Patents by Inventor W. Rod Parke

W. Rod Parke 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).

  • Tool having locking device for rotatable head
    Patent number: 4463632
    Abstract: A locking device for a tool, such as ratchet wrench, having a flexible head which may be situated in a series of positions, and which has means for temporarily holding the head of the tool at a particular angle with respect to the handle. The tool has a lock bar disposed in a transverse bore in the handle and which is slideable adjacent the temporary holding means to one of two orientations. In the first orientation, the head is locked in place. In the second orientation, the temporary holding means is freed to permit change of the angular relationship between the handle and the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Inventor: W. Rod Parke
  • Air regulating nozzle
    Patent number: D261547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Inventor: W. Rod Parke