Patents by Inventor Glenn Summerfield

Glenn Summerfield 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: 7673770
    Abstract: A sleeve for enhancing a user's grasp of the handles and handholds of various tools and implements comprising: an elongated flexible hollow cylindrical sleeve having a first end, second end, interior wall surface, and exterior wall surface; and a lengthwise, non-radial slit from said first end to said second end, penetrating through said exterior wall surface to said interior wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Inventor: Glenn Summerfield
  • Publication number: 20090022564
    Abstract: An anchor for a screw fastener for hollow walls and doors and solid walls and doors, the anchor of two-piece construction having a nose piece with conical end portion and a cooperative lock nut which is drawn over the conical end portion of the nose piece upon influence of rotation of the screw causing the lock nut fingers to flare out and engage the interior surface of a hollow wall or the circumferential surface of a bore in a solid wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Glenn Summerfield
  • Publication number: 20080308560
    Abstract: A transport assembly for hand tools and small hardware items, including a bucket having a side wall, a plurality of partition dividers, each partition divider having an end wall angled cooperable with the angle of the side wall of the bucket, the lower longitudinal edge of each partition divider having a length equal to the inner diameter of the bucket at its lowest point, and also having rounded lower corners, each of the partition dividers having a plurality of partial vertical slits formed therein and aligned with parallel ridges on each side of the partition, the ridges spaced apart the width of the slit, thereby permitting the partition dividers to slidably interlock with each other to form a honeycomb arrangement defining a plurality of segmented cavities within the bucket for the storage, transport and retrieval of hand tools and small hardware items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventor: Glenn Summerfield
  • Publication number: 20080289148
    Abstract: The present invention is a gripping sleeve for enhancing a user's grasp of the handles and handholds of various tools and implements comprising: an elongated flexible hollow cylindrical sleeve having a first end, second end, interior wall surface, and exterior wall surface; and a lengthwise, non-radial slit from said first end to said second end, penetrating through said exterior wall surface to said interior wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: Glenn Summerfield
  • Publication number: 20060102638
    Abstract: A novel gripping sleeve and method of using for enhancing a user's grasp of the handles and handholds of various tools and implements is disclosed. The gripping sleeve is comprised of an elongated flexible hollow cylindrical sleeve with a lengthwise slit, which allows the gripping sleeve to be wrapped around a range of variously sized handles and handholds. The method of gripping handles and handholds of various tools and implements is comprised of the steps of, first, separating the gripping sleeve along its lengthwise slit, second, sliding the handle or handhold of the tool or implement through the gripping sleeve's lengthwise slit, and, finally, utilizing the gripping sleeve to grip the tool or implement more securely and comfortably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventor: Glenn Summerfield