Patents by Inventor Jimmy T. Doan

Jimmy T. Doan 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: 6811232
    Abstract: A rectangular drawer has an upstanding partition extending between the drawer side walls and dividing the drawer into front and rear compartments. A rectangular tray has a bottom wall and upstanding front, rear and opposed side walls, the tray side walls having lateral flanges at their upper edges, slidably supported on upper edges of the drawer side walls for movement of the tray between an open and closed positions, respectively uncovering and covering one of the compartments. A key-actuated lock mechanism locks the tray to the partition in the closed position. In one embodiment, the lock mechanism is mounted forwardly of the tray and has a movable latch member movable into engagement in a slot in the partition and, in another embodiment, the latch mechanism is on the partition and the latch member moves into engagement with one of two different slots in the bottom wall of the tray, arranged so that the tray can be reversibly mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Jimmy T. Doan, Vincenzo Ditta, Jason C. Chan, Robert Steven Burns, Russell W. Carruthers
  • Publication number: 20020067108
    Abstract: A rectangular drawer has an upstanding partition extending between the drawer side walls and dividing the drawer into front and rear compartments. A rectangular tray has a bottom wall and upstanding front, rear and opposed side walls, the tray side walls having lateral flanges at their upper edges, slidably supported on upper edges of the drawer side walls for movement of the tray between an open and closed positions, respectively uncovering and covering one of the compartments. A key-actuated lock mechanism locks the tray to the partition in the closed position. In one embodiment, the lock mechanism is mounted forwardly of the tray and has a movable latch member movable into engagement in a slot in the partition and, in another embodiment, the latch mechanism is on the partition and the latch member moves into engagement with one of two different slots in the bottom wall of the tray, arranged so that the tray can be reversibly mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Jimmy T. Doan, Vincenzo Ditta, Jason C. Chan, Robert Steven Burns, Russell W. Carruthers
  • Patent number: 5730511
    Abstract: A one-piece front for a drawer is provided. The front includes a generally planar front wall having a top end and a bottom end, and an elongated drawer pull integral with the top end of the front wall. The pull includes an identifier support for displaying and supporting an associated identification card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Snap-on Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy T. Doan, Chak Chung Chan (Jason)
  • Patent number: 5163345
    Abstract: A tool for rotatably driving a fastening member includes a hollow tubular shank having a socket coupled to one end thereof in communication therewith for receiving an associated rotatable fastener member. A helical compression spring is disposed coaxially within the shank, having the outer end thereof affixed to a magnet disposed for magnetic engagement with the fastening member received in the socket, and having an end coil at the other end thereof disposed outside the other end of the shank with an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the shank, the other end of the shank being received in a bore in a handle for cooperation therewith to trap the end coil of the spring, therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: Jimmy T. Doan, Scott W. Predny