Patents Assigned to SIMTEC, Co
  • Patent number: 8517341
    Abstract: A pry bar with a sliding fulcrum assembly wherein the sliding fulcrum has a body with a passage therethrough that is configured and contoured for the fulcrum body to normally freely slide along the elongated pry bar, when hanging on the pry bar. The bottom of the passage through the fulcrum body is provided with a bar friction engagement surface on a bottom portion of the passage whereby the fulcrum is non-slidably engaged with the pry bar when the bottom of the fulcrum body is engaged with the floor surface under applied lifting force of the lifting lip of the pry bar applied against an object to be lifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Simtec, Co.
    Inventor: Donald V. Edwards
  • Patent number: 8321994
    Abstract: A furniture slide for placement between an object to be moved and flooring over which the object is to be moved. The slide member has top and bottom faces wherein the bottom face is provided with a smooth surface for sliding on a carpeted floor. A block of compressible material is provided with a top surface for supportive contact with an object or furniture to be moved, and the block is configured and dimensioned for a bottom surface thereof to be removably supported on the top face of the slide member. The bottom face of this compressible block is comprised of a fabric material for sliding engagement on a hard floor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: SIMTEC, Co.
    Inventor: Donald V. Edwards
  • Patent number: 7134979
    Abstract: A hockey puck comprising a resilient material having a first configuration, a first thickness and a predetermined hardness. There is a first disk having a second configuration and a second thickness that is engageable with a first side of the resilient material and a second disk having a third configuration and a third thickness engageable with a radially opposed second side of the resilient material. Both disks are produced from a preselected material having a predetermined coefficient of friction. The resilient material extends beyond a periphery of the first disk and the second disk a predetermined distance. The second thickness and the third thickness of the first disk and the second disk, respectively, each have a thickness which is at least as thick as one half of the thickness of the resilient material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Simtec, Co.
    Inventor: Donald V. Edwards
  • Patent number: 6981294
    Abstract: A carpet slide for use as a recreational entertainment device includes a first member having a predetermined shape and a predetermined size. The first member is formed from a flexible sheet of material having an upper surface and a bottom surface. An at least one strap like member having a first end and a second end is provided. A first mechanism is disposed along the upper surface of such first member adjacent a first outer edge portion thereof between a front portion of the first member and a back portion of such first member for engaging a first end of the at least one strap like member. A second mechanism is disposed along the upper surface adjacent a radially opposed second outer edge portion thereof between the front portion of such first member and the back portion of such first member for engaging a second end of such at least one strap like member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Simtec, Co.
    Inventor: Donald V. Edwards
  • Patent number: D503205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: SIMTEC, Co
    Inventor: Donald V. Edwards
  • Patent number: D526377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Simtec, Co.
    Inventor: Donald V. Edwards
  • Patent number: D494235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Simtec Co
    Inventor: Donald V. Edwards
  • Patent number: D642041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Simtec, Co.
    Inventor: Donald V. Edwards