Patents by Inventor William D. Underwood

William D. Underwood 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: 6155318
    Abstract: An adjustable portable saw support, device, assembly, unit, kit, or the like or table or bench formed of spaced metal triangular shaped base units, a cross support or brace which supports a chop saw, radial arm saw, miter saw, or the like, and can have elongated 2".times.4" or 2".times.6" legs secured to each of the base units like a sawhorse. Without legs, the base units can rest in the bed of a pickup, on a tailgate, or on a floor. With legs added thereto, the unit can be raised to any desired height. The portable saw support may be used without a saw as a work table or lumber support surface for use with a hand held drill, circular saw, router, or other power or hand tools. Swing arm supports can support, for example, a plurality of 2".times.10" or 2".times.12" members or lumber laid adjacent one another to provide a large working surface. Each base unit can include an adjustable horizontal end brace or support member which can support one or two 2".times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Inventor: William D. Underwood
  • Patent number: 5836351
    Abstract: A vent for conducting gas from the atmosphere to a space of a container, the vent comprising a manifold engagable to the container in gas communication and a breather intake assembly engagable to the manifold in gas communication and having a valve assembly operative for admitting ambient air into the container when subatmospheric pressure is present within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Inventor: William D. Underwood, III