Patents by Inventor Thomas S. Skinner

Thomas S. Skinner 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).

  • Universal inside-outside door handle
    Patent number: 6578235
    Abstract: A handle assembly, particularly adapted for a sectional door panel includes identical handle parts each having a grip portion and spaced apart transversely extending legs. One of the legs of each handle part has an elongated shank extending therefrom and the other leg of each handle part has a shorter shank or a shank receiving bore formed therein. The handle parts are assembled to each other from opposite sides of a door panel and secured by conventional threaded fasteners which extend through a bore in one leg of each handle part and engage a shank of the other handle part. Tubular spacers may be sleeved over the shanks of the handle parts to limit the spacing between the handle parts during assembly to the door panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Overhead Door Corporation
    Inventors: Michele Rene Womack, LeRoy G. Krupke, Richard K. Hoofard, Thomas S. Skinner
  • Universal inside-outside door handle
    Publication number: 20020166210
    Abstract: A handle assembly, particularly adapted for a sectional door panel includes identical handle parts each having a grip portion and spaced apart transversely extending legs. One of the legs of each handle part has an elongated shank extending therefrom and the other leg of each handle part has a shorter shank or a shank receiving bore formed therein. The handle parts are assembled to each other from opposite sides of a door panel and secured by conventional threaded fasteners which extend through a bore in one leg of each handle part and engage a shank of the other handle part. Tubular spacers may be sleeved over the shanks of the handle parts to limit the spacing between the handle parts during assembly to the door panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michele Rene Womack, Leroy G. Krupke, Richard K. Hoofard, Thomas S. Skinner