagout hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Alvah Benjamin Aldrich, Daniel Treible, Joseph Allen Menzel
  • Lockout tagout plug sleeve
    Patent number: D682660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Alvah Benjamin Aldrich, Daniel Treible, Joseph Allen Menzel