Patents by Inventor Robert G. Frederick

Robert G. Frederick 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: 8132456
    Abstract: A fuel level indicator for riding lawn equipment with a fuel tank pivotably mounted under the operator seat. A fuel level indicator arm is pivotably mounted under the fuel tank and has a first end contacting the fuel tank and a second end extending through an opening in front of the operator seat. A scale on the opening indicates the fuel level corresponding to the location of the second end of the fuel level indicator arm. A pair of tension springs are attached to the fuel tank and partially support the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Sean P. Elmore, Robert G. Frederick, Lynville G. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20100281973
    Abstract: A fuel level indicator for riding lawn equipment with a fuel tank pivotably mounted under the operator seat. A fuel level indicator arm is pivotably mounted under the fuel tank and has a first end contacting the fuel tank and a second end extending through an opening in front of the operator seat. A scale on the opening indicates the fuel level corresponding to the location of the second end of the fuel level indicator arm. A pair of tension springs are attached to the fuel tank and partially support the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Sean P. Elmore, Robert G. Frederick, Lynville G. Johnson
  • Patent number: 5931185
    Abstract: Instead of wrapping the air hose around the portable tire inflator housing to store it, an internal storage compartment is provided. A guide device in the compartment guides the hose so that it travels a path which is offset downward from a straight line path between its attachment to the compressor of the inflator and the opening in the compartment top wall. This path reduces pulling stresses on the attachment, assists in manual incremental feed of the hose back into a concealed storage position, and prevents the hose from bunching up into upper corners of the compartment. When in its storage position only the air chuck at the end of the hose is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberta Scheiner Hall, Scott D. Price, Wallis Alsruhe, Robert G. Frederick