Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Bush

Thomas J. Bush 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: 20040262462
    Abstract: The invention is a clamp that possess a novel one-piece design wherein all components of the clamp are unitary with one another. The clamp has two jaws that are unitary with one another. The inner surface of the jaws have protrusions which come into contact with the device being gripped and stabilize the device being gripped for transport on a vehicle. A tension strap extends from one of the jaws that is able to be releasably engaged with notches that are formed in the other jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Donald J. Polak, Thomas J. Bush
  • Patent number: 5740737
    Abstract: A handstamping apparatus comprises a first housing member and a second housing member. The first and the second housing members are moveable relative to each other from a first position to a second position. The first position is a ready position and the second position is a print position. A biasing element is coupled to the first and second housing members for biasing the members to the first position. A die support is coupled to the first housing member for movement therewith relative to the second housing member. A printing die is on the die support and the printing die and die support are disposed within a second housing member. The die support and the printing die are moveable relative to the housings from a ready position to a print position. The printing die is in the print position when the housings are disposed in the second position. An ink roller is coupled to the second housing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Identity Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Polak, Robert E. Ponter, Thomas J. Bush
  • Patent number: 5339122
    Abstract: An overhead projector for projecting images contained on media. The projector includes a housing having first and second image media storage cassettes and a platen which moves between those cassettes. A lifter is mounted between the cassettes for lifting the media from the first or second cassette onto the platen for projection. The lifter includes a lifting drive and a media gripping device. An image projector is movably mounted to the housing and positionable over the first or second cassette to project an image from media positioned on the platen to a view area. The projector includes a movable arm containing an illumination source, mirror and lens. Image media contained in a cassette can be sequenced from that cassette to the other by lifting onto the platen, from the cassette, projected and deposited in the other cassette either manually, remotely, automatically, or semiautomatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Pelikan, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Polak, Thomas J. Bush
  • Patent number: 5238112
    Abstract: A file box for video cassettes comprising a box, the box having a bottom panel, a rear wall panel, a top panel, a left side end cap, and a right side end cap, and a foam liner for covering inside surfaces of the top, bottom and rear panels. A door panel may be included for closing the opening in the front of the file box, and a latch for latching the door flap to the top panel and for closing the box. The foam liner has fingers which form individual compartments for holding the video cassettes firmly and resiliently in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Pelikan, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl D. Massey, Jeffrey D. Bell, Kenneth E. McDonald, Thomas J. Bush
  • Patent number: 5193701
    Abstract: A box for storing hanging files, which includes two chipboard sheets which have a plurality of panels that are foldable into a completed double bottom configuration, with vertically extending interlocking corner posts to retain the front, side and rear panels together. The side panels each have a top mounted side rail thereon from which the files are suspended. Each side rail also engages a pair of front and rear corner posts. A top cover panel is hingedly connected to the rear panel of one sheet, with a cover flap hingedly connected to the cover panel. The cover flap is detachably connected to the front panel by loop and pile fastener tabs on the cover flap and the front panel. Handles are provided for lifting and moving the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Pelikan, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Bush, Stephen A. Anderson
  • Patent number: 4534109
    Abstract: A scissors has first and second arms with each arm having a finger receiving portion at one end. There is a removable metal blade having an outer edge and an inner cutting edge for each arm. A flange on each arm abuts the outer edge of the respective blade. A pair of inward projections on each flange each has a forwardly extending nose portion and a sloping rear portion and is engaged in a complementary opening in the adjacent blade. A finger extending inwardly from the forward end of each flange overlies a portion of the adjacent blade and is adapted to be engaged by the blade of the other arm when the scissors is in the closed position. A pivot structure passes through the arms and blades securing them together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Hunt Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Bush, Charles L. Dellinger, Gerald P. Fregeolle
  • Patent number: D521366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: End of the Road, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Polak, Thomas J. Bush
  • Patent number: D530906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: End of the Road, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Polak, Thomas J. Bush
  • Patent number: D580748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: End of the Road, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Polak, Thomas J. Bush
  • Patent number: D315929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Inventor: Thomas J. Bush
  • Patent number: D355219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Pelikan, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce S. Jones, William A. Putman, Thomas J. Bush