Patents by Inventor James A. Keith

James A. Keith 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: 10508428
    Abstract: A drain clearing device includes an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The elongated shaft has a first set of barbs spaced apart along a length of the shaft on a first side of the shaft between the first and second ends and a second set of barbs spaced apart along the length of the shaft on a second side of the shaft between the first and second ends. The drain clearing device further includes a collecting member having a fixed end and a free end. The fixed end is coupled to the elongated shaft proximate the first end and the free end is movable relative to the fixed end from a collapsed position to an extended position, in which the elongated shaft is substantially surrounded by the collecting member. The collecting member is configured to contain debris from a drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: TTI (MACAO COMMERCIAL OFFSHORE) LIMITED
    Inventors: Halle Elliott, Parke Pleasants, Julia H. Moylan, James A. Keith
  • Patent number: 10179383
    Abstract: A power tool including a power base and a tool head. The power base includes a trigger and a motor such that the trigger actuatable to drive the motor. The tool head is driven by the motor, and includes a lockout mechanism that inhibits actuation of the trigger in a locked. The lockout mechanism is manually rotatable from the locked position to an unlocked position in which the trigger is actuatable to drive the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC POWER TOOLS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: James A. Keith, Ronald C. McCurry
  • Publication number: 20180313071
    Abstract: A drain clearing device includes an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The elongated shaft has a first set of barbs spaced apart along a length of the shaft on a first side of the shaft between the first and second ends and a second set of barbs spaced apart along the length of the shaft on a second side of the shaft between the first and second ends. The drain clearing device further includes a collecting member having a fixed end and a free end. The fixed end is coupled to the elongated shaft proximate the first end and the free end is movable relative to the fixed end from a collapsed position to an extended position, in which the elongated shaft is substantially surrounded by the collecting member. The collecting member is configured to contain debris from a drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Halle Elliott, Parke Pleasants, Julia Hershey, James A. Keith
  • Patent number: 10047508
    Abstract: A drain clearing device including an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end and a collecting member having a fixed end and a free end. The fixed end is coupled to the elongated shaft proximate the first end, and the free end is movable relative to the fixed end from a collapsed position to an extended position, in which the elongated shaft is substantially surrounded by the collecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TTI (MACAO COMMERICIAL OFFSHORE) LIMITED
    Inventors: Halle Elliott, Parke Pleasants, Julia Hershey, James A. Keith
  • Publication number: 20170037605
    Abstract: A drain clearing device including an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end and a collecting member having a fixed end and a free end. The fixed end is coupled to the elongated shaft proximate the first end, and the free end is movable relative to the fixed end from a collapsed position to an extended position, in which the elongated shaft is substantially surrounded by the collecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Halle Elliott, Parke Pleasants, Julia Hershey, James A. Keith
  • Publication number: 20150367471
    Abstract: A power tool including a power base and a tool head. The power base includes a trigger and a motor such that the trigger actuatable to drive the motor. The tool head is driven by the motor, and includes a lockout mechanism that inhibits actuation of the trigger in a locked. The lockout mechanism is manually rotatable from the locked position to an unlocked position in which the trigger is actuatable to drive the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: James A. Keith, Ronald C. McCurry
  • Patent number: 9186788
    Abstract: A power tool including a power base and a tool head. The power base includes a trigger and a motor such that the trigger actuatable to drive the motor. The tool head is driven by the motor, and includes a lockout mechanism that inhibits actuation of the trigger in a locked. The lockout mechanism is manually rotatable from the locked position to an unlocked position in which the trigger is actuatable to drive the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Techtronic Power Tools Technology Limited
    Inventors: James A. Keith, Ronald C. McCurry
  • Publication number: 20140131058
    Abstract: A power tool including a power base and a tool head. The power base includes a trigger and a motor such that the trigger actuatable to drive the motor. The tool head is driven by the motor, and includes a lockout mechanism that inhibits actuation of the trigger in a locked. The lockout mechanism is manually rotatable from the locked position to an unlocked position in which the trigger is actuatable to drive the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: TECHTRONIC POWER TOOLS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: James A. Keith, Ronald C. McCurry
  • Publication number: 20080203259
    Abstract: A bracket includes a body with a first clamp and a second clamp. The first clamp is pivotably mounted and operatively engaged with a first lever that is pivotable between a release position and a locking position. A second lever is operatively engaged with the first lever to prevent the first lever from pivoting from a locking position to a release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Ryan Harrison, Robert E. McCracken, James A. Keith
  • Publication number: 20080203704
    Abstract: A foldable stand for holding a power tool is provided. The stand includes a platform and a first leg rotatably mounted to the platform. A bracket is mounted to the platform and includes a first hook engageable with a first portion of the first leg to maintain the first leg in a first position, and a second hook engageable with a second portion of the first leg to maintain the first leg in a different second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Robert E. McCracken, Ryan Harrison, Adam Radzinski, Thomas D. Evatt, James A. Keith
  • Publication number: 20080156923
    Abstract: A rotatable spool includes a frame with a central rod and a hollow cylinder that is rotatable about the central rod. The cylinder includes an inscribed helical thread that is formed along the length of the cylinder and a central axis parallel with the central rod. The operator is disposed around a portion of the cylinder and includes a projection engaged with the helical thread such that linear movement of the operator causes the cylinder to rotate about its central axis. A reel is rotatably mounted on the frame and a clutch selectively couples the cylinder and the reel when the operator is depressed toward the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Wade F. Burch, James A. Keith, Max J. Younger
  • Patent number: 4012850
    Abstract: A simulator of a radiographic camera providing signals representing the magnitude of radiant energy incident upon the camera and the location of the radiant energy relative to the camera. The simulator is composed of electrical circuits which simulate the repetition frequency as a function of the amplitude of radioactive events and provide a series of amplitude modulated pulses having a distribution of amplitudes according to the frequency of occurrence of the amplitudes. A circuit providing randomly occurring values of location coordinates produces X and Y location signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1977
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: James A. Keith