Patents by Inventor Frank J. Gleason

Frank J. Gleason 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: 8539925
    Abstract: A two-cycle engine starting device comprises a support structure having a tool securement attached to a base, e.g., a tripod. The tool securement has a holding plate and at least one locking arrangement that temporarily holds a tool to the support structure. A cylinder is secured to the support structure, having a cylinder rod that extends and retracts in a linear motion. An actuation control operates the cylinder. As such, a two-cycle engine is started by positioning the tool on the tool securement so as to be temporarily held by at least one locking arrangement, slipping the starter rope handle into a handle holding mount at the distal end of the cylinder rod, and by operating the actuation control, thus causing the cylinder to extend the handle holding mount in a linear motion that pulls the starter rope with sufficient force to apply a starting force to start the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventor: Frank J. Gleason
  • Publication number: 20110265753
    Abstract: A two-cycle engine starting device comprises a support structure having a tool securement attached to a base, e.g., a tripod. The tool securement has a holding plate and at least one locking arrangement that temporarily holds a tool to the support structure. A cylinder is secured to the support structure, having a cylinder rod that extends and retracts in a linear motion. An actuation control operates the cylinder. As such, a two-cycle engine is started by positioning the tool on the tool securement so as to be temporarily held by at least one locking arrangement, slipping the starter rope handle into a handle holding mount at the distal end of the cylinder rod, and by operating the actuation control, thus causing the cylinder to extend the handle holding mount in a linear motion that pulls the starter rope with sufficient force to apply a starting force to start the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventor: Frank J. Gleason