Patents by Inventor Thomas Stephen Kachler

Thomas Stephen Kachler 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).

  • Patent number: 9133652
    Abstract: A tire-encircling judderbarred cable loop is an assembly that includes a loop of steel cable partially concentrically enclosed by a thick flexible sleeve, thereby defining an enclosed judderbarred portion of the cable and an exposed hitching portion of the cable. The area of the loop is large enough to encircle a contact area of an automobile tire. The flexible sleeve and the judderbarred portion collectively possess sufficient size and hardness to impart a humanly perceptible juddering signal to a driver of the automobile when the tire rolls over the enclosed portion. When the tire rests within the loop, the loop is confined and the weight of the automobile arrests movement of any object hitched to the hitching portion of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Stephen Kachler, Robert Somers Kachler
  • Publication number: 20150107312
    Abstract: A tire-encircling judderbarred cable loop is a device for hitching an object to an automobile. The device is an assembly that includes a loop of steel cable partially concentrically enclosed by a thick flexible sleeve, thereby defining an enclosed judderbarred portion of the cable and an exposed hitching portion of the cable. The area of the loop is large enough to encircle a contact area of an automobile tire. The flexible sleeve and the judderbarred portion collectively possess sufficient size and hardness to impart a humanly perceptible juddering signal to a driver of the automobile when the tire rolls over the enclosed portion. When the tire rests within the loop, the loop is confined and the weight of the automobile arrests movement of any object hitched to the hitching portion of the cable. The juddering signal alerts the driver that the tire is properly situated within the loop, and also alerts the driver not to drive off without retrieving the loop and any object hitched thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Stephen Kachler, Robert Somers Kachler
  • Patent number: D677562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Stephen Kachler