Patents by Inventor Bruce T. Olexa, Jr.

Bruce T. Olexa, 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: 5778720
    Abstract: A tool for prying open punch-outs from an electrical box. The tool includes a handle member, an elongated shaft which extends outwardly from the handle member and terminates in a bent tip, and a slide assembly mounted to said elongated shaft. The slide assembly is adapted to engage a lip which extends perpendicularly from a wall of the box. The bent tip of the elongated shaft is adapted to act as a cam in order to pry open a punch-out from the box when the slide assembly engages the perpendicularly extending lip and the handle is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Inventor: Bruce T. Olexa, Jr.
  • Patent number: D367258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Inventor: Bruce T. Olexa, Jr.