Patents Represented by Attorney Paul L. Ratcliffe
  • Patent number: 6601376
    Abstract: A cylinder cutting blade for a lawn mower that includes at least two modular cylinder cutting blade sections. Each modular cylinder cutting blade section effectively being a short cylinder cutting blade which are rotationally connected together in succession in such a manner that rotation of one modular cylinder cutting blade section results in rotation of the other modular cylinder cutting blade sections. Each modular cylinder cutting blade section includes a longitudinal axis, a plurality of cutting bars which spiral around the longitudinal axis, a frame to hold the cutting bars in their respective positions, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism of each modular cylinder cutting blade section interacts with the locking mechanism of adjacent modular cylinder cutting blade sections to rotatably lock the modular cylinder cutting blade section to the adjacent modular cylinder cutting blade sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Stones
  • Patent number: 6513275
    Abstract: An optical collimator device for use in aligning a gun bore with a gun sight is formed of a graticule and lens which are located within the optical collimator device housing. The optical collimator device is mounted on the end of the gun barrel with a magnetic bar and rail structure formed in the optical collimator device housing and this magnetic bar and rail structure allows the optical collimator device to adjust vertically for use with guns with low sights and with raised sights and large bore diameters such as shotguns and baton guns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Fire Point International Limited
    Inventor: Clive Rawlinson Paige
  • Patent number: D505602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D505844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D475164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Murray, Drew Meng
  • Patent number: D498885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Nigel Robson