Patents by Inventor Ben E. Muschalek, Jr.

Ben E. Muschalek, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4356743
    Abstract: A conventional pipe wrench of the pipe including an elongated handle defining an endwise outwardly facing first jaw element on one end, a laterally offset longitudinally extending sleeve portion on the same handle end, an L-shaped jaw including short and long legs with the long leg slidably received in the sleeve portion for longitudinal shifting therethrough and the short leg opposing the aforementioned first jaw element and defining a second jaw element, and thrust structure operatively connected between the long leg of the L-shaped jaw and the handle for shifting the L-shaped jaw longitudinally of the handle, the improvement comprising a laterally outwardly projecting heel portion carried by the end of the long leg of the L-shaped jaw from which the short leg is supported and projecting laterally outwardly of the long leg in a direction opposite to the direction in which the short leg projects and with the heel portion extending outwardly beyond the sleeve portion in a manner such that the back of the wren
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Inventor: Ben E. Muschalek, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4312620
    Abstract: An elongated longitudinally extending guide structure supported beneath the rear of a pickup truck with the forward end of the guide structure pivotally supported from the pickup truck frame for oscillation about a horizontal transverse axis. An elongated wheel supporting rack is slidably supported from the guide structure for longitudinal displacement relative thereto and the rack is shiftable between forward and rear positions relative to the guide structure. In the forward position of the rack front and rear ends of the latter are supported from the guide structure and when in the rear position, the rear end of the rack is disengaged from and displaced rearwardly of the rear end of the guide structure. The rear end of the rack and the rear end of the associated vehicle include coacting latching structure effective to latch the rack in its forward position relative to the guide structure and the latter in its raised horizontal position beneath the underside of the rear of the associated pickup truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1982
    Inventor: Ben E. Muschalek, Jr.