Patents by Inventor James L. Welch

James L. Welch 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: 7975856
    Abstract: An accessory tray for a pressure washer. The accessory tray of some embodiments has an accessory supporting portion for supporting and/or storing accessories of the pressure washer. The accessory supporting portion has a concave surface, which allows the accessories to be supported substantially normal to the ground regardless of the relative angle between the accessory tray and the ground. Some embodiments also have a flexible cantilevered member positioned above a portion of the accessory tray to trap an accessory against the accessory tray. Some embodiments can have a hose hook that supports and stores a hose of the pressure washer. The hose hook has a concave shape to allow the hose to be supported substantially normal to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Gilpatrick, Daniel D. Monty, James L. Welch
  • Patent number: 7896174
    Abstract: An accessory tray for a pressure washer. The accessory tray of some embodiments has an accessory supporting portion for supporting and/or storing accessories of the pressure washer. The accessory supporting portion has a concave surface, which allows the accessories to be supported substantially normal to the ground regardless of the relative angle between the accessory tray and the ground. Some embodiments also have a flexible cantilevered member positioned above a portion of the accessory tray to trap an accessory against the accessory tray. Some embodiments can have a hose hook that supports and stores a hose of the pressure washer. The hose hook has a concave shape to allow the hose to be supported substantially normal to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Briggs and Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Gilpatrick, Daniel D. Monty, James L. Welch
  • Publication number: 20090255884
    Abstract: An accessory tray for a pressure washer. The accessory tray of some embodiments has an accessory supporting portion for supporting and/or storing accessories of the pressure washer. The accessory supporting portion has a concave surface, which allows the accessories to be supported substantially normal to the ground regardless of the relative angle between the accessory tray and the ground. Some embodiments also have a flexible cantilevered member positioned above a portion of the accessory tray to trap an accessory against the accessory tray. Some embodiments can have a hose hook that supports and stores a hose of the pressure washer. The hose hook has a concave shape to allow the hose to be supported substantially normal to the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Richard J. Gilpatrick, Daniel D. Monty, James L. Welch
  • Publication number: 20090236300
    Abstract: An accessory tray for a pressure washer. The accessory tray of some embodiments has an accessory supporting portion for supporting and/or storing accessories of the pressure washer. The accessory supporting portion has a concave surface, which allows the accessories to be supported substantially normal to the ground regardless of the relative angle between the accessory tray and the ground. Some embodiments also have a flexible cantilevered member positioned above a portion of the accessory tray to trap an accessory against the accessory tray. Some embodiments can have a hose hook that supports and stores a hose of the pressure washer. The hose hook has a concave shape to allow the hose to be supported substantially normal to the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Richard J. Gilpatrick, Daniel D. Monty, James L. Welch
  • Patent number: 7562780
    Abstract: An accessory tray for a pressure washer. The accessory tray of some embodiments has an accessory supporting portion for supporting and/or storing accessories of the pressure washer. The accessory supporting portion has a concave surface, which allows the accessories to be supported substantially normal to the ground regardless of the relative angle between the accessory tray and the ground. Some embodiments also have a flexible cantilevered member positioned above a portion of the accessory tray to trap an accessory against the accessory tray. Some embodiments can have a hose hook that supports and stores a hose of the pressure washer. The hose hook has a concave shape to allow the hose to be supported substantially normal to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Briggs and Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Gilpatrick, Daniel D. Monty, James L. Welch
  • Patent number: 7225651
    Abstract: The invention provides a pick-resistant locking mechanism with wafer tumblers, sidebars and an interchangeable cylinder that allows re-keying of the lock. The sidebars have projections with beveled sides that engage with cavities in the lock shell when rotational torque is applied to the lock in the absence of the correct key. A sidebar of the lock contacts two, nonadjacent wafer tumblers. The wafer tumblers have indentations that engage cavities in the lock shell when rotational torque is applied during picking of the lock. Tolerance between sidebars and the lock shell is less than the tolerance between tumblers and the lock shell. The tumbler springs are not accessible from the keyway of the lock and are more powerful than the sidebar springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Billy B. Edwards, James L. Welch
  • Patent number: 6978647
    Abstract: The invention provides a pick-resistant locking mechanism with wafer tumblers, sidebars and an interchangeable cylinder that allows re-keying of the lock. The sidebars have projections with beveled sides that engage with cavities in the lock shell when rotational torque is applied to the lock in the absence of the correct key. A sidebar of the lock contacts two, nonadjacent wafer tumblers. The wafer tumblers have indentations that engage cavities in the lock shell when rotational torque is applied during picking of the lock. Tolerance between sidebars and the lock shell is less than the tolerance between tumblers and the lock shell. The tumbler springs are not accessible from the keyway of the lock and are more powerful than the sidebar springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Master Lock Company
    Inventors: Billy B. Edwards, Jr., James L. Welch
  • Publication number: 20040159136
    Abstract: The invention provides a pick-resistant locking mechanism with wafer tumblers, sidebars and an interchangeable cylinder that allows re-keying of the lock. The sidebars have projections with beveled sides that engage with cavities in the lock shell when rotational torque is applied to the lock in the absence of the correct key. A sidebar of the lock contacts two, nonadjacent wafer tumblers. The wafer tumblers have indentations that engage cavities in the lock shell when rotational torque is applied during picking of the lock. Tolerance between sidebars and the lock shell is less than the tolerance between tumblers and the lock shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: MASTER LOCK COMPANY
    Inventors: Billy B. Edwards, James L. Welch
  • Publication number: 20030037582
    Abstract: The invention provides a pick-resistant locking mechanism with wafer tumblers, sidebars and an interchangeable cylinder that allows re-keying of the lock. The sidebars have projections with beveled sides that engage with cavities in the lock shell when rotational torque is applied to the lock in the absence of the correct key. A sidebar of the lock contacts two, nonadjacent wafer tumblers. The wafer tumblers have indentations that engage cavities in the lock shell when rotational torque is applied during picking of the lock. Tolerance between sidebars and the lock shell is less than the tolerance between tumblers and the lock shell. The tumbler springs are not accessible from the keyway of the lock and are more powerful than the sidebar springs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Billy B. Edwards, James L. Welch
  • Patent number: 6434981
    Abstract: A combination lock having a housing, a shackle, a dial, a pushbutton, and a lock assembly. The lock assembly is made of a group of rotating disks having windows that can be aligned to open the lock. When the dial is turned according to the combination of the lock, the windows become aligned so that the user can depress the pushbutton to release the shackle. The pushbutton travels in a direction that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the dial. When the shackle is locked again, the pushbutton returns to its original position. As the pushbutton travels back to its original position, portions of the lock assembly are turned so that the combination must be reentered in order to reopen the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Master Lock Company
    Inventors: Steven A. Fantl, James L. Welch, Jesse A. Marcelle, John W. Grosz, Edward A. Raleigh
  • Publication number: 20020000110
    Abstract: A combination lock having a housing, a shackle, a dial, a pushbutton, and a lock assembly. The lock assembly is made of a group of rotating disks having windows that can be aligned to open the lock. When the dial is turned according to the combination of the lock, the windows become aligned so that the user can depress the pushbutton to release the shackle. The pushbutton travels in a direction that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the dial. When the shackle is locked again, the pushbutton returns to its original position. As the pushbutton travels back to its original position, portions of the lock assembly are turned so that the combination must be reentered in order to reopen the lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Steven A. Fantl, James L. Welch, Jesse A. Marcelle, John W. Grosz, Edward A. Raleigh
  • Patent number: 5316265
    Abstract: A scaffold mounted hoist (20) is provided which mounts with an adapter (30) on a pin (91) extended upward from the scaffold. An electric motor driven transmission (42) causes a standard (40) to rotate relative to the adapter. A cable from an electric winch (50) on the standard is reeved through a pulley (48) on a boom (44) extending from the standard. The transmission and winch motors respond to receivers (56) in the hoist. Thus a load (28) attached to the cable can be lifted, lowered and swung circumferentially through commands from a hand held transmitter (24). An electric eye system (64) stops the load adjacent the boom. Timers (252, 253) stop the load when it nears, respectively, the ground and the scaffold floor (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Inventors: James L. Welch, Stephen R. Miller
  • Patent number: D546509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Briggs and Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Gilpatrick, Daniel D. Monty, James L. Welch