Patents by Inventor Timothy B. Bothwell

Timothy B. Bothwell 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).

  • Publication number: 20220042359
    Abstract: A bracing device, for use with a lift support body and a piston rod connected to the lift support body, comprises a piston rod fastener configured to be selectively attachable to an outer surface of the piston rod so as to extend between the lift support body and the coupling device when attached to the piston rod. The bracing device additionally includes a lift support body fastener coupled to the piston rod fastener and configured to be selectively attachable to an outer surface of the lift support body. The piston rod fastener is disconnected from the piston rod when the lift support body fastener is attached to the outer surface of the lift support body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Timothy B. Bothwell
  • Patent number: 7584824
    Abstract: A scaffold plank assembly for engagement to a scaffolding frame. The scaffold plank assembly comprises an elongate, non-metal plank defining opposed first and second ends and at least one interior cavity. Attached to respective ones of the opposed ends of the plank is a pair of end connectors. Each of the end connectors comprises a main body defining an arcuate body engagement surface, and at least two arms which are attached to the main body. Each of the arms also defines an arcuate arm engagement surface which is substantially continuous with the body engagement surface. Attached to and extending from the main body is at least one attachment finger which is extensible into the interior cavity of the plank. The body and arm engagement surfaces are sized and configured to be cooperatively engageable to the scaffolding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Bothwell Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy B. Bothwell, Roy Watson, Peter F. Bernis
  • Patent number: 7188707
    Abstract: A scaffold plank assembly for engagement to a scaffolding frame. The scaffold plank assembly comprises an elongate, non-metal plank defining opposed first and second ends and at least one interior cavity. Attached to respective ones of the opposed ends of the plank is a pair of end connectors. Each of the end connectors comprises a main body defining an arcuate body engagement surface, and at least two arms which are attached to the main body. Each of the arms also defines an arcuate arm engagement surface which is substantially continuous with the body engagement surface. Attached to and extending from the main body is at least one attachment finger which is extensible into the interior cavity of the plank. The body and arm engagement surfaces are sized and configured to be cooperatively engageable to the scaffolding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Bothwell Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy B. Bothwell, Roy Watson
  • Patent number: 7090053
    Abstract: A scaffold plank assembly for engagement to a scaffolding frame. The scaffold plank assembly comprises an elongate, non-metal plank defining opposed first and second ends and at least one interior cavity. Attached to respective ones of the opposed ends of the plank is a pair of end connectors. Each of the end connectors comprises a main body defining an arcuate body engagement surface, and at least two arms which are attached to the main body. Each of the arms also defines an arcuate arm engagement surface which is substantially continuous with the body engagement surface. Attached to and extending from the main body is at least one attachment finger which is extensible into the interior cavity of the plank. The body and arm engagement surfaces are sized and configured to be cooperatively engageable to the scaffolding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Bothwell Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy B. Bothwell, Roy Watson
  • Publication number: 20040040788
    Abstract: A scaffold plank assembly for engagement to a scaffolding frame. The scaffold plank assembly comprises an elongate, non-metal plank defining opposed first and second ends and at least one interior cavity. Attached to respective ones of the opposed ends of the plank is a pair of end connectors. Each of the end connectors comprises a main body defining an arcuate body engagement surface, and at least two arms which are attached to the main body. Each of the arms also defines an arcuate arm engagement surface which is substantially continuous with the body engagement surface. Attached to and extending from the main body is at least one attachment finger which is extensible into the interior cavity of the plank. The body and arm engagement surfaces are sized and configured to be cooperatively engageable to the scaffolding frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Timothy B. Bothwell, Roy Watson