Patents by Inventor Kenneth G. White

Kenneth G. White 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: 6958439
    Abstract: A capo for use with a dobro or similar stringed instrument. The capo includes upper and lower curved bar members, each bar member having a horizontal arm portion and a downwardly curved arm portion meeting at a juncture. The upper and lower curved bar members are pivotally attached to each other adjacent the junctures of their horizontal and downwardly curved arm portions. A slot extends longitudinally in the mid-portion of the downwardly curved arm portion of the upper curved bar member, and a cam locking lever is pivotally mounted within the slot. A string hold down bar is pivotally mounted to the outer end of the horizontal arm portion of the upper curved bar member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Inventor: Kenneth G. White
  • Patent number: 5896734
    Abstract: A lawn mower having a rotation drive connection assembly including a reel shaft having concially shaped opposite ends and an interior threaded length in each of the opposite ends. A drive coupler with a conical shape on one end thereof mates with one of the reel conical ends and has a threaded opening for receiving a screw extending into the shaft for holding the coupler thereon. A spline is on the end of the coupler opposite its one end, and there a drive member with a spline engaged with the coupler spline, all for rotating the shaft. A counter-balance is threadedly attached in the assembly adjacent the end of the shaft opposite the coupler location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Chesack, Kenneth G. White