Patents by Inventor Ernest C. Browning

Ernest C. Browning 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: 4667388
    Abstract: A tool for mounting the valve assemblies of an engine block, each valve assembly being of the type comprising a valve with an elongated stem, a compression spring surrounding the valve stem, with one end abutting the engine block and the other end abutting a spring retainer, a segmental keeper engagable in an annular groove in the valve stem and maintaining the spring retainer in position on the valve stem, and an oil sealing ring mounted in an annular groove in the valve stem and sealingly engaging the spring retainer. The tool comprises a body portion having a free end and a working end. An axial bore extends inwardly of the working end and is of such diameter as to just nicely receive the free end of the valve stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Inventor: Ernest C. Browning
  • Patent number: 4149282
    Abstract: A bathtub support grip for use in combination with a bath drain assembly of the type having a face plate secured adjacent a wall of the tub by means cooperatively associated with the drain overflow head. The support grip comprises a structure directly associated with the face plate and is configured for grasping by a bather's hand to at least partially support and facilitate the bather in raising and lowering himself in the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1979
    Inventor: Ernest C. Browning