Patents by Inventor Herm Schaap

Herm Schaap 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: 4930337
    Abstract: An autobody door latch alignment tool comprising a lever arrangement including:a strike pin engaging slot adapted to engage, and be rotatable about a strike pin mounted on a first door post of an autobody opposite a second door post arranged apart from and generally parallel to the first door post;a door latch engaging pin adapted to engage a door latch on a misaligned door that is hung by hinges from the second door post of the autobody, with the door latch engaging pin being arranged in mutually spaced apart relation from the strike pin engaging slot at respective points defining a chord along an arc subtended by an angle of the doors rotation about its hinges; and,a lever arm;with the door latch engaging pin and strike pin engaging slot being interconnected through a connection extending transversely to the chord, and being adapted to be secured in fixed relation with the lever arm, in which arrangement the strike pin engaging slot is operable to act as a fulcrum when securely engaged in rotatable relation
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Assignee: Levrite Inc.
    Inventor: Herm Schaap