Patents by Inventor Richard H. Mitchell

Richard H. Mitchell 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: 4309009
    Abstract: A pair of supporting attachments are adapted to engage automotive mechanic's tool trays of various sizes so as to stably position the tray on a tire. Each support comprises two legs of sheet material overlapping under the tray with their upper edges engaging and supporting the bottom of the tray. Hooked extensions from the sheet legs engage the sidewalls of the tray slidingly lengthwise to allow for adjustment to tires of various diameters. The overlapping leg sheets are adjustably fastened together, as by a wing nut, to accommodate trays of different widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1982
    Inventor: Richard H. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 4155587
    Abstract: A movable automobile seat for handicapped persons which includes a base plate secured to the floor of the vehicle behind the steering wheel, a trolley movable on the base plate, a seat frame mounted on the trolley and carrying the vehicle seat, guide means on the base plate and trolley which confine the horizontal motion of the seat frame to a course having a first position wherein the vehicle seat is in the normal position for driving behind the steering wheel and a second position wherein the seat lies wholly outside the vehicle, and lift means for raising and lowering the seat frame with the seat when located outside the vehicle permitting the seat to be lowered to a position within a few inches of the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1979
    Inventor: Richard H. Mitchell