Patents by Inventor Ernest Mack, Jr.

Ernest Mack, Jr. 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: 4869084
    Abstract: An improved automotive vehicle wheel cover lock for releasably anchoring a wheel cover to a wheel lug stud, the improved wheel cover lock including a flexible cable having an annular terminal defining an opening adapted to receive the wheel lug stud. A locking housing is provided which defines an axially extending bore open at each end and having an internally threaded section at one end thereof and an enlarged section at the opposite end thereof. In addition, the housing defines a pair of aligned passageways which communicate with the enlarged section of the bore and are adapted to receive the cable, and a locking screw is provided which threadably engages the internally threaded section of the body and bears against the cable to deflect the cable within the elastic limits thereof into locking engagement with the edge portions of the housing that define the aligned passageways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Inventor: Ernest Mack, Jr.