Patents by Inventor Mervin W. Hurtgam

Mervin W. Hurtgam 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: 6804891
    Abstract: A device which facilitates the efficient and quick installation of pull handles on cabinet doors or drawers, said device comprising two main elements, a base piece and an insert piece, both of which are fabricated from clear transparent plastic, said base piece being about 9 inches long and about 1½ to about 1¾ inch wide with a rectangular longitudinally extending opening about 8 inches long and about ½ inch wide in its center, said base piece also having an alignment edge at one of its ends and at right angle to the rest of said base piece, said edge being about 2 inches wide and about ¾ inch high, said rectangular opening in said base piece being calibrated inch wise and with about ¼ inch interval marks, and said insert piece having means on its bottom surface for snapping into tight connection in the longitudinally extending central opening of said base piece, either lengthwise in said opening or transverse-wise in said opening, and said insert piece having about fifteen,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Inventor: Mervin W Hurtgam
  • Patent number: 4635987
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for retrieving golf balls from mud and silt, such as found in the bottom of a pond or stream, which comprises a ball retrieval head having curved tines with guiding legs and a lower stabilizing member which act cooperatively to dislodge the ball from its position in the mud for engagement and holding by the curved tines in the retrieval process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Inventor: Mervin W. Hurtgam