Patents Examined by H. Grant Skoggs
  • Patent number: 4101057
    Abstract: A manually actuated trigger pump is adapted to be fitted on the neck of a container for dispensing a liquid therefrom. The pump includes a main housing with a trigger connected thereto, a flexible bladder which fits in the housing and is engagable by the trigger, and a nozzle which is attached to the housing. The trigger engages the bladder to pump fluid from the bladder outwardly through the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1978
    Assignee: Ethyl Corporation
    Inventor: Lewis C. LoMaglio
  • Patent number: 4027919
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel cover formed of plastic or metal having a wire ring supported on the inboard face thereof. The ring is formed with a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially outwardly extending projections which are designed to forcibly engage an annular surface on the wheel to retain the cover thereon. The ring is supported on the cover such that the forces developed by displacing the projections radially inwardly as a result of mounting the cover on a wheel are substantially completely absorbed by the ring itself rather than being transmitted to the cover. Thus the cover itself is not subjected to any forces which tend to flex or distort it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Assignee: Michael Ladney, Jr.
    Inventors: Edwin E. Foster, Thomas E. Foster