Patents by Inventor Gregory W. Ralph

Gregory W. Ralph 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).

  • Nail removal tool
    Patent number: 9604353
    Abstract: A nail removal tool in the form of an adapter for attachment to the drive socket of a rotary driver such as a rotary pneumatic impact driver. The adapter includes a drive shaft engagable with the chuck of the pneumatic driver, a cylindrical bit with a slot for receiving the body of a nail and a ramp for engaging under the head and lifting it to dislodge the nail from its embedded location. Slop between the drive blade and the slot in the cylindrical bit serves as a flexible connection to provide proper presentation of cylindrical bit allowing wedging of the adapter beneath the head of a nail which is reluctant to be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventor: Gregory W. Ralph
  • Nail removal tool
    Patent number: 8341818
    Abstract: A nail removal tool in the form of an adapter for attachment to the drive socket of a rotary driver such as a rotary pneumatic impact driver. The adapter includes a drive shaft engagable with the chuck of the pneumatic driver, a cylindrical foot with a slot for receiving the body of a nail and a ramp for engaging under the head and lifting it to dislodge the nail from its embedded location. A coil spring serves as a flexible connection to provide proper presentation of cylindrical bit allowing wedging of the adapter beneath the head of a nail which is reluctant to be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventor: Gregory W. Ralph