Patents by Inventor Frederick James Diggle

Frederick James Diggle 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: 7117955
    Abstract: The driver cap assembly of this invention includes a tubular body and a driver sleeve that may be positioned over and/or about an end of a shafted body. A force is applied to the driver cap such that the other end of the shafted body is driven into a surface. The driver cap facilitates a variety of shaft sizes and shapes. Alternate embodiments of this invention disclose a driver cap assembly that includes a tubular body and an H-shaped sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Brent Rivers, Frederick James Diggle
  • Patent number: 6981571
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods of use for a climber catcher safety device having the ability to securely engage the pole so that the safety device can hold or otherwise support a body belt attached to the fallen technician. In various embodiments, the safety device includes a flexible, elongated body comprising a first end and a second end, positioning mechanism attached at the first end, and engagement mechanism attached at the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Inventor: Frederick James Diggle
  • Patent number: 6969130
    Abstract: An electronic device enclosure is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the enclosure includes a housing and at least one door pivotally connected to the housing, wherein the door is pivotally moveable between a closed position and an open position about a first pivot axis. The enclosure also includes at least one shield connected to the housing, wherein the shield is pivotally moveable between a closed position and an open position about a second pivot axis, and wherein the shield is adapted to protect the enclosure from adverse environmental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Newton, Jr., Frederick James Diggle, Paul Brent Rivers
  • Patent number: 6902032
    Abstract: This invention provides apparatus and methods of use for a technician catcher safety device having the means to securely engage the pole so that the safety device can hold or otherwise support a safety strap attached to the fallen technician. In various embodiments, the safety device includes a pair of main lever arms interconnected by a central connecting portion. The ends of the main lever arms include elbows that merge into upwardly extending arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick James Diggle, Edward Alvin Brazier
  • Patent number: 6877702
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide a tool support assembly that is capable of being attached to a telecommunications or an electrical cabinet (e.g., mounted to an inside door or an inside wall). This invention provides for a telecommunications cabinet having the means to hold or otherwise support a variety of tools including flashlights, umbrellas, test sets, screwdrivers, wrenches, and other hand tools, and thereby increases access to the hardware and equipment housed within the cabinet, increases the environmental protection of the cabinet and of the hardware and equipment contained within the cabinet, and increases access to the surrounding work area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick James Diggle, Paul Brent Rivers
  • Publication number: 20040262081
    Abstract: This invention provides apparatus and methods of use for a technician catcher safety device having the means to securely engage the pole so that the safety device can hold or otherwise support a safety strap attached to the fallen technician. In various embodiments, the safety device includes a pair of main lever arms interconnected by a central connecting portion. The ends of the main lever arms include elbows that merge into upwardly extending arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Frederick James Diggle, Edward Alvin Brazier
  • Publication number: 20040227437
    Abstract: An electronic device enclosure is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the enclosure includes a housing and at least one door pivotally connected to the housing, wherein the door is pivotally moveable between a closed position and an open position about a first pivot axis. The enclosure also includes at least one shield connected to the housing, wherein the shield is pivotally moveable between a closed position and an open position about a second pivot axis, and wherein the shield is adapted to protect the enclosure from adverse environmental conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Newton, Frederick James Diggle, Paul Brent Rivers
  • Publication number: 20040222004
    Abstract: An enclosure having a housing defining an access opening. The housing defines an external portion and an interior portion and includes a first door pivotally connected to the housing via a first hinge. The first door is pivotally moveable between a closed position and an open position about a first pivot axis defined by the first hinge. The housing further includes a shield connected to the housing via a second hinge. The shield is pivotally moveable between a closed position and an open position about a second pivot axis defined by the second hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Paul Brent Rivers, Frederick James Diggle, Jeffrey D. Witter
  • Publication number: 20040223592
    Abstract: A telephone test set including a telephone tester portion and a volt-ohm meter portion attached to the telephone tester portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Frederick James Diggle, Paul Brent Rivers
  • Patent number: 6806422
    Abstract: An enclosure having a housing defining an access opening. The housing defines an external portion and an interior portion and includes a first door pivotally connected to the housing via a first hinge. The first door is pivotally moveable between a closed position and an open position about a first pivot axis defined by the first hinge. The housing further includes a shield connected to the housing via a second hinge. The shield is pivotally moveable between a closed position and an open position about a second pivot axis defined by the second hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Brent Rivers, Frederick James Diggle, Jeffrey D. Witter
  • Publication number: 20040060584
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide an umbrella holder bracket that is capable of being side-mounted to a telecommunications cabinet or to an electrical cabinet. The bracket of the telecommunications cabinet provides the means to position an umbrella for increased environmental protection of the cabinet, the hardware and equipment contained within the cabinet, and increased access of the surrounding work area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Frederick James Diggle, Paul Brent Rivers
  • Publication number: 20040060585
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide an umbrella holder that is securable to a telecommunications cabinet or to an electrical cabinet. The umbrella holder provides greater environmental protection of the cabinet and of the hardware and equipment contained within the cabinet and increases access to the work area surrounding the cabinet. The umbrella holder can engage a top portion of an open cabinet door for support to position the umbrella, or, alternatively, it can wedge under a top edge of the cabinet to frictionally retain the umbrella in position when an umbrella pole is secured in the umbrella holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Paul Brent Rivers, Frederick James Diggle
  • Patent number: 6708703
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide an umbrella holder that is securable to a telecommunications cabinet or to an electrical cabinet. The umbrella holder provides greater environmental protection of the cabinet and of the hardware and equipment contained within the cabinet and increases access to the work area surrounding the cabinet. The umbrella holder can engage a top portion of an open cabinet door for support to position the umbrella, or, alternatively, it can wedge under a top edge of the cabinet to frictionally retain the umbrella in position when an umbrella pole is secured in the umbrella holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Inventors: Paul Brent Rivers, Frederick James Diggle