Patents by Inventor Joshua O. Mullen
Joshua O. Mullen 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).
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Patent number: 11577765Abstract: A wheelbarrow assembly is disclosed with a wheelbarrow tray, a wheel to connect to the tray for rotation relative to the tray, for transportation of the tray upon an underlying support surface and a pair of handle assemblies. Each handle assembly is provided with a first unitarily formed handle portion with a distal end, an intermediate region, and a proximal end. The proximal end has a cross-section that is reduced relative to a cross-section of the intermediate region. The second handle portion is provided with a distal end and a proximal end; the proximal end having a cross-section that is sized to receive the first handle distal end cross-section therein to assemble the second handle portion to the first handle portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.Inventors: Joshua O. Mullen, Benjamin Stout, Maxime Richard
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Publication number: 20220355843Abstract: A wheelbarrow assembly is disclosed with a wheelbarrow tray, a wheel to connect to the tray for rotation relative to the tray, for transportation of the tray upon an underlying support surface and a pair of handle assemblies. Each handle assembly is provided with a first unitarily formed handle portion with a distal end, an intermediate region, and a proximal end. The proximal end has a cross-section that is reduced relative to a cross-section of the intermediate region. The second handle portion is provided with a distal end and a proximal end; the proximal end having a cross-section that is sized to receive the first handle distal end cross-section therein to assemble the second handle portion to the first handle portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Joshua O. MULLEN, Benjamin STOUT, Maxime RICHARD
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Publication number: 20220111507Abstract: A tool handle coupling assembly is provided with a coupler with an opposed pair of receptacles. A pair of bushings are each sized to receive a portion of a handle therein and are each sized to be installed into one of the pair of receptacles.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Joshua O. MULLEN, Thomas McMAHON
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Patent number: 10307905Abstract: A coupling for an elongated handle and a tool head is disclosed. The coupling includes a plug member, a ferrule, and a pin member. The plug member further comprises an elongated passage formed therein receives a tool head shank of the tool head. The elongated passage is in communication with a pair of aligned plug member openings formed through the plug member. The ferrule includes a pair of aligned ferrule openings. When the plug member is partially received within the ferrule, the plug member openings align with the ferrule openings. The pin member extends through the aligned ferrule openings and the plug member openings and through an opening of the tool head shank when the tool head shank is mounted in the elongated passage. The ends of the pin member are bent at an angle to an axis extending through the elongated passage to secure the tool head shank to the plug member and ferrule.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.Inventor: Joshua O. Mullen
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Patent number: 10189155Abstract: A coupling for an elongated handle and a tool head is disclosed. The coupling includes a plug member, a ferrule, and a pin member. The plug member further comprises an elongated passage formed therein receives a tool head shank of the tool head. The elongated passage is in communication with a pair of aligned plug member openings formed through the plug member. The ferrule includes a pair of aligned ferrule openings. When the plug member is partially received within the ferrule, the plug member openings align with the ferrule openings. The pin member extends through the aligned ferrule openings and the plug member openings and through an opening of the tool head shank when the tool head shank is mounted in the elongated passage. The ends of the pin member are bent at an angle to an axis extending through the elongated passage to secure the tool head shank to the plug member and ferrule.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.Inventor: Joshua O. Mullen
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Publication number: 20180079068Abstract: A coupling for an elongated handle and a tool head is disclosed. The coupling includes a plug member, a ferrule, and a pin member. The plug member further comprises an elongated passage formed therein receives a tool head shank of the tool head. The elongated passage is in communication with a pair of aligned plug member openings formed through the plug member. The ferrule includes a pair of aligned ferrule openings. When the plug member is partially received within the ferrule, the plug member openings align with the ferrule openings. The pin member extends through the aligned ferrule openings and the plug member openings and through an opening of the tool head shank when the tool head shank is mounted in the elongated passage. The ends of the pin member are bent at an angle to an axis extending through the elongated passage to secure the tool head shank to the plug member and ferrule.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventor: Joshua O. MULLEN
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Publication number: 20180079067Abstract: A coupling for an elongated handle and a tool head is disclosed. The coupling includes a plug member, a ferrule, and a pin member. The plug member further comprises an elongated passage formed therein receives a tool head shank of the tool head. The elongated passage is in communication with a pair of aligned plug member openings formed through the plug member. The ferrule includes a pair of aligned ferrule openings. When the plug member is partially received within the ferrule, the plug member openings align with the ferrule openings. The pin member extends through the aligned ferrule openings and the plug member openings and through an opening of the tool head shank when the tool head shank is mounted in the elongated passage. The ends of the pin member are bent at an angle to an axis extending through the elongated passage to secure the tool head shank to the plug member and ferrule.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventor: Joshua O. MULLEN
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Patent number: 9359733Abstract: A foldable shovel structured for scooping/pushing is provided. The disclosed foldable shovel includes two arcuate members that are hinged together at one end. In the folded configuration the two arcuate members are nested. Further, the coupling device includes a locking disk assembly structured to allow the arcuate members to be configured in different positions relative to each other. Thus, the foldable shovel may be optimally configured as either a scooping device or a pushing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: THE AMES COMPANIES, INC.Inventors: Michael Christopher Gehman, Joshua O. Mullen, Eric Daniel Hyp
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Patent number: 9090273Abstract: A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: THE AMES COMPANIES, INC.Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, Jr.
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Patent number: 8851486Abstract: A utility cart frame assembly is provided. The frame assembly includes a handle assembly cross brace member and a wheel assembly with an axle. The cross brace member and the axle are coupled to, and are immediately adjacent, the tray. In this configuration, the handle assembly cross brace member and the axle provide support to the tray.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.Inventors: Barry Albert, Joshua O. Mullen
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Publication number: 20140246838Abstract: A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.Inventors: BARRY R. ALBERT, DANIEL F. MARSHALL, JOSHUA O. MULLEN, MICHAEL J. LUPEY, JR.
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Patent number: 8752847Abstract: A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey
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Publication number: 20130313796Abstract: A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.Inventors: BARRY R. ALBERT, DANIEL F. MARSHALL, JOSHUA O. MULLEN, MICHAEL J. LUPEY, JR.
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Patent number: 8523198Abstract: A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, Jr.
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Publication number: 20130207361Abstract: A utility cart frame assembly is provided. The frame assembly includes a handle assembly cross brace member and a wheel assembly with an axle. The cross brace member and the axle are coupled to, and are immediately adjacent, the tray. In this configuration, the handle assembly cross brace member and the axle provide support to the tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.Inventors: BARRY ALBERT, JOSHUA O. MULLEN
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Publication number: 20130036877Abstract: A coupling for an elongated handle and a tool head is provided. The coupling may be positioned at the handle upper end after the handle upper end has passed through the tool head eye. The coupling is a frustoconical shape which engages the tool head in a manner of a slip eye coupling. However, because the lower end of the handle does not pass through the tool head eye, the lower end of the handle, i.e., the grip, may have any shape. Thus, the present invention allows for use of a slip eye coupling while also allowing the handle grip to be of any shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.Inventors: Joshua O. MULLEN, Eric D. HYP, David BOIES
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Publication number: 20120326407Abstract: A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, JR.
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Patent number: D661452Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, Jr.
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Patent number: D675804Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.Inventors: Barry Albert, Joshua O. Mullen
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Patent number: D694981Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.Inventors: Barry Albert, Joshua O. Mullen