Patents by Inventor Michael P. Mason

Michael P. Mason 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: 10059379
    Abstract: A wheel well/fender guard comprising a flat, curved, narrow rectangular panel secured in parallel spaced relationship to the outer edge of a vehicle wheel well, to protect the outer edge. The guard has flat upper and lower surfaces that are generally perpendicular to the plane of the vehicle body panel around the wheel well, and is spaced from the wheel well outer edge by a plurality of spacers secured at intervals along the upper surface of the guard. The spacers are substantially narrower than the guard, which is itself substantially narrower than the width of the wheel well as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Inventor: Michael P. Mason
  • Publication number: 20170313364
    Abstract: A wheel well/fender guard comprising a flat, curved, narrow rectangular panel secured in parallel spaced relationship to the outer edge of a vehicle wheel well, to protect the outer edge. The guard has flat upper and lower surfaces that are generally perpendicular to the plane of the vehicle body panel around the wheel well, and is spaced from the wheel well outer edge by a plurality of spacers secured at intervals along the upper surface of the guard. The spacers are substantially narrower than the guard, which is itself substantially narrower than the width of the wheel well as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventor: Michael P. Mason
  • Patent number: 4425710
    Abstract: A device is provided for cutting roofing caps efficiently and easily from standard asphalt or fiberglass roofing shingles. The device comprises a support base to hold a shingle, the support base being hinged to a top plate having cutting blades affixed thereto. The support base has cut-outs corresponding with and acting cooperatively with the configuration of the cutting blades. Standard shingles can be cut to desired patterns. Preferably two interior, wedge-shaped cut-outs and two exterior, beveled cut-outs are employed in the support plate, and cutting blades are arranged in the top plate so as to penetrate the shingle along the bevels and the sides of the wedges and thereby cut the shingle in the desired pattern and permit unwanted shingle material to fall away and be discarded, producing three precision-cut roofing caps from each shingle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: Cap Cutters, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Mason, Robert R. Scaran