Patents by Inventor James W. Gatton

James W. Gatton 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: 4533984
    Abstract: A variable-width-beam light apparatus is provided having a lamp and reflector assembly in which a lamp is supported for selective axial displacement along a longitudinal optical axis with respect to a focal point of the reflector to enable adjustment in the width or angle of divergence of an emitted beam of light. The lamp is selectively positioned by a rotatable knob carried by a lens of the assembly and positioned exteriorly at the front of the lens for operation. The rotatable knob connects with a shaft coupled by screw threads with a lamp engaging cylinder that is axially slideable in a tubular guideway such that rotational movement is translated to longitudinal movement to effect and control axial displacement of a lamp. The lamp is resiliently biased in a forward direction with respect to the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Inventor: James W. Gatton
  • Patent number: 4249233
    Abstract: A hand-held light is provided having a belt carrying clip secured thereto to enable the ready removability of the light from a carrying position on a person's belt. The light includes a housing provided with an illumnable lamp having an exposed face from which light is emitted. Secured to the housing is a clip having an elongated, relatively narrow, belt-engaging portion that is formed from a structurally rigid material. The clip is rigidly secured at its one end to the housing and extends in superposed, overlying relationship to the face of the illuminable lamp. The belt engaging portion of the clip is positioned in relatively spaced relationship to the face of the lamp to admit the thickness of the carrying belt between the clip and the face of the lamp but is designed to frictionally interengage with said belt to retain the lamp in supported relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1981
    Inventor: James W. Gatton
  • Patent number: D254612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Inventor: James W. Gatton
  • Patent number: D282559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Inventor: James W. Gatton
  • Patent number: D302204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Inventor: James W. Gatton