Patents by Inventor James L. Chamberlin

James L. Chamberlin 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: 7014526
    Abstract: A computer-related stress relief device is configured to be mounted on a computer component. The device includes a support having a connector that is releasably engageable with the computer component and a punching bag-shaped contact element movably mounted on the support and spaced from the connector. The contact element can include a sound-producing device and/or display indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Inventor: James L. Chamberlin
  • Patent number: 4736988
    Abstract: A spring-action retention clip for use with the retaining ring of an automotive wheel cover, trim ring or the like. The clip includes a pair of snap-in tabs at its axially outer end for locking the clip into a pair of slots in a radially directed flange portion of the retaining ring. The clip is provided with a reverse-bent, bubble-like rounded portion at its inner end for resiliently engaging the safety bead depression in the radially facing flange of the vehicle wheel. The bubble end portion joins the body of the clip by way of an angular intermediate portion which permits deflection of the bubble portion as the wheel cover or trim ring is installed on the wheel until the bubble end snaps into the safety bead depression. The bottom portion of the bubble end portion includes a center leg which is directed radially inwardly then axially outwardly around the axially inward end of the flange portion of the retaining ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Chamberlin, James E. Browning, Frank L. Harris