Patents by Inventor Dave D. Davis

Dave D. Davis 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: 6776308
    Abstract: A apparatus with multiple paint intakes for providing a painting professional with the ability to draw paint from more than one container before having to reposition the spray painting equipment to draw from additional containers. The apparatus with multiple paint intakes includes a housing defining an interior chamber and a plurality of elongate support legs mounted on the housing for supporting the housing in an elevated condition above a surface. Each of the support legs has opposite ends, and each of the support legs has a passage formed therein extending between the opposite ends of the support leg and being in fluid communication with the interior chamber of the housing for permitting fluid to be drawn through each of the plurality of support legs and into the interior chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Inventors: Dave D. Davis, M. Shane Davis
  • Patent number: 6009581
    Abstract: A scraping tool for use with a paint sprayer assembly includes a scraping tool having a tool socket and a number of integral wrenches. In a preferred embodiment the scraping tool includes three cutouts for accommodating various sized nuts and a triangular protrusion extending from the scraping edge for scraping in tight spaces. A tool socket is provided near an end of the handle of the scraping tool for receiving various tool heads. In a most preferred embodiment, the scraper tool is designed for use in association with a particular paint spraying machine such that the scraper tool provides the necessary wrenches and tools for operating and maintaining the paint spraying machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Inventors: Dave D. Davis, M. Shane Davis
  • Patent number: 5605412
    Abstract: A plate for coupling a plurality of doors together for painting. The inventive device includes a first planar member coupled to a second planar member and oriented so as to extend substantially orthogonally from the first planar member. A plurality of piercing teeth extend from the planar member to engage the upper edges of a plurality of doors, joining the doors in a spaced and orthogonal orientation for painting the doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Inventors: Dave D. Davis, Christopher P. Edwards