Patents by Inventor Ronald Angstead

Ronald Angstead 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: 20060254057
    Abstract: Upper and lower handle members are pivotally attached at one end. Crimper jaws are operated via the handles. The upper handle carries a guide assembly to mount the blade, and operate the cutting mode using an upper handle cradle. Other accessories include a hole punch, a nut driver, a rivet remover and a hammer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Eric Houseman, Ronald Angstead, Brent Murray, Patrick Bertsch
  • Publication number: 20060162169
    Abstract: A compact dispensing tube opener for accessing contents of a dispensing tube having a dispensing tip and an inner seal. The opener includes a housing with first and second passageways therein meeting at an angle at an intersection. A blade carriage is movable in the second passageway and across the intersection at one end thereof, a manually accessible portion at an opposite end thereof extending from the housing. A cooperative guide structure at the housing and the blade carriage maintains carriage slidability within the housing during use without binding. Return springs are maintained in the housing for returning the carriage after use. A dispenser tube tip locator is slidably maintained at the housing adjacent to an opening to the first passageway and has plurality of angled passages therethrough each with a different diameter. A lance is mounted at the housing for puncturing the seal, and is pivotable into and out of a channel defined crosswise in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Anthony Whitemiller, Ronald Angstead, Patrick Bertsch, Brent Murray
  • Publication number: 20050022390
    Abstract: A combination tool for measuring and cutting materials such as drywall is disclosed. The tool includes a mount formed by first and second housing portions, the first and second housing portions defining a path terminating at an opening at one end of the mount. A tape measure blade receiving slot opens into the mount adjacent to the path and is located and oriented so that the slot and the path are substantially coplanar. A knife blade shuttle is movable along the path and a saw blade is pivotably connected in the mount. An exterior surface of one of the housing portions includes a plurality of rasp teeth formed thereon for filing cut material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Anthony Whitemiller, Brent Murray, Ronald Angstead