Patents by Inventor Gerald I. Zekowski

Gerald I. Zekowski 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).

  • Electrical fixture installation assist means
    Patent number: 5844167
    Abstract: A threaded attachment rod for use in assisting the installation of an electrical fixture to a structurally mounted electrical junction box. The attachment rod has opposite threaded end portions, one end threadably engagable with the junction box and an opposite end portion. The attachment rod has a fastener engaged with the opposite end thereof and a notch formed at a predetermined location between the ends thereof. The fastener is adapted to support the fixture temporarily at a distance from the junction box sufficient to provide access sufficient to complete an electrical connection between the wires from the junction box and from the electrical device carried by the fixture. An upset portion is formed in a threaded length of the attachment rod above the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Inventor: Gerald I. Zekowski
  • Electrical fixture installation assist method
    Patent number: 5434356
    Abstract: A method for assisting installation of an electrical fixture to a mounted electrical junction box. The electrical fixture carries an electrical device having electrical wires to be coupled to electrical lead wires extending from the junction box. The junction box has tabs carrying threaded attachment holes. The fixture has openings alignable with the attachment holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Inventor: Gerald I. Zekowski
  • Electrical fixture installation assist method and means
    Patent number: 5387066
    Abstract: A method for assisting in the installation of an electrical fixture and an electrical fixture installation assist device formed as an attachment bolt formed as an elongate rod member capable of engagement with the attachment tab of a junction box, a weakened portion provided along the length of the elongate rod at a selected location, at least one end of the rod capable of passing through suitable openings in the fixture, a fastener carried by the end of the rod which extends through the openings in the fixture, the fastener capable of temporarily supporting the fixture adequately spaced from the junction box to facilitate completion of the electrical connection between the junction box and the electrical device carried by the fixture, the fixture capable of being raised along the elongate rod to a level above the weakened portion, the rod capable of being severed at the weakened portion upon the fixture reaching the level and the fastener adapted to be engaged with the remainent portion of the rod member for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Inventor: Gerald I. Zekowski