Patents Represented by Attorney Randal D. Homburg
  • Patent number: 7347678
    Abstract: A seal ring for improving the performance of a gear pump, primarily for vehicle transmissions, comprises the milling of a circular ring on at least one lateral face of an inner gear and an outer gear in a gear pump and inserting a friction reducing ring within the milled circular ring. The addition of this ring, especially on remanufactured gear pumps, will reduce the amount of transmission fluid leaking between the gears and the gear pump housing and also reduce the friction between the gears and the gear housing, thus providing more fluid to the transmission and also increasing the pressure while decreasing the amount of heat of the transmission fluid being circulated through the gear pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Inventors: Donald D. Deems, Anthony S. Jungels
  • Patent number: 7288033
    Abstract: A portable football target device for improving the accuracy of a pass and to also teach defensive backs the appropriate decision to make when covering a receiver as to whether to attempt an interception or to tackle the receiver, includes a rounded weighted base attached to an upper padded contact member within which is located an internal support tube array providing a plurality of spacial target rod receptacles within which is placed one or more netted target members, providing at least one target at a location relative to the device to which a pass may be thrown with the football being retained within the netted target member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Inventor: Christopher Jordan
  • Patent number: 7284942
    Abstract: A motorcycle dolly which rolls upon a flat surface on four lower wheels positioned in a set radius on the flat surface, the dolly including an upper surface adapted to securely receive a rear wheel of a motorcycle while remaining stationary as the rear wheel of the motorcycle is rolled onto the upper surface, the dolly rolling along the flat surface in an arc equal to the set radius, the radius being the equivalent of the distance between the flat surface contact point of a front wheel and the contact point of the rear wheel, wherein the front wheel of the motorcycle remains stationary upon the flat surface, while the rear wheel upon the upper surface of the dolly is pivotal rotated along the radius, sliding the rear of the motorcycle along the flat surface for movement to a stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Keith Allen
  • Patent number: 7270211
    Abstract: A motorcycle lift device is adapted to be fitted to any two of three wheeled motorcycle, the motorcycle lift device having an on board air compression generating device providing compressed air to a pair of air driven pistons placed within the existing front forks of the motorcycle requiring no adaptation to the motorcycle other than a replacement cap through which compressed air lines air run, connecting the pistons to the air compression generating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Inventor: C. Ray Jones
  • Patent number: 7264478
    Abstract: A retractable wiring harness device attaches to the trailer frame near the trailer hitch and contains a length of retractable wiring harness which extends from a housing member to install within the wiring connection on a towing vehicle, the trailer wiring harness wired into the lighting and braking wiring harness of the trailer. When the trailer is disconnected from the towing vehicle and the retractable wiring harness is disconnected from the wiring connection of the vehicle, the wire cable is withdrawn into the housing member to retain the retractable wiring harness, keeping it off the ground and out of the way of the trailer hitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Inventor: John D. Downing
  • Patent number: 7243966
    Abstract: A portable component assembly device for extending the length of the pickup bed for hauling objects longer than the bed of the pickup is adapted to the receiver hitch attached to the rear end of a pickup with a primary support bar inserted within the receiver hitch with a first upright horizontal support bar extending upward from the primary support bar beyond the tailgate to support objects up to ten feet in length with a second upright horizontal support bar connected to the primary bar having a second upright horizontal support bar extending upward from the secondary support bar to support objects longer than ten feet. Each first and second upright horizontal support bar includes a set of adjustable width anchor chocks attached to each support bar, with the second upright horizontal support bar including running lights with brake and turn indicators connected to the vehicle wiring system by a wiring harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Inventor: Lon Wade Sheldon
  • Patent number: 7243690
    Abstract: An attachment for front end loaders and for tree cutting devices attached to a front end loader provides a hydraulically extending serrated edge which may be positioned below the ground surface in front of the loader or the tree cutting device to remove small saplings and cut through roots around a tree. The attachment may also be retracted into an upright position out of the way of the front end loader, a front mounted accessory or a front mounted tree cutting device when using the accessory or tree cutting device and extended forward to push a material or a tree being cut in a direction in front of the accessory or tree cutting device and away from the front end loader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Inventors: Dewayne Price, Gary Mock
  • Patent number: 7218025
    Abstract: A rotational magnetic electrical generating device produces an alternating electrical current generated by a central rotational magnetic cylinder with an inner cavity having an central fixed coil operated by a DC current providing a driving rotational force upon a plurality of embedded neodymium magnets within the inner cavity of the central rotational magnetic cylinder, the central rotational magnetic cylinder having an upper outer margin with an upper magnetic ring and a lower outer margin having a lower magnetic ring, the two magnetic rings suspending the central rotational magnetic cylinder between two fixed magnetic fields supported by a frame member, the central rotational magnetic cylinder further having an outer perimeter surface embedded with a plurality of neodymium alloy magnets equally sized and spaced apart, a lower surface embedded with a plurality of neodymium alloy magnets equally sized and spaced apart, and an upper surface embedded with a plurality of neodymium alloy magnets equally sized an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Contiempo Energy, LLC
    Inventor: Donnie Pat McDonald
  • Patent number: 7165289
    Abstract: A recovery and storage device suitable for picking up children's toys and placing them in a storage container has an appearance of a novelty animal, primarily an elephant, including an anatomical frame member with a vacuum motor integrated with a vacuum housing including a flexible hose, which picks up the toys through the flexible hose and directs the toys through the vacuum housing to a chute, where the toys are deposited in a removable storage bin, the device having several safety features which are suited to deter use by small children, requiring an adult or older child to operate the device. The removable storage bins may be placed on a shelf when full and replace with an empty removable storage bin, segregating toys by lot and kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Inventor: Anne Gossage
  • Patent number: 7162977
    Abstract: A small animal restraining device for the veterinarian treatment of small animals provides an enclosure having an opaque integrated front panel having a plurality of access panels, a rear panel, a floor panel and a cover lid forming a rectangular box defining an interior cavity, a first door panel attached to the rear panel and a second door attached to the rear panel, each door having a head engaging apparatus within a head opening, and a central interior squeeze panel pivotally and adjustably anchored within the interior cavity to the floor panel, the central interior squeeze panel urged towards the front panel to secure a body portion of the small animal between the central interior panel and the front panel while securing a head portion of the small animal within the head opening of either the first door or the second door, the head openings of the first door and second door providing the only light to the interior cavity, except for when one or more of the access panels are open to access the body portio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Inventor: LeeRoy Charvat
  • Patent number: 7111862
    Abstract: A modular suspension system for short distance repositioning tractors, often referenced as terminal tractors, isolating the shock and impact of a retractable fifth wheel and rear axle from the frame of the terminal tractor by the arrangement of a rear axle and fifth wheel boom having lift cylinders between them and joining the rear axle, a lift arm assembly and a trailing arm assembly as a singular modular unit, isolated from the frame of the terminal tractor by elastomeric bushings at a forward location and pivot point on the terminal tractor frame, with a secondary suspension located at the rear of the singular modular unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Inventor: Allen L. Eng
  • Patent number: D541136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Inventor: Christopher S. Whinery
  • Patent number: D542027
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Inventor: Yauna Kha
  • Patent number: D543020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Inventor: Yauna Kha
  • Patent number: D548046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventor: Kendall Joe Marr
  • Patent number: D551940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Inventor: Christopher S. Whinery
  • Patent number: D554928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Inventor: Dennis Q. Chen
  • Patent number: D557088
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Inventor: Louis A. Morgan
  • Patent number: D561288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Inventor: Christopher Jordan
  • Patent number: D566519
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Inventor: Christopher S. Whinery