Patents by Inventor James Edwin Barlow

James Edwin Barlow 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: 20160375576
    Abstract: A hand tool and retainer apparatus includes a hand tool and a retainer. The retainer retains the handles in a storage position. The retainer is manually fitted to a proximal end of the hand tool when a user retains the hand tool in a storage position. The retainer limits pivotal movement of the handles. A latch member of the retainer secures the retainer to the hand tool. When the hand tool is retained in the storage position, a button portion of the latch member is located such that manual depression of the button portion allows the retainer to be manually separated from the hand tool from a proximal end of the hand tool. Separation of the retainer from the hand tool allows the handles of the hand tool to pivot away from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: James Edwin Barlow
  • Publication number: 20160303731
    Abstract: A hand tool and retainer apparatus, in which a retainer holds a pair of handles of the hand tool in a storage position. The retainer is manually fitted to the hand tool when a user places the hand tool in a storage position. At least one of the handles includes a latch member for securing the retainer to the hand tool. The latch member includes a button portion, which is exposed through an opening in the retainer when the hand tool is retained in the storage position by the retainer. Manual depression of the button portion by the user in an inward direction of the hand tool allows the hand tool to be manually separated from the retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: James Edwin Barlow
  • Publication number: 20160158931
    Abstract: A hand tool and retainer apparatus includes a hand tool and a retainer. The retainer retains the handles in a storage position. The retainer is manually fitted to a proximal end of the hand tool when a user retains the hand tool in a storage position. The retainer limits pivotal movement of the handles. A latch member of the retainer secures the retainer to the hand tool. When the hand tool is retained in the storage position, a button portion of the latch member is located such that manual depression of the button portion allows the retainer to be manually separated from the hand tool from a proximal end of the hand tool. Separation of the retainer from the hand tool allows the handles of the hand tool to pivot away from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: James Edwin Barlow
  • Patent number: 5882105
    Abstract: A visual display lighting system of a series of individual lighting modules. Each of the lighting modules having a printed circuit board containing drive circuitry and a plurality of light sources. Each module having a lighting panel which includes a reflector unit for each light source and a covering lens. A pair of retainer strips lock to the opposing ends of the lighting panel to hold the module in the display lighting system. The retainer strips quickly release from the opposing ends when the module is removed from the front of the visual display lighting system. In each module, the lighting panel has retainer clips for locking to the printed circuit board. When locked in place the board holds the plurality of light sources into the lighting panel for illumination of the sign. The printed circuit board can be quickly released from the lighting panel so that the board with the light sources can be removed from the rear of the visual display lighting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Mikohn Gaming Corporation
    Inventor: James Edwin Barlow