Patents by Inventor Merrel E. Hatcher

Merrel E. Hatcher 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).

  • Oscillating signal for bicycles
    Patent number: 4145989
    Abstract: Support structure is provided for mounting on a bicycle fender adjacent a peripheral portion of an associated wheel of the bicycle. A signal member is mounted on the support structure for oscillation relative thereto and a rotary member is supported from the support structure for engagement with and to be frictionally driven by the bicycle wheel. Motion converting structure is operatively connected between the rotary member and the oscillatable signal member for oscillating the latter in response to rotation of the rotary member as frictionally driven by the wheel of the bicycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1979
    Inventor: Merrel E. Hatcher