Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Vasis

Thomas C. Vasis 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).

  • Platform attachment for a rotary hand tool
    Patent number: 8960658
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise a platform attachment for use with a power hand tool which has a housing with a front nose portion with a rotary output shaft extending therefrom, and a tool holding mechanism on the output shaft for holding a tool, the attachment comprising a mounting component having an opening generally aligned with the output shaft through which a tool can extend, a platform component having a base portion and a platform portion, the base portion being adjustably attached to the mounting component, the platform portion having an outer generally planar main surface that is perpendicular to the axis and having an opening through which a tool can extend, and a generally planar secondary surface that extends downwardly from the main surface at a predetermined angle relative to the axis, and a mechanism for releasably locking the platform component on the mounting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas C. Vasis, Daniel J. Williams
  • PLATFORM ATTACHMENT FOR A ROTARY HAND TOOL
    Publication number: 20120074635
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise a platform attachment for use with a power hand tool which has a housing with a front nose portion with a rotary output shaft extending therefrom, and a tool holding mechanism on the output shaft for holding a tool, the attachment comprising a mounting component having an opening generally aligned with the output shaft through which a tool can extend, a platform component having a base portion and a platform portion, the base portion being adjustably attached to the mounting component, the platform portion having an outer generally planar main surface that is perpendicular to the axis and having an opening through which a tool can extend, and a generally planar secondary surface that extends downwardly from the main surface at a predetermined angle relative to the axis, and a mechanism for releasably locking the platform component on the mounting component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: ROBERT BOSCH TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas C. Vasis, Daniel J. Williams
  • Pair of handles
    Patent number: D468988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell A. Goldmann, II, Robert D. Banning, Kevin Ekdahl, Carl S. Howarth, Steve Gianaris, Thomas C. Vasis