Patents by Inventor Bruce Archibald Short

Bruce Archibald Short 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: 8006415
    Abstract: A connector for connecting an implement to a digger or other prime mover is mountable on the digger and has a recess for receiving a connecting pin mounted on the implement. The connecting pin is retained in the recess by a retaining pin that is mounted on the connector. The retaining pin has a head that is seated on a face of the recess and a cylindrical tail portion that is received in a passage formed in the connector to secure the retaining pin on the connector with the head projecting into the recess adjacent the connecting pin. There is clearance between the head and the connecting pin and the head is shaped so that the clearance is reduced to a minimum when the retaining pin is rotated in the passage. The connector advantageously comprises spaced apart side walls joined together by across member in the form of a bent plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Bas Manufacturing Limited
    Inventor: Bruce Archibald Short
  • Publication number: 20100129145
    Abstract: A connector for connecting an implement to a digger or other prime mover is mountable on the digger and has a recess for receiving a connecting pin mounted on the implement. The connecting pin is retained in the recess by a retaining pin that is mounted on the connector. The retaining pin has a head that is seated on a face of the recess and a cylindrical tail portion that is received in a passage formed in the connector to secure the retaining pin on the connector with the head projecting into the recess adjacent the connecting pin. There is clearance between the head and the connecting pin and the head is shaped so that the clearance is reduced to a minimum when the retaining pin is rotated in the passage. The connector advantageously comprises spaced apart side walls joined together by across member in the form of a bent plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: BAS MANUFACTURING LIMITED
    Inventor: Bruce Archibald SHORT
  • Patent number: 7032335
    Abstract: An apparatus for connecting an implement to a prime mover, the connection apparatus including a body arranged to be mounted on the prime mover. The body includes a connection device for connecting the body to the implement; the connection device comprising a locking member adapted to move to a first position, in which the locking member engages the implement to lock the implement and the body together, and said locking member also being adapted to move to a second position in which the locking member is disengaged from the implement so that the implement can be demounted from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: A Ward Attachments, Ltd.
    Inventor: Bruce Archibald Short
  • Publication number: 20030103806
    Abstract: An apparatus for connecting an implement to a prime mover, the connection apparatus including a body arranged to be mounted on the prime mover. The body includes a connection device for connecting the body to the implement; the connection device comprising a locking member adapted to move to a first position, in which the locking member engages the implement to lock the implement and the body together, and said locking member also being adapted to move to a second position in which the locking member is disengaged from the implement so that the implement can be demounted from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: Bruce Archibald Short