Patents by Inventor James Thomas Hafendorfer

James Thomas Hafendorfer 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: 20230278525
    Abstract: A wheel locking device comprising a number of interlocking components that are adapted to receive a wheel (or a wheeled apparatus), and said components can be adjusted to accommodate a variety of wheels of different diameters. The wheel locking device further comprises a rotatable and adjustable bar that is utilized to secure the wheel in place. In further embodiments, the device comprises a lock receiving bore which is adapted to receive a lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Jungle Jim's Accessory Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kris Hardin, James Thomas Hafendorfer
  • Publication number: 20230129518
    Abstract: A lifting device having an axle and a pair of wheels attached to the axle, a support element secured to the axle, a vertical element secured to the axle at an angle relative to the support element, and a handle secured to the distal end of the vertical element. In some embodiments, a safety arm is rotatably connected to the support element and the safety arm is moved from a closed position to an extended position, and vice versa, by simply rotating a handle grip which actuates a lever thereby moving a release pin from an engaged position to a dis-engaged position. The release pin secures the safety arm in the closed and extended positions. In further embodiments, a tooth is rotatably connected to the distal end of the support element and the tooth is biased inwards towards the lifting device by at least one spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Jungle Jim's Accessory Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kris Hardin, James Thomas Hafendorfer
  • Patent number: 7644846
    Abstract: Apparatus for restricting movement of a lawn implement shaft, for use in a lawn implement support system in cooperation with a vertically upstanding support member for horizontal support of shafted lawn implements during storage or transportation thereof including a support post for supporting a first end of a shafted lawn implement in conjunction with the vertically upstanding support member for supporting a second end of the shafted lawn implement. Further the apparatus includes a shaft support hook mounted to the support post, and projecting outwardly therefrom for a predetermined distance, the support hook being curved generally vertically and at a predetermined angle away from a first generally vertical plane defined by the support post, with a distal end of the shaft support hook being curved back toward a second vertical plane defined by the support post and perpendicular to the first vertical plane to define a shaft support region intermediate the hook and the support post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Jungle Jim's Accessory Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James Thomas Hafendorfer, Blake Thomas Whitley, David William Schardein
  • Patent number: 5964358
    Abstract: A storage system for storing lawn and garden equipment on a trailer which includes a hinged pole locking system, locking pole system and preferably a blower rack system. The hinged pole locking system and the locking pole work together to hold lawn and garden equipment, especially string trimmers, safely and securely in place on the trailer. A blower rack system is also an element of the storage system and contains a structure which holds leaf blowers securely in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: James Thomas Hafendorfer
    Inventors: James Thomas Hafendorfer, Kenneth Gene Lininger, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5678804
    Abstract: A lifting or jacking device for the lifting of lawn mowing equipment comprising an axle with wheels, an extended vertical element secured to the axle, a support element secured to the axle at approximately a 90.degree. angle from the extended vertical element, and a gripping piece, preferably a pair of gripping teeth secured to one end of the support bar. Preferably a foot assist bar is also secured to the extended vertical element to assist the lever element in raising the lawn mowing equipment. In addition, there is preferably secured to the device an extendable safety arm which is extendable from the support element to maintain the lifting device in a fixed position after the lawn mowing equipment has been lifted. Also preferably, the extended lever bar is divided into an upper and lower section, the upper section of which may be rotated to assist in the movement and storage of the lifting or jacking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Inventors: Timothy Craig Lintelman, James Thomas Hafendorfer