Patents by Inventor Christian Tallahassee Yates

Christian Tallahassee 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).

  • Safety guard for band saws
    Patent number: 6857347
    Abstract: The safety device for a band saw which includes a vertically displaceable guard which is slidably mounted to a housing of the saw and having a lower end adjacent the table of saw and wherein a pivotable shield is carried by the lower end of the guard. A locking mechanism normally secures the guard in a lowered covering relationship to a band saw blade and must be manually released to permit raising of the guard to allow a workpiece to be moved beneath the shield to be cut by the band saw blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Inventors: Charles E. Benedict, Stephen R. Corbett, Christian Tallahassee Yates, Farhad Booeshaghi