Patents by Inventor Ronald Jay Snyder

Ronald Jay Snyder 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: 5897101
    Abstract: A new Collapsible Engine Hoist for hoisting an engine of a vehicle and being collapsible for convenient and compact storage. The inventive device includes a base tube member with a base extension section having a caster wheel telescopically engaged to each end of the base tube member. Extending from the base tube member are a plurality of spaced apart leg tube members each with a leg extension section having a caster wheel telescopically engaged to the end of each the leg tube member. A support post member having a clevis bracket at one end is pivotally mounted on a support post base extending between the leg tube members to permit pivoting of the support member between an erect position and a collapsed position. Pivotally mounted to the clevis bracket is a lifting beaam tube member having extension beam section telescopically engaged to one end of the lifting tube member. The extension beam section includes a flexible member having a hook portion for suspending a load from it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Inventor: Ronald Jay Snyder