Patents by Inventor Bret A. Gohman

Bret A. Gohman 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: 6125720
    Abstract: A roofing material and roofing fastener removal tool. The tool comprises a handle attached to a blade. In the preferred embodiment, the handle is adjustable relative to the blade. In this embodiment, a portion of an adjustment assembly provides additional pivot points to extend the working range of the blade. The blade includes two rows of material engagement portions. The rows include large teeth and small teeth spaced evenly and regularly along the working edge of the blade. The larger teeth are thinned and rounded to facilitate insertion between roofing material and a structure, while the smaller teeth are thinned on one side only and rounded to facilitate insertion and engagement with roofing material and roofing fasteners. The teeth are separated from each other by tapered slots which are sized to engage shanks of roofing fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Malco Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Bret A. Gohman
  • Patent number: 6113169
    Abstract: A magnetic device for picking up ferrous metal debris, such as nails, screws, sheet metal fragments, staples, rivets, and other ferrous metal objects from an environmental surface such as the ground or a floor by rolling along the surface, consists of: a magnetic pickup member; a pair of wheels mounted to the magnetic pickup member and supporting the magnetic pickup member slightly above the environmental surface; a handle; a wiper for scraping ferrous metal debris from the magnetic pickup member and biased against the magnetic pickup member; and a release rope for rotating the magnetic pickup member against the wiper, thereby dislocating ferrous metal debris from the magnetic pickup member. Optionally, a hopper may be attached to the device for receiving the ferrous metal debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Malco Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Bret A. Gohman, Kyle A. Bjork
  • Patent number: D439126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Malco Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Bret A. Gohman