Patents by Inventor Ivan L. Rieckenberg

Ivan L. Rieckenberg 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: 4404751
    Abstract: A hand tool for mounting an electrical box on a wall stud or other structural member comprises a jig of V-shaped construction that has a linear primary gauge surface at the upper end of a first leg for engaging the outer face of the stud, a secondary gauge surface in the base of the V for engaging the rim of an electrical box wall, one or more additional secondary gauge surfaces formed as steps on the second leg of the V, and a linear tertiary gauge surface at the top of the second leg for engaging the inner surface of the box; a finger grip mounted on the second leg of the jig enables a workman to hold the jig and box against a stud, with one hand, and to mount the box on the stud with its rim at any one of two or more predetermined distances from the stud surface, depending on the number of secondary gauge surfaces provided. A simplified embodiment having only one secondary gauge surface is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Inventor: Ivan L. Rieckenberg
  • Patent number: 4380840
    Abstract: A unitary molded plastic bottle cleaning device, particularly adapted to cleaning catsup bottles but also usable for jelly jars and other small bottles, comprises an elongated shaft having a thin, relatively flat primary scraper blade of generally triangular peripheral configuration mounted on and extending transversely of one end of the shaft at an angle of about 40.degree., the primary blade having a linear edge for scraping flat interior bottle surfaces and a rounded edge for scraping curved interior bottle surfaces and corners; a smaller transverse flat blade on the other end of the shaft is used to clean the neck of a bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1983
    Inventor: Ivan L. Rieckenberg