Patents by Inventor Eugene Tompkins

Eugene Tompkins 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).

  • Power Line Protection Device
    Publication number: 20190319442
    Abstract: A power line protection device. The power line protection device includes a housing. The housing has a reel inside that is designed to store an electric cord around. The reel is designed to allow expansion and retraction of the electric cord upon the surpassing beyond a pressure threshold upon the electric cord. The housing includes a mounting plate that secures the housing to a support surface. The mounting plate has a rotatable joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Eugene Tompkins
  • Magnetic switch for automotive security system
    Patent number: 6040762
    Abstract: A switching arrangement for a security circuit as for an automobile, in which an arming switch is mounted behind a covering structure at a concealed location. A switch is normally attached to a position covering spaced conductors turning on the security circuit. A latching magnet is positioned over the concealed locations to pull the switching magnet off the conductors and disarm the security circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Inventor: Eugene Tompkins
  • Beeper controlled auto security system
    Patent number: 5600299
    Abstract: A beeper controlled auto security system in which a vehicle disabling device such as an ignition kill switch is selectively activated either by a hand held rf transmitter unit or a beeper paging system satellite transmission initiated by a telephone call which may be at a very remote location from the vehicle. A vehicle motion detector is also activated which turns on a monitor transmitter if the vehicle is thereafter moved, enabling detection by a portable monitor receiver carried by the vehicle owner or police vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Inventor: Eugene Tompkins
  • Nationwide airport luggage tracking system and method
    Patent number: 5576692
    Abstract: A system and method of tracking luggage pieces in any airport across a wide geographic area involves the attaching of a beeper paging unit to each luggage piece and causing any selected beeper units to beep wherever located in a geographic area served by a paging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Inventors: Eugene Tompkins, William Hayes
  • Beeper controlled auto security system
    Patent number: 5432495
    Abstract: A beeper controlled auto security system in which a vehicle disabling device such as an ignition kill switch is selectively activated either by a hand held rf transmitter unit or a beeper paging system satellite transmission initiated by a telephone call which may be at a very remote location from the vehicle. A vehicle motion detector is also activated which turns on a monitor transmitter if the vehicle is thereafter moved, enabling detection by a portable monitor receiver carried by the vehicle owner or police vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Inventor: Eugene Tompkins