Patents by Inventor Doug Foster

Doug Foster 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).

  • Apparatus and method for resetting a fastener
    Patent number: 7140274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an impact tool, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for resetting a fastener that allows a force from an impact member to be transferred to the fastener in order to reset the fastener below a surface plane of a material. The apparatus comprises an impact member connected with a guide member, such that the impact member is freely slideable in relation to the guide member between a retracted position and an extended position. A user may reset the fastener by forcing the impact member from the retracted position to the extended position, where a portion of the impact member is extended beyond the guide member to come into contact with the fastener and thereby reset the fastener below the surface plane of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Inventor: Doug Foster
  • Apparatus and method for resetting a fastener
    Publication number: 20050172759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an impact tool, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for resetting a fastener that allows a force from an impact member to be transferred to the fastener in order to reset the fastener below a surface plane of a material. The apparatus comprises an impact member connected with a guide member, such that the impact member is freely slideable in relation to the guide member between a retracted position and an extended position. A user may reset the fastener by forcing the impact member from the retracted position to the extended position, where a portion of the impact member is extended beyond the guide member to come into contact with the fastener and thereby reset the fastener below the surface plane of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventor: Doug Foster