Patents by Inventor Christian A. Yates

Christian A. Yates 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).

  • Pivotal guards for power hand tools with rotating discs
    Patent number: 6699114
    Abstract: Guards for covering rotating discs of power hand tools wherein said guard includes a movable guard for covering a normally exposed portion of a disc and which is pivotably mounted relative to a body of the power tool such that the it is movable from a first covering position in a plane substantially parallel to a rotational plane of the disc to a second withdrawn position in which the movable guard extends generally transversely to the rotational plane of the disc thereby allowing maximum disc coverage yet permitting disc use in restricted spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Benedict Engineering Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Farhad Booeshaghi, Charles E. Benedict, Stephen R. Corbett, Christian A. Yates, Mohammad R. Vaghar, Traci K. Campbell
  • Adjustable porous structures and method for shoreline and land mass reclamation
    Publication number: 20030072614
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for land reclamation which includes utilizing groyne-like structures including spaced stanchions to which are mounted porous screens and wherein the screens are vertically adjustable either independently of or with the stanchions as material is deposited during the reclamation process. In some embodiments the screens are elevated by elevating the spaced stanchions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: Beach Reclamation, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Benedict, James R. Dobbs, Christian A. Yates, Perry L. Ponder