Patents Assigned to S.M.S. Industries, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4760645
    Abstract: A pole mounted pruning tool with a pair of cutting jaws, one being pivotally movable in relation to the other to effect a cutting action. The movable jaw is pivoted by an operating lever which has an adjustable length, thereby providing a means of varying the cutting torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: S.M.S. Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard E. Davis
  • Patent number: 4644652
    Abstract: A lopper has first and second pivotably interconnected blades arranged on opposite sides of a cutting plane. The blades have arcuate cutting edges defining a crescent shaped opening which maintains the same configuration as it gradually diminishes in size before eventually disappearing as the cutting edges bypass each other during a cutting operation. Preferably, one of the blade tips extends angularly away from the cutting plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: S.M.S. Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard E. Davis
  • Patent number: 4610354
    Abstract: A mounting and display card for a tool of the type having a pair of pivotably interconnected jaws, each jaw being connected to a handle, and the handles being pivotably interconnected and adjustable between open and closed positions to open and close the jaws. The card includes a pair of overlapping panels, each having an upper portion adapted to underlie the jaws of the tool, and a lower portion defining a display area with a margin adapted to underlie one of the handles of the tool. The panels are connected to each other for relative pivotal movement about an axis which is coincident with the pivotal axis of the tool handles, and connectors are employed to detachably secure each handle of the tool to one of the panels along a margin thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1986
    Assignee: S.M.S. Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn Hostetler