Patents by Inventor Donald Lee Agate

Donald Lee Agate 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: 6571427
    Abstract: A handle construction (10) for a gear shift lever (100) wherein the handle construction (10) is fabricated as a one piece contoured handle member (20) having a generally ovoidal configuration with certain portions missing from the top surface, the front surface, and the left side of the generally ovoidal configuration; wherein, those missing portions define a plurality of elongated arcuate recesses (21) through (24) that are dimensioned to receive a user's fingers, a first extension recess (30) that is dimensioned to receive a user's thumb and a second extension recess (32) to form a raised lip (37) that forms an abutment surface for the heel of a user's palm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Inventors: Donald Lee Agate, Sr., Diane Marie Agate
  • Publication number: 20020170144
    Abstract: A handle construction (10) for a gear shift lever (100) wherein the handle construction (10) is fabricated as a one piece contoured handle member (20) having a generally ovoidal configuration with certain portions missing from the top surface, the front surface, and the left side of the generally ovoidal configuration; wherein, those missing portions define a plurality of elongated arcuate recesses (21) through (24) that are dimensioned to receive a user's fingers, a first extension recess (30) that is dimensioned to receive a user's thumb and a second extension recess (32) to form a raised lip (37) that forms an abutment surface for the heel of a user's palm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Donald Lee Agate, Diane Marie Agate
  • Patent number: D457475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Inventors: Donald Lee Agate, Sr., Diane Marie Agate