Patents by Inventor Paul E. Meshke

Paul E. Meshke 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).

  • Reduced cost head restraint support tube to improve system function
    Patent number: 6641219
    Abstract: An improvement in an apparatus used to retain a plastic guide that guides the post of a vehicle head restraint during vertical adjustment. The improved head restraint support tube formed from a flat sheet having two interlocking sides. The sheet formed into a tubular body that retains a plastic guide. The plastic guide used to guide the head restraint post within the hollow tube. The tubular body further having a necked down region with a smaller inner diameter when compared to the remainder of the tube to improve its retaining capability. Additionally, the improved head restraint support tube has a series of lances located at one or both ends to further retain the plastic guide and reduce lateral movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: E.R. Wagner Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Paul E. Meshke, Steven R. Koch, Alan Joseph Radue
  • Reduced cost head restraint support tube to improve system function
    Publication number: 20030111889
    Abstract: An improvement in an apparatus used to retain a plastic guide that guides the post of a vehicle head restraint during vertical adjustment. The improved head restraint support tube formed from a flat sheet having two interlocking sides. The sheet formed into a tubular body that retains a plastic guide. The plastic guide used to guide the head restraint post within the hollow tube. The tubular body further having a necked down region with a smaller inner diameter when compared to the remainder of the tube to improve its retaining capability. Additionally, the improved head restraint support tube has a series of lances located at one or both ends to further retain the plastic guide and reduce lateral movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: E.R. Wagner Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Paul E. Meshke, Steven R. Koch, Alan Joseph Radue
  • Weather/environmental padlock
    Patent number: D341766
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Master Lock Company
    Inventors: Bruce E. Zacher, Paul E. Meshke, John Szczewski