Patents by Inventor Lawrence L. Potter

Lawrence L. Potter 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: 6196092
    Abstract: A tool for manipulating the reciprocable lever of a cargo strap buckle ratchet winch has an elongate shank, a C-configuration transverse handle at one end of the shank and a fulcrum plate at the other end for engagement with the strap winch lever. The plate has a planar proximal section attached to the shank and parallel with the transverse handle, and a planar distal section remote from the shank and extending at an obtuse handle with respect to the proximal section. A foot portion of the fulcrum plate extends at a right angle to the distal section, to engage a fulcrum surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Quick Winch Products Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence L. Potter
  • Patent number: 5997228
    Abstract: Cargo lock blocks are slidably mounted on a cargo restraining bar and have two oppositely directed cargo engaging surfaces, one arcuate and the other with two surface portions at right angles, for selective engagement with a complimentary cargo surface. The lock blocks can be used with cargo of different configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Quick Winch Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence L. Potter
  • Patent number: 5975454
    Abstract: A hand held strap winder has an oval, planar base with a hand grip, a hub on which the strap is wound and a strap guide aligned on the major axis of the oval base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Quick Winch Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Potter, Ronald Kelly
  • Patent number: D435763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Quick Winch Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Potter, Thomas Wendt, Mary E. Rybarczyk, Ronald L. Kelly