Patents by Inventor James Cheatham

James Cheatham 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).

  • Publication number: 20050176278
    Abstract: Electrical box mounting bracket for use in mounting electrical connection boxes between structural members in walls, floors or ceilings, such as, for example, between wall studs, ceiling joists or floor joists, separated by predetermined distances, such as 16 inches, 24 inches, or other distances, having mounting screw hole locations and orientations designed to permit mounting of standard 4 inch and 4 11/16 inch electrical connection boxes to the bracket at any location between the two ends of the bracket and which provides for closure of the gap or additional unused opening area which typically exists between the box cover and the two sidewall edges of the connection box that span the width of the bracket frame. The sides of the bracket may be of fixed length or have a sliding relationship so that the length of the bracket from end to end may be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: James Cheatham, Fred Milne
  • Publication number: 20050001123
    Abstract: Electrical box mounting brackets for use in mounting electrical brackets between structural members in walls, floors or ceilings, such as, for example, between wall studs, ceiling joists or floor joists, and including brackets made of component sections that are fastened together in fixed relationship to each other, as well as brackets made of component parts in which the length sections are made to be in sliding relationship to each other, to provide an adjustable bracket that may be used between structural members separated by predetermined distances, such as 16 inches, 24 inches, or other distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: James Cheatham, Fred Milne
  • Patent number: 5484050
    Abstract: A catalog stacker and loader having a conveyor, a cage assembly associated with the conveyor, and a loader for unloading catalogs from the cage assembly and loading them into shipping containers. The cage assembly has a first cage and a second cage, each of which is movable between a loading position adjacent the conveyor and an unloading position adjacent the loader. Each cage is dimensioned to receive two stacks of catalogs and comprises means for holding the two stacks in a first relative orientation when the cage is in a first position and for holding the two stacks in a second relative orientation when the cage is in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventor: James Cheatham