Patents by Inventor Peter C. Benjamin

Peter C. Benjamin 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).

  • Publication number: 20220359130
    Abstract: An adjustable mount for an electrical device (such as a limit switch) or an optical device that includes: (a) a base adapted to be mounted to a surface; and (b) a platform coupled to and elevated above the base; where the platform includes, a top surface for seating an electrical sensor device or an optical device thereon, a through-hole approximate a first end of the top surface for receiving a first screw extending from the electrical sensor device or optical device, and an arcuate through-slot approximate a second end of the top surface opposite the first end for receiving a second screw extending from the electrical sensor device or optical device, the arcuate through-slot having a radius of curvature centered near or on the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Peter C. BENJAMIN
  • Patent number: 5424928
    Abstract: A collapsible lantern includes a housing and a chimney telescopically moveable within the housing between a retracted and an extended position. The chimney includes a ring at the top and the bottom made of a high temperature-resistant thermoplastic which is adhesively affixed to the transparent chimney with a thixotropic paste. The transparency about the chimney is unimpeded by elongated retaining elements to hold the rings with the tubular transparent chimney. The chimney can be selectively extended, retracted or interlocked or released from the housing by interacting features on the lower ring and the internal surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Northern Lights, Inc.
    Inventors: Guntram Jordan, Peter C. Benjamin
  • Patent number: 4926297
    Abstract: A cylindrical glass globe is supported by an annular rigid plastic coupling member which seats and locks onto the top portion of a tubular rigid plastic housing. A fuel source in the form of a container of liquid fuel mounted on a bottom adaptor or a candle supported within a rigid casing by a compression spring, is supported within the housing by a rigid plastic base removably secured to the bottom of the housing. The globe and coupling member are inverted as a unit after being removed from the housing, and the globe is inserted into the housing around the fuel source for storage and protection of the globe. A bail-type handle connects a pair of strips slidably supported by the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Inventors: Edward R. Masters, Peter C. Benjamin