Patents Assigned to The Minds Imagination, LLC
  • Pipefitting instruments and related methods
    Patent number: 7370431
    Abstract: A pipefitting instrument includes a main body member, a carriage slidably connected to the main body member, and a protractor member pivotally connected to the carriage. The protractor member includes a protractor scale operable to measure an angular orientation of the protractor member relative to the main body member. The instrument also includes a mounting member slidably connected to the main body member and configured to releasably attach to a pipe flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: The Minds Imagination, LLC
    Inventor: George Wesley Sowder
  • PIPEFITTING INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20070175057
    Abstract: A pipefitting instrument includes a main body member, a carriage slidably connected to the main body member, and a protractor member pivotally connected to the carriage. The protractor member includes a protractor scale operable to measure an angular orientation of the protractor member relative to the main body member. The instrument also includes a mounting member slidably connected to the main body member and configured to releasably attach to a pipe flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Minds Imagination, LLC, The
    Inventor: George Sowder