Patents by Inventor Scott M. Hargis

Scott M. Hargis 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: 11746994
    Abstract: A battery powered lighting device is configured to be attached to lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member, and a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket. The main housing includes a first securing surface and an upper housing portion, with the upper housing portion configured to be located above the upper lip of the lift bucket with the first securing surface engaged against a surface of the lift bucket. The main light is mounted to the main housing to move between a lower position wherein the main light is positioned below the upper housing portion and an upper position wherein the main light is positioned above the upper housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Publication number: 20220316686
    Abstract: A battery powered lighting device is configured to be attached to lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member, and a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket. The main housing includes a first securing surface and an upper housing portion, with the upper housing portion configured to be located above the upper lip of the lift bucket with the first securing surface engaged against a surface of the lift bucket. The main light is mounted to the main housing to move between a lower position wherein the main light is positioned below the upper housing portion and an upper position wherein the main light is positioned above the upper housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Patent number: 11408593
    Abstract: A battery powered lighting device is configured to be attached to lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member, and a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket. The main housing includes a first securing surface and an upper housing portion, with the upper housing portion configured to be located above the upper lip of the lift bucket with the first securing surface engaged against a surface of the lift bucket. The main light is mounted to the main housing to move between a lower position wherein the main light is positioned below the upper housing portion and an upper position wherein the main light is positioned above the upper housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Patent number: 11407088
    Abstract: A multifunction socket tool is provided that has first socket component for engagement with a first size drive portion of a threaded fastener, and a second socket component for engagement with a second size drive portion of a threaded fastener, with the second size being smaller than the first size The second socket component translates from a first position where it can torque a drive portion of the second size to a second position where the first socket component can torque a drive portion of the first size. The first socket component includes a first pair of opposed slots for receiving and torqueing the eye of an eyebolt, and the second socket component includes a second pair of opposed slots for aligning the first pair of slots with the eye prior to engagement of the eye by the first pair slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan T. M. Gimondo, Scott M. Hargis
  • Publication number: 20210372603
    Abstract: A battery powered lighting device is configured to be attached to a lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member, and a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket. The main housing includes a first securing surface includes a pair of planar portions spaced from each other by a concave portion. The planar portions are configured to engage a planar surface of a sidewall or the upper lip of the lift bucket. The concave portion is configured to engage a convex surface of a sidewall or the upper lip located at a corner of the lift bucket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Publication number: 20210372600
    Abstract: A battery powered lighting device is configured to be attached to lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member, and a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket. The main housing includes a first securing surface and an upper housing portion, with the upper housing portion configured to be located above the upper lip of the lift bucket with the first securing surface engaged against a surface of the lift bucket. The main light is mounted to the main housing to move between a lower position wherein the main light is positioned below the upper housing portion and an upper position wherein the main light is positioned above the upper housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Patent number: 11187401
    Abstract: A battery powered lighting device is configured to be attached to a lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member, and a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket. The main housing includes a first securing surface includes a pair of planar portions spaced from each other by a concave portion. The planar portions are configured to engage a planar surface of a sidewall or the upper lip of the lift bucket. The concave portion is configured to engage a convex surface of a sidewall or the upper lip located at a corner of the lift bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Publication number: 20210316421
    Abstract: A multifunction socket tool is provided that has first socket component for engagement with a first size drive portion of a threaded fastener, and a second socket component for engagement with a second size drive portion of a threaded fastener, with the second size being smaller than the first size The second socket component translates from a first position where it can torque a drive portion of the second size to a second position where the first socket component can torque a drive portion of the first size. The first socket component includes a first pair of opposed slots for receiving and torqueing the eye of an eyebolt, and the second socket component includes a second pair of opposed slots for aligning the first pair of slots with the eye prior to engagement of the eye by the first pair slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan T. M. Gimondo, Scott M. Hargis
  • Patent number: 11103981
    Abstract: An angled impact wrench includes a housing mounting a motor having an output shaft rotatable about a first axis, and an impact drive unit mounted in the housing for rotation about a second axis that is nonparallel to the first axis. The impact drive unit is configured to repeatedly cycle between an energy storing and energy release conditions in response to a drive torque supplied by the motor. The impact drive unit has a through passage extending along the second axis to allow a workpiece to extend completely through the impact wrench while the drive unit torques a threaded fastener onto the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc
    Inventors: Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Patent number: 11054120
    Abstract: A battery powered lighting device is configured to be releasably attached to a lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member that cooperates with the main housing to secure the device to an aerial work platform, a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket, and an interior light located to illuminate an interior of the lift bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Publication number: 20200406434
    Abstract: An angled impact wrench includes a housing mounting a motor having an output shaft rotatable about a first axis, and an impact drive unit mounted in the housing for rotation about a second axis that is nonparallel to the first axis. The impact drive unit is configured to repeatedly cycle between an energy storing and energy release conditions in response to a drive torque supplied by the motor. The impact drive unit has a through passage extending along the second axis to allow a workpiece to extend completely through the impact wrench while the drive unit torques a threaded fastener onto the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Publication number: 20200376639
    Abstract: A multiple strike fastener driver/holder is provided and includes a fastener drive assembly, a catch, and a feeder assembly. The drive assembly includes an anvil mounted in a frame to translate in an impact direction to drive a fastener into a work surface and to translate an opposite direction to allow another fastener to be positioned for driving into a work surface. The feeder assembly is configured to carry a plurality of fasteners and to sequentially position each fastener of the plurality of fasteners relative to the fastener drive assembly to be driven into a work surface. The catch includes a catch tab having a pair of spaced surfaces that engage an elongate shaft of the anvil with the catch in the first condition to restrict translation of the anvil in the opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian