Patents by Inventor John E. Nichols

John E. Nichols 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).

  • Quadrant lighting apparatus
    Patent number: 7988314
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for a Gunner's Quadrant including a housing and a flexible circuit board including lights. The lighting apparatus illuminates portions of the M1 A1 or M1 A2 Gunner's Quadrant. The lighting apparatus may be removably attached to the Gunner's Quadrant. The invention also includes a method of manufacturing a lighting apparatus for a Gunner's Quadrant, including applying a flexible circuit board including lights to a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Kemco Aerospace
    Inventors: John E. Nichols, Roy E. Avery
  • Lure retriever
    Patent number: 4223465
    Abstract: A fisherman's accessory, for retrieving a fishing hook snagged among weeds or other objects during fishing; the device including a generally inverted, U-shaped wire, having inwardly bent, hook-shaped ends, and a pair of semi-circular guides across its center, for grasping around the fishing line as it is lowered to the hook; the device, in one design, including spring means to snap outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Inventor: John E. Nichols
  • Telephone cradle
    Patent number: D368268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Inventors: John E. Nichols, Steven D. Dodds, Briggs B. Edney