Patents by Inventor Charles Kelderhouse

Charles Kelderhouse 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: 8795027
    Abstract: A CO2 gas-propelled model car launcher permits two or more model vehicles to be launched substantially simultaneously. Launching of the vehicles is achieved by moving a trigger plate sidewise which disengages a disc and thereby releases a firing pin whose forward movement punctures the CO2 cartridge. A height adjustment feature permits the launcher to accommodate model cars of different sizes. Multiple launchers may be ganged together and their trigger plates rigidly connected in such a way that sidewise movement of one trigger plate launches all of the model vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Boy Scouts of America
    Inventor: Charles Kelderhouse
  • Publication number: 20130040534
    Abstract: A CO2 gas-propelled model car launcher permits two or more model vehicles to be launched substantially simultaneously. Launching of the vehicles is achieved by moving a trigger plate sidewise which disengages a disc and thereby releases a firing pin whose forward movement punctures the CO2 cartridge. A height adjustment feature permits the launcher to accommodate model cars of different sizes. Multiple launchers may be ganged together and their trigger plates rigidly connected in such a way that sidewise movement of one trigger plate launches all of the model vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Boy Scouts of America
    Inventor: Charles Kelderhouse
  • Publication number: 20070238390
    Abstract: A device for securing or stabilizing wheel axles in model cars having a body, wheels, axle slots and axles connecting the wheels to the body via the axle slots, the device having a generally flat and generally planar plate and a rib extending generally normal to the plate, with the rib being sized to fit within the axle slots and to cooperate with the axles to hold the axles more securely in place in the axle slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Charles Kelderhouse, Ann Kelderhouse