Patents by Inventor Ernest Schlueter

Ernest Schlueter 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).

  • Fastener with pivotable handle member
    Patent number: 4326739
    Abstract: A fastener with a pivotable handle member comprises a fixed hasp to be secured to one panel and a lever assembly to be secured to the opposite panel. The lever assembly includes a bracket member having opposite side portions each having an opening to rotatably support the shaft portions of a pivotable handle member. The handle member has eccentric wing portions which provide camming force when pivoted within the curved portions of a movable hasp member which moves to open or close the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1982
    Assignee: Simmons Fastener Corporation
    Inventor: Ernest Schlueter
  • Shelf support member
    Patent number: 3945595
    Abstract: A refrigerator shelf support member for use with those refrigerators having a sheet metal internal wall panel and which is inserted through the wall comprises a shelf support member and a steel fastener. The steel fastener is a flat member having a pointed tip, two outwardly curved portions outwardly and oppositely directed from the tip, and two tapered portions, all of which portions of the steel fastener protrude from the shelf support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1976
    Assignee: Simmons Fastener Corporation
    Inventor: Ernest Schlueter