Patents by Inventor Fred Wright

Fred Wright 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).

  • Publication number: 20080197664
    Abstract: A cover system for a trailer of a freight transport vehicle having a cargo space, the cover system having a pair of track brackets, tracks, generally U-shaped bow portions mounted to the trucks so that there is displacement of the bow portions as each member of the pair of trucks is displaced along the length of the members of the track and a flexible canopy supported by the bow members for covering or uncovering the cargo space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Graeme W. Lowry, Claudiu O. Beloiu, Terry B. Coomber, Fred Wright
  • Patent number: 4688796
    Abstract: An aiming system for billiards and like games wherein a cue is provided with a switch-actuateable generator for causing a narrow collimated beam of light to emerge from the playing tip along the longitudinal axis of the cue. In the preferred embodiment, a laser generator is positioned within the handle portion of the cue and the light therefrom moves through a longitudinal bore along the length of the cue to emerge from an apertured standard playing tip. A billiard table is also disclosed containing a set of reflector elements mounted vertically within the overhang of the edge cushions of the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Inventor: Fred Wright
  • Patent number: 4400022
    Abstract: An end connector including a threaded nipple end that cooperates with a spring and swage sleeve to secure the end connector to a convoluted plastic tube. The swage sleeve fits over the spring in the convolutions of the plastic tube in order to secure the plastic tube to the nipple by the spring forcing the tube into the threads of the nipple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1983
    Assignee: Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred Wright