Patents by Inventor Larry D. Mount

Larry D. Mount 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).

  • Releasable locking mechanism for the shank of a knife or other implement
    Patent number: 8006391
    Abstract: A releasably locking mechanism for locking and releasing the shank of a blade or other implement snugly within a receiver, wherein a magnetized ball extends through aligned holes in the shank and the first wall of the receiver, and seats in a smaller hole in the second wall of the receiver so that the equator of the ball is positioned on the side of the shank nearer to the second wall of the receiver. Unseating the ball and repositioning its equator to the opposite side of the shank, nearer to the first wall of the receiver, facilitates removal of the ball to allow removal of the shank from the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Inventors: Ronald G. Mashburn, Larry D. Mount
  • Blade holder
    Patent number: D660124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventors: Ronald G. Mashburn, Larry D. Mount