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).

  • Patent number: 11577765
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua O. Mullen, Benjamin Stout, Maxime Richard
  • Publication number: 20220355843
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Joshua O. MULLEN, Benjamin STOUT, Maxime RICHARD
  • Publication number: 20220111507
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Joshua O. MULLEN, Thomas McMAHON
  • Patent number: 10307905
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Joshua O. Mullen
  • Patent number: 10189155
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Joshua O. Mullen
  • Publication number: 20180079068
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Joshua O. MULLEN
  • Publication number: 20180079067
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Joshua O. MULLEN
  • Patent number: 9359733
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: THE AMES COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Christopher Gehman, Joshua O. Mullen, Eric Daniel Hyp
  • Patent number: 9090273
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: THE AMES COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8851486
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Albert, Joshua O. Mullen
  • Publication number: 20140246838
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.
    Inventors: BARRY R. ALBERT, DANIEL F. MARSHALL, JOSHUA O. MULLEN, MICHAEL J. LUPEY, JR.
  • Patent number: 8752847
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey
  • Publication number: 20130313796
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.
    Inventors: BARRY R. ALBERT, DANIEL F. MARSHALL, JOSHUA O. MULLEN, MICHAEL J. LUPEY, JR.
  • Patent number: 8523198
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130207361
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.
    Inventors: BARRY ALBERT, JOSHUA O. MULLEN
  • Publication number: 20130036877
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua O. MULLEN, Eric D. HYP, David BOIES
  • Publication number: 20120326407
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, JR.
  • Patent number: D661452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, Jr.
  • Patent number: D675804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Albert, Joshua O. Mullen
  • Patent number: D694981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Albert, Joshua O. Mullen