Patents by Inventor Stephen G. Conover

Stephen G. Conover 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).

  • Swivel/quick release device for tow rope
    Patent number: 6776116
    Abstract: A swivel/quick release device having a shaft adapted to receive a load at one end operated associated with a bearing means at its other end; a housing in which said shaft is slidably mounted. A release and attachment means is disposed in the housing around the bearing means releasably retaining an attachment for a tow rope. Spring means is present within the housing and engaging the shaft such that as a load is increasingly applied to one end of the shaft, the spring means is compressed within the housing until the attachment for a tow rope is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Murphy, Donald M. Erb, Jr., Charles D. Peterson, Stephen G. Conover
  • Swivel/quick release device for tow rope
    Publication number: 20040020418
    Abstract: A swivel/quick release device having a shaft adapted to receive a load at one end operated associated with a bearing means at its other end; a housing in which said shaft is slidably mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Murphy, Donald M. Erb, Charles D. Peterson, Stephen G. Conover