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).
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Patent number: 11746994Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
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Publication number: 20220316686Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
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Patent number: 11408593Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
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Patent number: 11407088Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan T. M. Gimondo, Scott M. Hargis
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Publication number: 20210372603Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
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Publication number: 20210372600Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
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Patent number: 11187401Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
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Publication number: 20210316421Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan T. M. Gimondo, Scott M. Hargis
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Patent number: 11103981Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Klein Tools, IncInventors: Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
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Patent number: 11054120Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
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Publication number: 20200406434Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
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Publication number: 20200376639Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian