Patents by Inventor Sam F. Williams, Jr.

Sam F. Williams, Jr. 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: 4037286
    Abstract: An outside rearview mirror for a vehicle including a rectangular vertical frame adapted to be supported outside a vehicle, a mirror supported by the frame, a gear motor attached to the frame and having a drive shaft, a crank arm secured to the drive shaft, a wiper bracket slidably supported on the frame for vertical reciprocation, a horizontal squeegee member secured to the wiper bracket engaging the mirror front surface, and a connecting rod extending from the outer end of the crankshaft to the wiper bracket so that when the gear motor is energized the wiper bracket is reciprocally actuated to wipe the mirror. As an alternate embodiment, the mirror may include an electric heating element to prevent ice from freezing on the mirror surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Inventors: G. P. Medearis, Sam F. Williams, Jr., Morris O. Medearis