Patents by Inventor Roger C. Ackerman

Roger C. Ackerman 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: 5191314
    Abstract: A portable combination anti-theft lock and alarm to prevent the theft or displacement of protected property and comprising a housing, an audible alarm and alarm circuit located within the housing, and a flexible electrically conductive locking cable having a first end that is fixedly attached to the housing and an opposite free end which is detachably connected to the housing. The alarm circuit is adapted to activate the alarm and cause a loud warning signal to be emitted through the housing in the event that either the cable or the housing is vandalized by a thief in an effort to gain access to the protected property. More particularly, the alarm will be activated if the cable is either severed or jumped by a shunt wire. The alarm will also be activated if the housing is cut or a battery cover plate is removed from the housing without properly operating an associated lock assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Pacific West Industries
    Inventors: Roger C. Ackerman, Robert B. Jones, Kenneth A. Tarlow, Eric Dennison
  • Patent number: 5131094
    Abstract: A lightweight, low cost sun and sports visor that is comfortably fit and reliably attached to a wearer's head. According to a first embodiment, the visor includes a headband, having a series of alternating ridges and valleys that establishes spaces through which air may flow to ventilate the forehead. A pair of side straps are slidably adjustable relative to a respective pair of opposing side bands to releasably attach the visor to the wearer's head. According to a second embodiment, the visor includes a peripherally extending, folded-over headband having an air space or channel running therethrough so that the headband can be compressed into the channel and thereby conform to the shape of and cushion the wearer's forehead to assure a comfortable fit. The channel runs continuously through the headband and each of a pair of opposing side bands so as to receive therein the tops of the ears of the wearer to anchor the visor and prevent sunburn to the ears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Inventor: Roger C. Ackerman
  • Patent number: D331719
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Roger C. Ackerman
    Inventors: Roger C. Ackerman, Eric H. Dennison