Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Eric K. Karich
  • Patent number: 7959335
    Abstract: A portable fishing light has a base housing, a mounting element adapted for removably mounting the base housing on the boat, and a light wand having a white light source and a UV light source. A flexible control arm adjustably mounts the light wand to the base housing so that the light wand can be adjustably positioned relative to the base housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Inventor: Timothy Nevin Hopkins
  • Patent number: 6386802
    Abstract: A hand drill for rotating a cutter has a housing having a motor therein. The housing has a first end and a second end. A first planar surface of the housing extends between the first and second ends, the first planar surface being parallel to an axis of rotation of a chuck driven by the motor and extending from the first end of the housing. A second planar surface of the housing also extends between the first and second ends and is parallel to the axis. The first and second planar surfaces are spaced a first and second predetermined distance, respectively, from the axis, the second predetermined distance being different than the first predetermined distance. The first and second planar surfaces enable the hand drill to be used to drill precision holes without the use of a drill press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventors: Domenick J. Negri, Mario Pascuale Mangone
  • Patent number: 6360928
    Abstract: A universal holder device for mounting a tool upon a user's hand has a hand attachment element and a tool attachment element. The hand attachment element includes an attachment post. The hand attachment element further includes a first attachment strap and a second attachment strap that cooperate to removably attach the hand attachment element to the user's hand. The tool attachment element has an adhesive layer for attaching the tool attachment element to the tool. The tool attachment element also includes a post receiving bore that is shaped to receive the attachment post to rotatably mount the tool upon the hand attachment element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: Gerard Russo
  • Patent number: 6021537
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for golf balls and golf club heads has a base portion that houses a motor, the base portion being adapter to removably engage a receiver housing containing a rotatably mounted brush. The motor removably and operably engages the brush through a plurality of gears that are brought into operable engagement when the receiver housing removably engages the base portion. The receiver housing is then filled with cleaning fluid and the user can wash his clubs in the cleaning fluid by holding the clubs against the brush as the motor causes the brush to rotate. A golf ball cassette filled with dirty golf balls can also be inserted into the receiver housing. The rotation of the brush drives the dirty golf balls in a circular pattern, causing them to be cleaned by top and bottom ball wash brushes of the golf ball cleaning cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Inventor: Warren K. Smith
  • Patent number: 5862727
    Abstract: A laser arbor is provided that will display a cutting line on a work piece to be cut by a rotary saw. The laser is operated by a centrifugal switch mounted within the laser arbor along with a laser diode or the like and a battery. Because of the rotation of the laser with the blade and the persistence of the human eye, the moving light spot from the laser appears as a single line, hence it is not necessary as in the prior art to produce light divergence in the plane parallel to the blade plane. For that purpose, it is preferable to employ a light source having a wavelength that lies in a region to which the eye is sensitive, which in practice will typically mean a wavelength in the upper region of the red. Placement of the laser inwardly from the cutting surface of the blade eliminates the danger of any damage occurring to the laser as a result of debris from the cutting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Inventor: Robert R. Kelly
  • Patent number: D472465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventor: Gary Nance