Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Davis & Jack, L.L.C.
  • Patent number: 7785039
    Abstract: An assembly for driving pier sections and for foundation lifting, the assembly incorporating a “T” bar having a stem, a left arm, and a right arm, the stem having lower end and an upper end, and the stem forming a vertically extending and rearwardly opening channel which is fitted for receipt of the pier sections; the assembly further incorporating a collet clamp for alternatively clamping and releasing pier sections, the collet clamp being welded to the lower end of the “T” bar; the assembly further incorporating a sleeve having a bore which is fitted for sliding receipt of the pier sections; the assembly further incorporating left and right hydraulic cylinders spanning between and vertically interconnecting the “T” bar's arms and the sleeve; and the assembly further incorporating a foundation hooking member fixedly attached to and extending forwardly from the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: William B. McCown, Sr.
  • Patent number: 7748367
    Abstract: A fungo batting assisting machine having a frame; a cradle mounted upon the frame, the cradle having a ball percussion port; a hammer; a first pivot joint interconnecting the hammer and the frame so that the hammer may move between a spring energy position underlying the ball percussion port and a ball driving position overlying the spring energy position; a ball driving spring normally positioning the hammer between its spring energy and ball driving positions; a trip arm extending from the hammer; a pawl arm; a second pivot joint interconnecting the pawl arm and the frame so that the a pawl arm may move between a trip arm carrying position and a trip arm releasing position; and an actuation lever extending from the pawl arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Inventor: Marcus Kosjer
  • Patent number: 7715554
    Abstract: A method for determining, for use in ciphers, all of the prime numbers within the large numeric series: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, . . . , n, the method including steps of setting n?=?n/6?; establishing the small numeric series, 6(1)?1, 6(1)+1, 6(2)?1, 6(2)+1, 6(3)?1, 6(3)+1, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Inventor: Henry Lepe
  • Patent number: 7665785
    Abstract: A catch tool for retrieval of a well column pipe having a pipe wall, the catch tool incorporating a fork having a pair of spaced tines; and a pair of clamping pivot arms connected operatively to the fork, the clamping arms being adapted for, upon the receipt by the tines of the pipe wall, grasping the pipe wall; the clamping arms having proximal and distal ends, the arms being adapted for pivoting movements between first and second positions, the arms' distal ends being displaced away from each other a distance less than the pipe wall's thickness dimension while in the first position, and being carried by the pipe wall to their second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Inventors: Paul A. Newton, Daniel J. Phillippi
  • Patent number: 7641504
    Abstract: An electrical connector backshell adapter for terminating sheathed electrical cables, the electrical connector backshell adapter having a housing having a first and at least a second port, the electrical connector backshell adapter further having a cable sheath termination nipple having a proximal end, the cable sheath termination nipple overlying the housing's first port, the cable sheath termination nipple's proximal end being fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the housing; the electrical connector backshell adapter further having a seam extending through the housing, the seam further extending through the cable sheath termination nipple, the seam dividing the housing into first and second housing sections, the seam further dividing the cable sheath termination nipple into first and second nipple sections, and the electrical connector backshell adapter further having a hinge connected operatively to the housing's first and second housing sections for motions of the first and second housing sections b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Inventor: Jason Padruzzi
  • Patent number: 7632998
    Abstract: An assembly for purging liquid from a lip vibrated aerophonic musical instrument having a hollow bore, the assembly including a first outlet port, the first outlet port opening the hollow bore of the lip vibrated aerophonic musical instrument; the assembly further having a housing having an inner wall and an inlet end; the assembly further having a second outlet port, the second outlet port opening the housing; the assembly further having a heat fusion weld attaching the housing to the lip vibrated aerophonic musical instrument, the weld positioning the housing's inlet end at the first outlet port; the assembly further including liquid transmissive materials; and the assembly further including an apertured screw cap operatively to an outlet end of the housing, the apertured screw cap being adapted for alternatively retaining the liquid transmissive material within the housing and releasing the liquid transmissive material from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Inventor: William D. Morrison
  • Patent number: 7614532
    Abstract: A bottle carrier having a stay, the stay having an upper end, a lower end, and having front and rear faces; the bottle carrier further having a bottle support arm, the bottle support arm having rearward and forward ends; the bottle carrier further having a bottle neck receiving “C” clip fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the bottle support arm's forward end; and the bottle carrier further having an arm attaching and torque relieving eye and swivel pin combination fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the respective upper and rearward ends of the stay and the bottle support arms, the eye and swivel pin combination forwardly cantilevering the bottle support arm from the stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Inventor: Elwood D. Dague
  • Patent number: 7604288
    Abstract: A pack frame convertible between a pack support and a chair is disclosed, and includes a primary element having opposite first and second ends and a secondary element pivotably mounted on the primary element with respect to the primary element. The primary and secondary elements are movable between a pack configuration and a chair configuration, with the pack configuration being characterized by the primary and secondary elements being oriented substantially parallel to each other and the chair configuration being characterized by the primary and secondary elements being in a skewed orientation with respect to each other. The pack frame includes a securing band for securing the primary element to the body of a user when the primary and secondary elements are in the pack configuration, and a seat for extending between the primary element and the secondary element when the primary and secondary elements are in the chair configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Magnus, Inc.
    Inventor: Lance G. Verhulst
  • Patent number: 7604000
    Abstract: A tunnel oven including a case enclosing a baking chamber, the baking chamber having a lateral side, an oppositely lateral side, a longitudinal end, and an oppositely longitudinal end, the case having longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal end walls respectively bounding the baking chamber's longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal ends; the tunnel oven further including first and second food passage ports respectively extending through the case's longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal end walls, the first food passage port having lateral and oppositely lateral sides; the tunnel oven further including a heater connected operatively to the case; the tunnel oven further including a food conveyor extending longitudinally through the baking chamber; the tunnel oven further including a plenum mounted within the baking chamber's lateral side, the plenum being opened by a blower port and by at least a first duct port; the tunnel oven further including an air blower mounted in communication with the plenum's blow
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Wolfe, Ronald D. Wolfe
  • Patent number: 7549604
    Abstract: A fixed wing aircraft having a fuselage having a forward end and a rearward end, the fuselage's forward end forming a nose section; the aircraft further having a primary thrust turbo-prop engine fixedly mounted upon the fuselage's rearward end; the aircraft further having an auxiliary thrust turbo-fan jet engine; the aircraft further having a pivot axle and support strut combination interconnecting the auxiliary thrust turbo-fan engine and the fuselage, the pivot axle and support strut combination positioning the auxiliary thrust turbo-fan jet engine within the fuselage's nose section; the aircraft further having an auxiliary thrust port extending through an outer wall of the nose section, the pivot axle and support strut combination being adapted for alternately moving the turbo-fan engine between first and second positions, the turbo-fan engine residing within the nose section upon movement to the first position, the turbo-fan engine outwardly overlying the auxiliary thrust port upon alternate movement to t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Inventor: Joseph A. Hutterer
  • Patent number: 7530936
    Abstract: An exercise machine having a bench top having a right side, a left side, a forward end, a rearward end, and having an upper support surface; the exercise machine further having a rear leg fixedly attached to and extending downwardly from the bench top's rearward end; the exercise machine further having a “J” leg having a stem section and a tail section, the “J” leg's stem section having an upper end fixedly attached to the bench top's forward end, the “J” leg's tail section having a distal end; the exercise machine further having at least a first arm, the at least first arm having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the at least first arm being pivotally attached to the distal end of the “J” leg's tail section; the exercise machine further having a first handle fixedly attached to the at least first arm's distal end; and the exercise machine further having a first free weight bar fixedly attached to the at least first arm's distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Inventor: Antony A. Hall
  • Patent number: 7487628
    Abstract: A saddle cushioning assembly having component structures including a flexible pad having an upper surface and having a longitudinal midline; a flexible “T” hook having left and right arms; and hook attaching stitching fixedly interconnecting the flexible pad and the flexible “T” hook, the hook attaching stitching positioning the flexible “T” hook so that the flexible “T” hook's left and right arms overlie the flexible pad's upper surface and respectively extend leftwardly and rightwardly from the flexible pad's longitudinal midline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Inventor: Holly Ann Foster
  • Patent number: 7424935
    Abstract: A door assembly for an elevator having a cab having a cab entry, the elevator having an elevator shaft having upper and lower shaft entries, the assembly incorporating first, second, and third ladder frames having a plurality of roller carrying rungs and bolt and spacer sleeves spanning between the ladder frames' rungs, each ladder frame having proximal and distal ends, the first ladder frame overlying and extending outwardly from the elevator's cab entry, the second ladder frame overlying and extending inwardly from the elevator's upper entry, and the third ladder frame overlying and extending inwardly from the elevator's lower entry; the door assembly incorporating first, second, and third pluralities of rollable trolleys mounted upon the first, second, and third ladder frames' pluralities of roller carrying rungs; and the door assembly incorporating first, second, and third pluralities of door panels, suspending from the first, second, and third pluralities of rollable trolleys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Columbia Elevator Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen W. Smith
  • Patent number: 7392801
    Abstract: A ball pitching machine having a first “U” bracket having front and rear arms, the first “U” bracket further having rocker beam base spanning between the front and rear arms; a second “U” bracket having left and right arms, each left and right arm having a distal end, the first “U” bracket's front arm comprising the second “U” bracket; a third “U” bracket having left and right arms, the third “U” bracket having sling pinching pivot arms adapted for moving the left and right arms between sling pinching and sling releasing positions; left and right elastomeric ties, each having proximal and distal ends, the proximal ends of the left and right elastomeric ties being respectively fixedly attached to the distal ends of the second “U” bracket's left and right arms; a sling having left and right ends, the distal ends of the left and right elastomeric ties being respectively fixedly attached to the sling's left and rights ends; and a trajectory adjusting carriage fixedly attached to and supporting the first “U” brack
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Inventors: Mitchell McCallister, Marcus Kosjer
  • Patent number: 7364228
    Abstract: A collapsible wheelchair frame having left and right side plates, each having an upper end, a lower end, and a forward end, each forward end forming a forwardly and downwardly and extending leg; left and right seat plates, each seat plate having proximal and distal ends, the proximal ends of the left and right seat plates being respectively hingedly attached to the upper ends of the left and right seat plates, the distal end of the left seat plate being hingedly attached to the distal end of the right seat plate; and left and right brace plates, each brace plate having proximal and distal ends, the proximal ends of the left and right brace plates being respectively hingedly attached to the lower ends of the left and right side plates, the distal end of the left brace plate being hingedly attached to the distal end of the right brace plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Aero Innovative Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith E. Entz
  • Patent number: 7360809
    Abstract: A kick-in resistant door reinforcing assembly consisting of a doorway hook having a laterally outwardly extending doorway engaging face; a jamb hook having a laterally inwardly extending jamb engaging face; and at least a first hook interconnecting flexible band spanning between the doorway and jamb hooks, the hook interconnecting flexible band being adapted for permitting alternate laterally inward and outward movements of the doorway and jamb hooks with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignees: Joel Associates, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kevin D. Poston
  • Patent number: 7340992
    Abstract: An air impingement conveyor oven including a baking case having an interior space, a food input port, a food output port, and having a longitudinal axis extending from the food input ports to the food output port; an air heating gas burner connected operatively to the baking case for heating air within the interior space; a plurality of air registers mounted within the baking case's interior space, the air registers being positioned longitudinally along the baking case's longitudinal axis; an air blower mounted within the baking case's interior space; a network of air ducts interconnecting the air registers and the air blower; left and right conveyor belts extending along the baking case's longitudinal axis and being respectively positioned leftwardly and rightwardly from the longitudinal axis; a first roller mounted intersectingly across the baking case's longitudinal axis, the first roller being frictionally engaged with the left and right conveyor belts, the first roller being annularly coffered at said ax
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Wolfe, Ronald D. Wolfe
  • Patent number: D565330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Inventor: Kim E. Wheatcroft
  • Patent number: D596554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Inventor: Larry W. Thompson
  • Patent number: D618330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald D. Wolfe