Patents by Inventor Duane B. Newport

Duane B. Newport 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: 4354782
    Abstract: An expansion fastener, especially for walls formed of plaster or drywall, in which a metallic sleeve-like member having spreadable sides is provided with a point at one end and an outwardly extending flange at the other. The fastener can be driven into the wall until the flange engages the outer surface of the wall. The pointed end portion of the fastener is circular in cross-section and truncated. Teeth are spaced longitudinally and extend outwardly but within an imaginary cylinder extended from the pointed end portion. A screw threaded into the member spreads the sides thereof and the teeth outwardly forcing them into the side of a hole formed in the wall when the fastener is driven thereinto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1982
    Inventor: Duane B. Newport
  • Patent number: 4182032
    Abstract: A fork having a finger operated assist blade pivotally attached thereto such that it is movable sideways against the outer tine of the fork in a lateral direction. The assist blade, which is spring biased outwardly, is higher than the fork tines so that food will be pushed on the fork as it moves inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1980
    Inventor: Duane B. Newport
  • Patent number: 4140099
    Abstract: A portable collapsible stove capable of being folded into a compact package which is made substantially entirely of thin metal sheet being folded along a pair of generally parallel fold lines thereby forming a horizontal cooking surface supported by a pair of sides, and which has a fuel support surface lying beneath the cooking surface and extending between and folded together with the sides, the fuel support surface including a pair of fold lines generally parallel to the first fold lines whereby the sides and fuel support surfaces may be folded beneath the cooking surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1979
    Inventor: Duane B. Newport