Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Davis & Jack, L.L.C.
  • Patent number: 8313215
    Abstract: A light holder including a suspension tie; a wire cradle attached to the suspension tie; a friction arm attached to the suspension tie; a matrix of knurls extending from the friction arm; and a matrix of concavities aligned with and underlying the matrix of knurls; each knurl among the matrix of knurls having a rhombus shaped periphery and each concavity among the matrix of concavities having a rhombus shaped periphery; each of the rhombus shaped peripheries of the matrices of knurls and concavities having a longitudinal vertex and an oppositely longitudinal vertex, each vertex being acutely angled; the matrices of knurls and concavities corrugating the friction arm and defining an overlying channel grid and an underlying ridge grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Inventors: Trudy K. Wawak-Umscheid, Roger W. Umscheid
  • Patent number: 8307489
    Abstract: A towel assembly for suspension from a golf push cart handle, the towel assembly including an absorbent fabric sheet having an upper end, a lower end, a lateral side, an oppositely lateral side, a rearward surface, and a forward surface; a vertical fold extending the fabric sheet's lateral side forwardly and oppositely laterally; a horizontal fold extending the fabric sheet's upper end forwardly and downwardly; snap fasteners connected operatively to the fabric sheet, the snap fasteners being adapted for, upon positioning the golf push cart handle beneath the horizontal fold, alternatively enveloping the golf push cart handle for the towel suspension, and releasing the golf push cart handle; and embroidered logo indicia positioned upon the fabric sheet's rearward surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventor: Ronald Adame
  • Patent number: 8217245
    Abstract: A guitar including a sound box having a headward end and a tailward end, the sound box having a back, a sound board, and a side wall spanning between the back and the sound board, the back, the sound board, and the side wall each having inner and outer surfaces; a neck fixedly attached to and extending headwardly from the sound box's headward end, the neck having a distal end; a head stock fixedly attached to the neck's distal end; a bridge and saddle combination fixedly attached to the sound board; a channeled string anchoring block operatively positioned within the sound box and at the sound box's tailward end; and a sound hole opening the sound box, the sound hole being positioned between the bridge and saddle combination and the channeled string anchoring block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: James R. McKenney
  • Patent number: 8215567
    Abstract: A model railroad assembly incorporating a table, an arm having proximal and distal ends, first and second track matrices, the first and second track matrices having electrically positive rails and electrically negative rails, the first track matrix being positioned upon the upper surface of the table, and the second track matrix being positioned upon the arm's upper surface; a hinge connector operatively attaching the arm to the table, the hinge connector facilitating movement of the arm between first and second positions; and a plurality of pivoting electric switch contacts adapted for electrifying the second track matrix upon movement of the arm to the first position, and for de-electrifying the second track matrix upon movement of the arm toward the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: Wayne Schleuter
  • Patent number: 8196622
    Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and dispensing a granulated material incorporating a hopper; a coupling member having an upper end, a lower end, and a conduit extending from the upper end to the lower end; a snap channel and snap ridge combination for rotatably interconnecting the hopper and the coupling member, the snap channel and snap ridge combination positioning the coupling member for communication of the conduit with a lower output end of the hopper; an agitator having proximal and distal ends, the agitator's proximal end being fixedly attached to the coupling member, the agitator's distal end extending into the hopper's interior space; and a bottle mounting socket fixedly attached to the coupling member's lower end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Inventor: Michael A. Fisher
  • Patent number: 8136317
    Abstract: An assembly for straightening a basement's wall, the basement having a floor and being covered by joists which are spaced from each other on center distances to define interstitial cavities and are arranged a perpendicular array or a parallel array, the assembly having mounting plate; joist mounting fasteners attaching the oblongated mounting plate to joists, the fasteners, upon the perpendicular joist array, positioning the mounting plate within an interstitial cavity, and the fasteners, upon the parallel array, bridging the mounting plate across an interstitial cavity; a rigid beam having upper and lower ends; a jack screw for driving the rigid beam's upper end toward the basement's wall; and an anchor bracket for resisting movement of the rigid beam's lower end away from the basement's wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventor: Matthew S. McCown
  • Patent number: 8113974
    Abstract: A hunting arrow point having a ferrule having a forward nose, a rearward shank, and a body, the body having a plurality of radially outwardly opening apertures; the point further having blades, each blade having a proximal end, a distal end, a forward end, and a rearward end, each proximal end having an eye, each blade's forward end having a sharpened edge, each blade being positioned so that its eye aligns over one of the ferrule's apertures; the point receiving screws, each screw extending through one of the blade's eyes and engaging one of the ferrule's apertures; and the point presenting a plurality of pivot stops, each pivot stop being fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the ferrule, each pivot stop being positioned for biasing against one of the blades upon application of a rearwardly directed force to the blade, and each blade being forwardly canted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Magnus, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Kenneth Ward, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8109383
    Abstract: An assembly for loading and conveying ferrous metal articles including a magnet having north and south poles, an axis between the north and south poles, the poles forming an annular belt support; a powered conveyor belt extending over the belt support for rotating the magnet, the magnet being segmented along the polar axis, a first polar axis segment being a magnet mounting plate, a plurality of second polar axis segments being sub-magnets, each such sub-magnet overlying or underlying the magnet mounting plate having north and south poles, and having a polar axis, and a third polar axis segment being a sheath extending annularly about the magnet's first and second polar axis segments, the sheath having a radially outer surface forming the magnet's annular belt support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Bunting Magnetics Co.
    Inventors: Donald A. Suderman, Barry Voorhees, Paul Scott
  • Patent number: 8096078
    Abstract: A live animal trap including an enclosure having an open end; a door for covering the forward opening; a hinge for door motions between first and second positions, the door covering the opening in the first position and opening the enclosure in the second position, the door pivoting toward the first position upon enclosure righting and upon inversion counter-pivoting to the second position; a slide shaft; a slide sleeve facilitating slide shaft motions between third and fourth positions, the slide shaft holding the door open while in the third position, the slide shaft releasing the door while in the fourth position, the slide shaft sliding toward the third position upon down tilting the enclosure and sliding toward the fourth position upon up tilting the enclosure; and having an animal contact member attached to the slide shaft's rearward rear end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Inventor: Dana Watson
  • Patent number: 8061281
    Abstract: A garden seeder having a seed bin; a seed wheel having a plurality of circumferentially attached seed dispensing cups; a first axle mounting the seed wheel within the seed bin for orbital movements of the seed cups through scooping and dispensing positions; a ground wheel; a second axle mounting the ground wheel upon the seed bin; a Geneva drive connecting the seed wheel to the ground wheel for translating rotation of the ground wheel to intermittent orbital motions of the seed dispensing cups through the seed scooping and seed dispensing positions; and a handle connected operatively to the seed bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventor: Rex B. Drouhard
  • Patent number: 8020575
    Abstract: A method for tapping a water line, the water line being buried below a subterranean frost line, the water line traversing a water meter box's lower end, and having first and second sections within the water meter box respectively extending upwardly to and extending downwardly from a water meter, the method for tapping the water line including steps of providing a flexible tube having an intake end and an output end, the flexible tube having a length sufficient for, upon attachment of the flexible tube's intake end to the water line within the water meter box, extensions and retractions of the flexible tube between first and second positions, the flexible tube's output end residing below the subterranean frost line while in the first position and the flexible tube's output end extending upwardly from the water meter box while in the second position; attaching the flexible tube's intake end to the water line within the water meter box; providing a spigot and attaching the spigot to the flexible tube's output en
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Inventor: Gerald D. Watson
  • Patent number: 8021012
    Abstract: An assembly for doorway illumination, the doorway having a door jamb and a door, the assembly for doorway illumination including an electrical circuit having first, second, and third electrical switches, the first and second electrical switches, upon closure of the third electrical switch, being electrically parallel to each other, and the first and second electrical switches, upon opening of the third electrical switch, being electrically isolated from each other; a base supporting the first switch; a door contacting spring biased push button adapted for alternatively closing and opening the first electrical switch; an electric torch including the second electrical switch; a plurality of “C” clips adapted for alternatively attaching and releasing the electric torch to and from the base; and a plurality of electrical contacts adapted for, upon the alternative torch attaching and releasing, alternatively closing and opening the third electrical switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Inventor: Tracy Dunbar
  • Patent number: 8021251
    Abstract: A hunting arrow point having a ferrule having a forward nose, a rearward shank, and a body, the body having a plurality of radially outwardly opening apertures; the point further having blades, each blade having a proximal end, a distal end, a forward end, and a rearward end, each proximal end having an eye, each blade's forward end having a sharpened edge, each blade being positioned so that its eye aligns over one of the ferrule's apertures; the point receiving screws, each screw extending through one of the blade's eyes and engaging one of the ferrule's apertures; and the point presenting a plurality of pivot stops, each pivot stop being fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the ferrule, each pivot stop being positioned for biasing against one of the blades upon application of a rearwardly directed force to the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Magnus, Inc.
    Inventor: Mike Ward
  • Patent number: 7981490
    Abstract: An assembly and method for sculptural presentation of plant or animal epidermal surfaces, the assembly incorporating a multiplicity of scallops and a multiplicity of links interconnecting the scallops in a laterally extending series or band, the multiplicity of links being manipulated to extend the multiplicity of scallops in a “clinker-built” configuration; the multiplicity links being further manipulated to extend the multiplicity of scallops helically; a plurality of links among the multiplicity of links being further manipulated to flare or counter-flare a plurality of the scallops; a second plurality of links among the multiplicity of links being further manipulated to corrugate a second plurality of the scallops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Inventor: Wendell Turner
  • Patent number: 7950211
    Abstract: A power tool for facilitating an operator's cutting of foliage over and along the ground, the tool including a case; a tubular shaft fixedly attached to and extending forwardly from the case; a flexible line trimmer head mounted at the tubular shaft's distal end; a motor housed within the case; an axle linking the flexible line trimmer head with the motor, the axle extending through the tubular shaft; and a handle and wheeled carriage combination connected operatively to case, the handle and wheeled carriage combination being adapted for alternatively facilitating manual movement of the case, tubular shaft, trimmer head, motor, and axle during the operator's over the ground foliage cutting, and facilitating rolling movement of the case, tubular shaft, trimmer head, motor, and axle during the operator's along the ground foliage cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventor: Scott Ta
  • Patent number: 7895809
    Abstract: A support beam and attachment clevis assembly having a pair of “J” beams, each “J” beam having a stem and a tail, each “J” beam's tail having a distal end and a longitudinal extension, each “J” beam's stem having an upper end and a longitudinal extension, the longitudinal extension of each “J” beam's stem being greater than that of said each “J” beam's tail; and incorporating a plurality of blind rivets interconnecting the pair of “J” beams so that the distal end of each “J” beam's tail contacts the upper end of the other “J” beam's stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald D. Wolfe
  • Patent number: 7804015
    Abstract: A musical instrument assembly including a support frame; at least a first lateral slide bar; a slide shaft and slide sleeve assembly interconnecting the at least first lateral slide bar and the support frame; a cable pull actuator having upwardly extended contact pedal; a “C” channel assembly interconnecting the cable pull actuator and the at least first lateral slide bar; a percussion instrument; an instrument striker; a striker driver operatively interconnecting the instrument striker and the percussion instrument; and a flexible tube and cable combination interconnecting the cable pull actuator and the striker driver for, upon foot driven retraction of the cable pull actuator's contact pedal, actuating the striker driver for percussive contact of the instrument striker against the percussion instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Inventor: Jordan Wilson
  • Patent number: 7802552
    Abstract: A gas channeling cylinder head assembly for fixed attachment to a cylinder, the cylinder having a slidably mounted piston, the piston being cyclically moveable, the assembly incorporating a plenum having a first port, a second port, and a third port, the first port, upon the fixed attachment, communicating with the cylinder; a poppet valve; a solenoid actuator connected operatively to the poppet valve for alternatingly seating and unseating the poppet value at the first port, the solenoid actuator seating and unseating the poppet valve; and a check valve connected operatively to the plenum, the check valve being adapted for alternatingly permitting and resisting inward and outward flows of the gas through the second port; the check valve incorporating a vane which is adapted for movement between flow permitting and flow resisting positions, the vane being positioned for, upon movement to the flow permitting position, directing flows of the gas toward the first port; the assembly further incorporating a second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: TSR Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Matthew Riley
  • Patent number: 7802448
    Abstract: A jewelry assembly incorporating a body portion, the body portion being halved, each half of the body portion including a magnetic fastener half; a strand anchoring pin and socket joint fixedly attached to one of the clasp's halves; a helically threaded void extending into the other of the clasp's halves; a helically threaded lug fitted for threaded engagement with the helically threaded void, and a flexible bead supporting strand spanning between and interconnecting the body portion's halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: H.K.C.J. (Asia) Ltd.
    Inventor: Lok Chan
  • Patent number: D665513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Inventor: Darrell J. Engel