Patents Represented by Attorney Ronald D. Foster
  • Patent number: 7070297
    Abstract: A flashlight having one or more storage areas while providing a means to attach useful accessories such as a can of pepper spray, compass or thermometer. The features of the invention allow the compass to be conveniently removed while still allowing the flashlight to operate. A portion of the storage area has a greater diameter than the tubular body of the flashlight to assist holding of the flashlight while separate storage spaces allow storing of spare batteries, light bulbs, other loose items or combinations of the like. In a separate feature of the invention, the intermediate cap has a cavity sized to receive and frictionally hold the flashlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Inventor: Donald L. Muhlnickel, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6505410
    Abstract: An adjustable gauge having special attention to measuring the dimensions of a fillet weld. The gauge includes a first plate that is rectangular in shape and terminates in an edge which transverses one corner, and a second plate that is circular in shape. The front face of the first plate has a recess therein sized to accommodate the second plate, wherein the plates are rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation and juxtaposed to one another. The gauge also indicates a linear member slidably mounted along the same axis of rotation as the first and second plates upon the second plate. The linear member is extendible in relation to the second plate so as to measure the dimension of the weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: G.A.L. Gage Co.
    Inventor: Goodwin A. Lycan
  • Patent number: D529418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Inventor: Donald L. Muhlnickel