Patents by Inventor James F. Cheatham

James F. 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).

  • Security devices for wheels
    Patent number: 8733141
    Abstract: A security device attaches to and secures a wheel of vehicle. The security device has a pair of arms for releasably engaging with a wheel and a locking assembly attached to or disposed between the arms. The locking assembly may include a static portion disposed on one of the arms and an actuatable portion disposed on the other arm. The actuatable portion is receivable within the static portion. The static portion may include one or more rack plates each having a plurality of tabs, with the rack plates being disposed in an opposite and spaced relationship, such that the actuatable portion is receivable therebetween. The actuatable portion may include a rotatable cam having a pair of oppositely disposed arms. The actuatable portion is positionable in a secured position in which the arms are respectively engaged with tabs of the rack plates, and an opened position in which the arms are disengaged from the rack plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: James F. Cheatham
  • Security devices for wheels
    Publication number: 20110083481
    Abstract: A security device attaches to and secures a wheel of vehicle. The security device has a pair of arms for releasably engaging with a wheel and a locking assembly attached to or disposed between the arms. The locking assembly may include a static portion disposed on one of the arms and an actuatable portion disposed on the other arm. The actuatable portion is receivable within the static portion. The static portion may include one or more rack plates each having a plurality of tabs, with the rack plates being disposed in an opposite and spaced relationship, such that the actuatable portion is receivable therebetween. The actuatable portion may include a rotatable cam having a pair of oppositely disposed arms. The actuatable portion is positionable in a secured position in which the arms are respectively engaged with tabs of the rack plates, and an opened position in which the arms are disengaged from the rack plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventor: James F. Cheatham
  • Electrical box mounting brackets
    Patent number: 7036782
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Team Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Cheatham, Fred Milne
  • In-line skate having one piece chassis and wheel spacers
    Patent number: 6042124
    Abstract: A skate chassis formed from one piece of metal by a stamping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Inventors: James F. Cheatham, Fred Milne, Orval L. Englebrecht