Patents by Inventor Lester E. Miller

Lester E. Miller 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: 4382541
    Abstract: A mail box indicating device which permits a visual determination from a distance whether the mail box door has been opened. The mail box indicating device consists of a mail box with an upper and lower section separated by the mail box floor. A metallic strip is connected to the mail box floor in the lower section. The indicator means is attached at one end and has a magnet disposed at the other end which contacts the metallic strip until that end of the indicator means is released by opening the door of the mail box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Inventor: Lester E. Miller
  • Patent number: 4329103
    Abstract: A quick connect-disconnect bucket attachment for providing versatility to a front-end loader. The attachment includes an upright frame structure adapted to rest on the floor of the bucket and which is provided with a pair of slotted brackets for releasably receiving the front edge of the bucket floor. A pair of chains connect the top of the frame structure to the bucket, the rearward ends of the chains being looped around a pair of transversely spaced hooks mounted on the top edge of the rear wall of the bucket. A turnbuckle is employed to apply tension to the chains so as to firmly anchor the attachment on the bucket such that the attachment acts as an integral extension of the loader. A load support member in the form of a large round bale engaging tine or in the form of a boom arm projects forwardly from the upper portion of the frame structure for supporting a load on the bucket and thus converting the bucket loader to other desired uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1982
    Inventor: Lester E. Miller