Patents by Inventor Paul J. Katocs

Paul J. Katocs 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: 5971334
    Abstract: A quick release clamp (10) for mounting equipment such as a lighting instrument (60) on a structural member such as a pipe (36). The clamp includes a C-shaped body (12) having a jaw portion (16), a back portion (14) and a base portion (18), the jaw and base portions extending from the back portion in spaced opposing disposition. The base portion defines an adjustment aperture (22) that is formed with an internal interrupted thread (24). An elongate tubular coarse adjustment sleeve (26) defines an internal threaded central passage (28) and an external interrupted thread (30) corresponding to the internal interrupted thread of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: A.C.T. Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Crawshaw, Paul J. Katocs, Nicholas J. Watts
  • Patent number: 5775652
    Abstract: A quick release clamp (10) for mounting equipment such as a lighting instrument (60) on a structural member such as a pipe (36). The clamp includes a C-shaped body (12) having a jaw portion (16), a back portion (14) and a base portion (18), the jaw and base portions extending from the back portion in spaced opposing disposition. The base portion defines an adjustment aperture (22) that is formed with an internal interrupted thread (24). An elongate tubular coarse adjustment sleeve (26) defines an internal threaded central passage (28) and an external interrupted thread (30) corresponding to the internal interrupted thread of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: A.C.T. Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Crawshaw, Paul J. Katocs, Nicholas J. Watts