Patents by Inventor Bruce G. Hoover

Bruce G. Hoover 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: 6976909
    Abstract: An extended sanding support tool, consistent with certain embodiments of the present invention has an elongated metal housing having first and second ends. A first bearing is coupled to the housing adjacent the first end and a second bearing is within the housing closer to the second end than the first end. A mandrel has a drill attachment end and a working end and passes through the first and possibly second bearings with the working end extending beyond the first end of the housing. In one embodiment, a cavity between the second end of the housing and the second bearing is provided for engaging a stationary portion such as a collar of an outer surface of a rotary tool housing an outer surface of a chuck of a rotary tool. In another embodiment a cone shaped structure receives the outer surface of the chuck. A cutting or sanding device is attached to the working end of the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Inventor: Bruce G. Hoover
  • Patent number: 6557178
    Abstract: A sanding glove device for carrying a loop backed sanding pad of any desired shape. A soft leather glove has a thumb compartment, an index finger compartment, a middle finger compartment, a ring finger compartment and a small finger compartment, each of the finger compartments having palm sides and back sides and fingertip ends, and a main opening for insertion of a user's hand. Each of the index, middle and ring finger compartments have a strip of hook fastener material attached to the palm side and the back side thereof. The thumb compartment and the small finger compartment are devoid of strips of hook fastener material so that the loop backed sanding pad of any desired shape can be attached to at least one of the strips of hook fastener material to facilitate sanding. The thumb and small finger compartments are free of hook fastener material to facilitate the user's ability to grip and manipulate objects without removal of the glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Inventor: Bruce G. Hoover