Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Strode

Kenneth A. Strode 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).

  • Bracing device
    Patent number: 6513778
    Abstract: A bracing device for bracing a first surface against a second surface is useful for emergency response, commercial, industrial and residential environments. The bracing device has a bracing member with a first end and a second end. A first end member affixed to the first end has a sufficient curvature to produce a substantially convex shape over at least a portion of the end member's external surface for frictionally engaging the first surface. The radius of the convex curvature is predetermined so that the bracing device may be readily adapted to a predetermined range of bracing distances between the first and second surfaces so that the desired bracing strength can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Evertax Corporation
    Inventors: R. Duane Hefley, Kenneth A. Strode, Michael S. Andrich
  • Bracing device
    Publication number: 20020153464
    Abstract: A bracing device for bracing a first surface against a second surface is useful for emergency response, commercial, industrial and residential environments. The bracing device has a bracing member with a first end and a second end. A first end member affixed to the first end has a sufficient curvature to produce a substantially convex shape over at least a portion of the end member's external surface for frictionally engaging the first surface. The radius of the convex curvature is predetermined so that the bracing device may be readily adapted to a predetermined range of bracing distances between the first and second surfaces so that the desired bracing strength can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: R. Duane Hefley, Kenneth A. Strode, Michael S. Andrich