Patents by Inventor Benjamin L. Laughlin

Benjamin L. Laughlin 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: 6657923
    Abstract: An alarm clock is shaped as a miniature slot machine. The alarm is set by pulling the handle forward, just as one activates a real slot machine. When the alarm goes off, the wheels spin and stop one at a time on a jackpot combination, accompanied by the sound one would hear from a real slot machine. A light on top of the machine flashes, accompanied by sound that mimics the sounds of a jackpot on a real slot machine. The snooze alarm is set by pushing the handle to the rear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Inventor: Benjamin L. Laughlin
  • Publication number: 20030035346
    Abstract: An alarm clock is shaped as a miniature slot machine. The alarm is set by pulling the handle forward, just as one activates a real slot machine. When the alarm goes off, the wheels spin and stop one at a time on a jackpot combination, accompanied by the sound one would hear from a real slot machine. A light on top of the machine flashes, accompanied by sound that mimics the sounds of a jackpot on a real slot machine. The snooze alarm is set by pushing the handle to the rear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventor: Benjamin L. Laughlin
  • Patent number: 6364288
    Abstract: An air-driven nail puller device for easily and quickly removing a nail from a structure. The air-driven nail puller device includes a housing having an elongate first end portion, an open first end, a second end, and a handle portion being disposed intermediate of the first and second ends with the elongate first end portion having a bore extending therethrough; and further includes a tubular shaft support member disposed within said housing and having a side wall; and also includes a drive shaft being movably disposed in the housing and having a first end and a second end; and further includes an engaging and clamping assembly for engaging and clamping about a nail head; and further includes an impacting assembly for forcing the first end of the drive shaft outwardly of the housing so that the engaging and clamping assembly engages and clamps about a nail head; and also includes a retraction assembly for retracting the first end of the drive shaft within the housing through the open first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Inventor: Benjamin L. Laughlin