Patents by Inventor Cy Shockley

Cy Shockley 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: 4384499
    Abstract: A multi-configurational tool device with improved tool storage. The device is of the type having a plurality of tools, each including a pair of angularly disposed, integrally joined elongate shanks having working ends and a surface run having facets. The device, additionally, has an elongate carrier including an elongate channel with a base and an open side extending longitudinally of the channel. The base cooperates with a pivot member secured to the carrier and spaced apart from the base to form a nip region through which the tool shanks are moved for positioning of the tools in a working mode. The improvement includes a groove at least partially encircling a shank of a tool to accommodate rotating of the shank about its longitudinal axis to permit a change in the extension direction of the associated integral shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1983
    Assignee: Harmon P. Yates
    Inventor: Cy Shockley