Patents by Inventor Louis Chalfant

Louis Chalfant 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).

  • Woodworking tools
    Publication number: 20060231161
    Abstract: A rotary shaper tool for use in conjunction with a power tool used to rotate the shaper tool in which a cutter panel is formed about a cylindrical framework. The cutter panel is formed with rows or sets of cutter teeth and an array of vent holes. Chips formed by the engagement of the spinning cutter panel with a wooden workpiece pass to the interior of the shaper tool and are ejected from the vent holes remote from the area of engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Douglas Dawson, Louis Chalfant
  • Ribbon tooth cutting tool and method
    Publication number: 20030035693
    Abstract: A ribbon tooth and the method of making the same in which a photochemical process is used to form a tooth which, when raised above the plane of the base material in which it is formed, presents a sharpened edge portion to the surface of a work piece such that movement of the tooth across the work piece will result in the removal of a controlled amount of material therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventor: Louis Chalfant
  • Cheese grater
    Patent number: D533411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company
    Inventors: Terri Webb, Louis Chalfant