Patents by Inventor Forrest E. Strodtman

Forrest E. Strodtman 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: 6581419
    Abstract: A hasp and lock cover for installation on a camming handle of a cargo door of cargo carrying vehicles and shipping containers to substantially cover existing top and bottom hasp elements and the shackle of a lock device installed through the hasp elements. The cover is a unitary rigid box-like device having a contiguous front wall, laterally opposed side walls, a top end wall, an open back side, and an open bottom end defining an interior. Axially aligned apertures through each laterally opposed side wall are sized and shaped to slidably receive the camming handle of the cargo door. A recess in the top end wall is sized and shaped to allow pivotal movement therethrough of the top hasp element into and out of the cover interior. The open bottom end allows the lock device to be manually inserted upwardly therethrough into the interior and manipulated to secure the shackle through aligned apertures in the top and bottom hasp elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Inventor: Forrest E. Strodtman
  • Patent number: 5287255
    Abstract: A combination flashlight-baton has a head assembly connected at one end of a flashlight barrel which houses a substantially parabolic reflector, a planar lens, a lamp bulb receptacle, and a lamp bulb. A battery source of power is contained within the barrel and a switch on the barrel energizes the lamp bulb. A baton assembly carried in the tail end of the flashlight barrel has telescoping tubular members movable between a retracted position substantially within the barrel and an extended position extending outwardly therefrom. The innermost tubular telescoping member has a small mass at the distal end. With the baton retracted, the combination flashlight-baton can be carried, stored, and used as a conventional flashlight. To extend the baton, the user holds the flashlight by the handle with the tail end pointing away and sharply snap the wrist forward in a slinging action and the telescoping members are extended outwardly due to centrifugal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Inventor: Forrest E. Strodtman
  • Patent number: D311127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Inventor: Forrest E. Strodtman