Patents by Inventor Oscar Dale Larson

Oscar Dale Larson 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).

  • Door with lockset
    Patent number: 7007439
    Abstract: A storm door has first and second elongated, partly curved lock receiving openings formed in respective elongated edges. Each opening is filled in part with a molded hollow insert with an external periphery which matches a periphery of the respective opening. A lock mechanism has a housing with an external periphery that matches, at least in part, an internal periphery of a respective insert. An actuating port in the housing has a central axis, which extends parallel to the respective edge, through the door through which extends a rotatable actuating shaft. An external handle can be attached to the shaft. An unused insert can be closed with a slidably engaging cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Larson Manufacturing Company of South Dakota, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Dale Larson, Allen E. Lee, Bryan P. Zacher, Bruce E. Thomas
  • Door with lockset
    Patent number: 6655108
    Abstract: A storm door has first and second elongated, partly curved lock receiving openings formed in respective elongated edges. Each opening is filled in part with a molded hollow insert with an external periphery which matches a periphery of the respective opening. A lock mechanism has a housing with an external periphery that matches, at least in part, an internal periphery of a respective insert. An actuating port in the housing has a central axis, which extends parallel to the respective edge, through the door through which extends a rotatable actuating shaft. An external handle can be attached to the shaft. An unused insert can be closed with a slidably engaging cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Larson Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Oscar Dale Larson, Allen E. Lee, Bryan P. Zacher, Bruce E. Thomas
  • Door with lockset
    Publication number: 20020092264
    Abstract: A storm door has first and second elongated, partly curved lock receiving openings formed in respective elongated edges. Each opening is filled in part with a molded hollow insert with an external periphery which matches a periphery of the respective opening. A lock mechanism has a housing with an external periphery that matches, at least in part, an internal periphery of a respective insert. An actuating port in the housing has a central axis, which extends parallel to the respective edge, through the door through which extends a rotatable actuating shaft. An external handle can be attached to the shaft. An unused insert can be closed with a slidably engaging cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Oscar Dale Larson, Allen E. Lee, Bryan P. Zacher, Bruce E. Thomas