Patents by Inventor Herbert Anker

Herbert Anker 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: 6005189
    Abstract: An interchangeable wallplate assembly made up of two or more interchangeable panels which can be locked together to cover electrical devices mounted in two or more ganged gem boxes. The panels can be blank or have apertures to permit portions of the electrical devices to extend therethrough for front access. If an electrical device is changed or another is added or removed the assembly can be altered to match the new electrical device configuration. End panels each have a pawl and a loop spaced along one wall while central panels have pawls and loops spaced along both walls. Thus, end panels can be joined to themselves or to a central panel which can also be mounted to similar central panels to allow the assembly to be increased to cover any ganged gem box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Herbert Anker
  • Patent number: 5696350
    Abstract: An interchangeable wallplate assembly made up of two or more interchangeable panels which can be locked together to cover electrical devices mounted in two or more ganged gem boxes. The panels can be blank or have apertures to permit portions of the electrical devices to extend therethrough for front access. If an electrical device is changed or another is added or removed the assembly can be altered to match the new electrical device configuration. End panels each have a pawl and a loop spaced along one wall while central panels have pawls and loops spaced along both walls. Thus, end panels can be joined to themselves or to a central panel which can also be mounted to similar central panels to allow the assembly to be increased to cover any ganged gem box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Herbert Anker
  • Patent number: 4641905
    Abstract: A clamping system for holding an electrical cord to the wall plate of an electrical appliance. The wall plate forms a circular hole in which an externally threaded body having a cord passage is mounted. A flange of the body is positioned against the inner surface of the wall plate. A pair of flexibly movable arm members having opposed teeth extends in an axial direction from the outer end of the body outside the wall plate. A nut member is threaded onto the body so as to draw the flange and the nut member together with the wall plate between them. The nut member presses the teeth of the arm member together into gripping relationship with the cord. The body can be split into semicircular bodies for easy positioning of the cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Poliak, Herbert Anker