Patents by Inventor JAMES D. SHUTE

JAMES D. SHUTE 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING THE RAIL OF A SPLIT RAIL FENCE
    Publication number: 20120255259
    Abstract: An apparatus for repairing the rail of a split-rail fence having a broken tapered end portion. The apparatus has elongate, hollow sleeve with a base portion and a tapered end portion. The base portion and end portion have a shape that compliments the shape of the central base portion and tapered end portion of the rail, respectively, and have interior cross-sectional dimensions that are larger than the exterior cross-sectional dimensions of the central base portion and tapered end portion of the rail, respectively. The sleeve can slide over and encase the tapered end and at least a portion of the central base portion of the rail. The apparatus preferably includes means for fastening the base portion of the sleeve to the base portion of the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventor: JAMES D. SHUTE