Patents by Inventor Perry A. Crow

Perry A. Crow 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: 8333159
    Abstract: A veterinary table assembly having a support assembly and a table mounted to the support assembly. The table is operable to rotate with respect to the support assembly at least approximately 90 degrees between a first position and a second position. Preferably, the table is also operable to move vertically between a lowered position and a raised position. The table assembly also preferably includes a back panel mounted to the support assembly for restraining an animal on the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Schroer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Joseph Schroer, Perry Crow
  • Publication number: 20120085270
    Abstract: A veterinary table assembly having a support assembly and a table mounted to the support assembly. The table is operable to rotate with respect to the support assembly at least approximately 90 degrees between a first position and a second position. Preferably, the table is also operable to move vertically between a lowered position and a raised position. The table assembly also preferably includes a back panel mounted to the support assembly for restraining an animal on the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph Schroer, Perry Crow
  • Patent number: 6257552
    Abstract: An arrangement for handling a load, such as an automotive component or the like, includes a jack assembly 12, a stand 16, and a platform assembly 14 that can be secured to the load and transferred between the jack assembly and stand. The jack assembly 12 includes a wheeled base supporting a piston-and-cylinder assembly. The stand 16 includes a beam 114 supported on a column 116 for relative height adjustment, and a docking tube 110 or the like supported at a free end of the beam. The platform assembly 14 presents a receiver block 48 sized for receipt on a receiver pin 46 of the jack assembly, and a docking pin 108 or the like sized for receipt in the docking tube 110 of the stand. As such, the load can be secured to the platform assembly and transferred between the jack assembly and the stand so that the load can be serviced and replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignees: Gray Automotive Products, Inc., Nike Hydraulics AB
    Inventors: Perry A. Crow, Gregory C. Brucker, Leif Andersson
  • Patent number: 6189864
    Abstract: A splined sleeve assembly is provided for use on a component support apparatus such as a clutch jack or the like. The support apparatus includes a base, a lift arm supported on the base for movement between a lowered position and a raised position, and a piston and cylinder assembly connected between the base and the lift arm for moving the lift arm between the lowered and raised positions. The support apparatus also includes a hinge plate supported on the lift arm for pivotal movement between raised and lowered positions, and the splined sleeve assembly includes a cylindrical support shaft adapted to be mounted on the hinge plate. A tubular sleeve presents a longitudinal axis and includes a cylindrical inner surface sized for axial and rotational sliding receipt on the support shaft, and an outer surface that includes a plurality of longitudinally extending splines adapted to engage a clutch or other component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Gray Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry A. Crow, Tony Allen Shirk
  • Patent number: D706426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Schroer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Perry A. Crow, Lawrence H. Haake