Patents by Inventor Patrick J. Bowden

Patrick J. Bowden 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: 9096251
    Abstract: A handtruck has an elongated frame, with wheels mounted adjacent to the bottom of frame and forming a wheelbase. A load-bearing member, such as a base plate, is attached to the frame. A footkick is provided and is attached to the frame, the footkick extending rearwardly relative to the wheels, preferably with a part engageable by a person's foot. The footkick provides a lever for facilitating rotation of the frame about the wheelbase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Brennan Equipment and Manufacturing
    Inventor: Patrick J. Bowden
  • Publication number: 20140159328
    Abstract: A handtruck has an elongated frame, with wheels mounted adjacent to the bottom of frame and forming a wheelbase. A load-bearing member, such as a base plate, is attached to the frame. A footkick is provided and is attached to the frame, the footkick extending rearwardly relative to the wheels, preferably with a part engageable by a person's foot. The footkick provides a lever for facilitating rotation of the frame about the wheelbase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Brennan Equipment and Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick J. Bowden
  • Patent number: 6409238
    Abstract: The door handle assembly includes a pivoting child lock out cam which pivots between a first locked position and a second unlocked position with respect to a door handle. More particularly, the child lock out cam includes a latch with an aperture through which a hook on an underside of the door handle passes in the first locked position. In order to reduce unwanted noises, such as rattling, from the child lock out cam in a vibratory environment, a flexible tab integrally extends from a plate of the door handle assembly to laterally bear against a radially enlarged cam section on the child lock out cam thereby urging the journal of the child lock out cam against the interior walls of the bearing apertures through which the journal passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Mikenis, Conrad E. Hlavacek, Patrick J. Bowden, Donald T. Boone, Sven E. Carlson
  • Patent number: 4948103
    Abstract: A spring-loaded dampening actuator includes a cylindrically-shaped body member, a piston rod, a coil spring, and a one-way lip seal member. The lip seal member engages an inner sidewall of the body member only when a force is applied by means of a coil spring so as to push the piston rod out from the body member at a dampened or controlled rate of speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Bowden, Beryle S. Doyle