Patents by Inventor Don A. Gockel

Don A. Gockel 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).

  • Portable hand control apparatus
    Patent number: 4424723
    Abstract: A portable hand control device for operating the brake and accelerator foot pedals of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The device comprises a pair of collapsible control rods, each swivelingly connected at one end to a respective foot pedal clamp and at the other end to an elongate handle adapted to be held in either hand of the user. The handle and control rods are free of any operative connection to the motor vehicle apart from the foot pedal clamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1984
    Inventor: Don A. Gockel