Patents by Inventor David A. Spence

David A. Spence 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: 10433525
    Abstract: An illuminated dog belt specifically adapted to be secured to or worn around a back and chest, rearward of the front legs, is presented herein. The belt includes an elongated LED or light strip positioned in a manner to shine light through a translucent or at least partially transparent main body portion. A strap may be disposed through one or more strap retention openings and secured around the animal. The strap includes an amount of lengthwise or longitudinal elasticity for disposing at least a portion of the strap substantially pressed against the chest of an animal in a position rearward of the animal's front legs. In this manner, the main body portion and the LEDs or light strip may be disposed proximate to a portion of the animal's back, also in a position rearward of the animal's neck or collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: David A. Spence
  • Patent number: 9938669
    Abstract: A regulator moldboard and grader blade assembly includes a moldboard having at least one transversely extending pin, the pin having a notch with a surface inclined toward the moldboard. At least one grader blade has at least one mounting opening having a flared surface complementary to the notch so that the blade is hangable on the pin so that the notch draws the blade against the moldboard as a fastener tightens the blade to the moldboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: NORDCO INC.
    Inventors: James William Boyd, David A. Spence, Justin Jerome Pipol, Michael David Thompson
  • Publication number: 20160108582
    Abstract: A regulator moldboard and grader blade assembly is provided and includes a moldboard having at least one transversely extending pin, the pin having a notch with a surface inclined toward the moldboard. At least one grader blade has at least one mounting opening having a flared surface complementary to the notch so that the blade is hangable on the pin so that the notch draws the blade against the moldboard as a fastener tightens the blade to the moldboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: James William BOYD, David A. SPENCE, Justin Jerome PIPOL, Michael David Thompson
  • Publication number: 20150083914
    Abstract: A railway reference machine is provided for surveying and aligning a railroad track, and includes a collapsible projector assembly having a pusher buggy assembly, and a lifting device. A plurality of projectors is mounted to a projector cart. The pusher buggy assembly has extendable and retractable linkage sections such that the linkage sections are stackable and nestable within a space defined by the lifting device and the projector cart. At one end, the pusher buggy assembly is connected to the projector cart and at an opposite end is connected to the lifting device such that the projector cart pivots upwardly about a pivot point to rest the projector assembly in a space defined by a chassis being dimensional for supporting the reference machine, and pivots downwardly about the pivot point to lower the projector assembly on the railroad track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: David A. Spence
  • Patent number: 5297921
    Abstract: A device for releasably locking a parked vehicle at a loading dock during loading and unloading thereof. The device is provided with a carriage mounted for vertical adjustment relative to the front wall of the dock and adapted to be yieldably engaged by a depending safety bar of the parked vehicle. A hook-like member is mounted on the carriage for independent rectilinear movement between an operative mode wherein the vehicle safety bar is lockingly engaged thereby and an inoperative safety bar-release mode. A power-actuated unit is mounted on the carriage and is connected by a linkage assembly to the hook-like member and effects movement thereof between the operative and inoperative modes. The linkage assembly includes a pair of pivotally connected links one of which has an end portion pivotally connected to the hook-like member and the other has an end portion pivotally connected to a lower portion of the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Rite-Hite Corporation
    Inventors: Scott L. Springer, David A. Spence