Patents by Inventor Jim B. Norvell

Jim B. Norvell 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: 20080155844
    Abstract: The present invention provides a slope measuring device for measuring the underlying sloped surface the device including a substantially planar surface having at least one circular opening with a graduated scale received within the circular opening, a pendulum placed between two spaced apart panels, one of which optionally including the scale. The pendulum generally includes a shaft extending laterally between the spaced panels with a pair of spacers received by the shaft at the shaft midsection with a wire extending downwardly from the shaft between the spacers and terminating at a weighted member having a pointed marker with pointed end, the pointed marker being generally adapted for placement along the graduated scale, the pointed end being associated with the measuring indicia for measuring the slope of the underlying sloped surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Jim B. Norvell