Patents by Inventor R. Donald Evans

R. Donald Evans 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: 20080184655
    Abstract: An alignment-affixing device for affixing a projecting member through a support structure substantially at a right angle, including at least a first cylindrical collar, the first collar dimensioned to receive a projecting member of varying sizes. The alignment-affixing device further includes a bridging section affixed orthogonally to the first collar, and a pair of arm flexures affixed orthogonally to obverse ends of the bridging section and parallel to the first collar, for releasably securing the alignment-affixing device to the support structure. When a projecting member is placed through the first collar and when the pair of arm flexures is engaged with the support structure and the bridging section is placed against the support structure, the projecting member is oriented substantially at a right angle with respect to the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: R. Donald Evans
  • Publication number: 20060156646
    Abstract: An alignment-affixing device for affixing a projecting member through a support structure substantially at a right angle, including at least a first cylindrical collar, the first collar dimensioned to receive a projecting member of varying sizes. The alignment-affixing device further includes a bridging section affixed orthogonally to the first collar, and a pair of arm flexures affixed orthogonally to obverse ends of the bridging section and parallel to the first collar, for releasably securing the alignment-affixing device to the support structure. When a projecting member is placed through the first collar and when the pair of arm flexures is engaged with the support structure and the bridging section is placed against the support structure, the projecting member is oriented substantially at a right angle with respect to the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventor: R. Donald Evans