Patents by Inventor Howard R. S. Cooke

Howard R. S. Cooke 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: 4428608
    Abstract: A toggle fastener comprises first and second parts in which the first is a keeper having a cavity. The second part has a bolt slidable therein having a nose adapted to be received in said cavity, and also having hinged thereto a lever on which is pivoted a hasp. The nose of the bolt is adapted to protrude through an opening in the keeper. A cam surface on the nose of the bolt is inclined to the axis of the bolt, and a cam surface on the keeper adjacent to said opening and is opposed to and is inclined oppositely to the cam surface on the nose of the bolt. Said hasp is engageable with both of said cam surfaces in order to cam the keeper and the bolt in opposite directions to prevent rattling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Inventors: Robert S. Cooke, Howard R. S. Cooke