Patents Represented by Attorney Jerry G. Beck
  • Patent number: 5899023
    Abstract: A hold down clamping means for screening or screen panels mounted on rain gutters attached to a facia board of a house comprising a clamping means and a hold down arm; the clamping means, when positioned over the outer wall of the rain gutter, locks the hold down clamping means to the gutter and positions the hold down arm into contact with the screening or screen panels to hold them securely in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Inventor: Joseph I. Byer
  • Patent number: 5310341
    Abstract: A dental apparatus, in combination with a dental handpiece that incorporates a rotable chucking mechanism with a locking means, and a driving mechanism that rotates the chucking mechanism at high speeds when actuated, comprising a dental bur which has a tool head at one end and a shank segment at the other end, a portion of the shank segment is received and locked in the chucking mechanism, and a barrier and deflecting means mounted intermediate the ends of the dental bur, the barrier and deflecting means upon being rotated by the chucking mechanism forming a barrier or shield and also creating air streams to intercept and prevent air-borne particles generated by dental procedures from being deposited on and in the handpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Inventor: Joseph I. Byer
  • Patent number: 5255914
    Abstract: A golf club comprising a golf club head and a shaft assembly. The golf club head has a toe portion and a heel portion with a hole extending inwardly from the upper surface of the golf club head into the heel portion. The shaft assembly has a lower shaft portion that is angularly offset by 7 degrees to 15 degrees from the main elongated shaft portion of the shaft assembly. The lower shaft portion is received in the hole of the golf club head to interconnect the shaft assembly to the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Inventor: Edward W. Schroder
  • Patent number: 5197733
    Abstract: A golf club comprises a club head and a shaft. The club head is provided with a striking face and a bored hole that extends from the upper heel portion of the club head inwardly in the general direction of the center of percussion of the club head. The shaft has a main elongated shaft portion and a lower shaft portion that is angularly offset from the main elongated shaft portion. The lower shaft portion is received in the bored hole to allow for the assembly of the shaft to the club head. The bored hole is positioned so that a vertical plane passing through the center axis of the lower shaft portion received in the bored hole is parallel to a second vertical plane passing through a horizontal line that is tangent to the center of the striking face of the club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Inventor: Edward W. Schroder
  • Patent number: 4445645
    Abstract: A roll retaining means for retaining a roll of sheeting material in a dispensing box comprising a rod having two end segments with one of the segments being provided with a piercing means and a sleeve mounted thereon adjacent to the piercing means, the sleeve, upon being inserted through an end wall of the dispensing box, retains the roll in position when the other of the end segments is secured to the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Inventor: Joseph I. Byer
  • Patent number: D378689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Inventor: Jerry G. Beck