Patents by Inventor James L. Sloan

James L. Sloan 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: 5137270
    Abstract: A modular customer installable bypass paper transport that allows printed output from a printer to bypass an output tray of the printer and pass directly into a separate finisher includes a cover assembly and two locating springs that are essential for proper location of idler which are part of the cover and drive rollers during re-engagement of the idler and drive rollers after a jam has been cleared. The two wire form springs are attached to the cover and a cover support member and are stressed from a home position when the cover is slid to a remote position for jam clearing. As the cover is slid back to its home position, the springs pull the cover and idler rollers into proper alignment with mating drive rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Sloan, Patrick T. Pendell
  • Patent number: 4126331
    Abstract: A stroller for children movable between a compact folded position and an erect position for receiving and supporting a child. The stroller comprises a handle portion, a front wheel support portion and a rear wheel support portion. The handle portion has a handle at one end, and the front wheel support portion has front wheels rotatably supported at one end. The opposite end of each of the handle and front wheel support portions comprise a pair of spaced apart elongated handle and front members respectively which are hingeably connected together. The rear wheel support portion has rear wheels rotatably supported at one end and a slide member hingeably connected to each of a pair of spaced apart elongated rear members at its opposite end. Each slide member is further slideably mounted on a handle member of the handle portion and movable thereon from a retracted position to an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1978
    Assignee: Cross River Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Sloan, Greg W. Meeker
  • Patent number: 4107817
    Abstract: An improved swivel assembly for a shopping cart, stroller or the like. The swivel assembly comprises a yoke having a vertically extending opening therethrough into which an end of a cart leg or the like is journaled for rotation of the swivel assembly around the leg. The yoke further has a horizontal opening laterally spaced from the vertical opening for supporting a shaft on which one or more wheels are mounted for rotation. A collar is rigidly secured to the shaft for preventing disengagement of the cart leg from the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1978
    Assignee: Cross River Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Sloan, Greg W. Meeker