Patents by Inventor Forest L. Middleton

Forest L. Middleton 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: 5201139
    Abstract: A fish hook removal tool for disengaging a fish hook from the mouth and throat of a fish, formed of an elongated, stamped, J-shaped metal sheath including an elongated barrel portion having an outer end, and a curved handle portion integral with the barrel portion, and having a U-shaped cross section, an elongated spring wire retained in the sheath having a curved portion with a free configuration greater in arcuate extent than the sheath handle portion, but being restrained within the handle portion, the spring wire having an elongated linear portion extending the length of the barrel portion, a U-shaped end extending out the outer end of the barrel portion, and a trigger portion extending out of the barrel portion from the linear wire portion to the curved wire portion, the sheath having a stop on the barrel portion where the wire extends therefrom to limit the amount the U-shaped wire extension extends out of the barrel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Inventor: Forest L. Middleton
  • Patent number: 4770274
    Abstract: A saw horse bracket and resulting saw horse which may be easily assembled and disassembled solely through the use of a pair of the novel mounting brackets. The mounting brackets include a pair of identically-shaped bracket members which are fixedly joined together and include a susbstantially channel-shaped body which defines a cavity therein for receiving the legs of the saw horse, connecting flanges which extend forwardly from each bracket member and overlap with the connecting flanges of the other bracket member, a fastening arrangement which fixedly joins the overlapping connecting flanges, and a mounting flange which is received within openings in the cross beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Inventor: Forest L. Middleton
  • Patent number: 4348812
    Abstract: A gun barrel internal diameter indicator for checking a barrel bore includes an elongated, narrow holder defining a passage within which an elongated, flat bar is disposed. The bar includes a forward, inwardly tapered portion having lateral edges. A pair of blades are pivoted to the holder and include cam followers riding on the lateral edges of the tapered portion of the bar. Axial shifting of the bar spreads the blades apart. Suitable indicia on the bar provide a direct indication of the barrel internal diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Inventor: Forest L. Middleton
  • Patent number: D269306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Inventor: Forest L. Middleton