Patents by Inventor Tim Rikkeri

Tim Rikkeri 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: 20060252304
    Abstract: A device and method for easily and safely providing temporary electric power to buildings to permit inspection of electrical circuits. The device is a power connector configured to safely and easily provide temporary power to a building unit through receptacles of a standard power meter socket. The connector has at least two spades, a GFCI circuit breaker with a male plug designed to connect the connector to a temporary power source at the electric potential needed for the building. For a typical residence in the United States, this would be a four-prong 120/240 volts ac plug. In preferred embodiments the power connector has the approximate shape of the back side of a standard power meter and the male plug is at the end of a short 120/240 four wire electric power cable. This preferred embodiment also includes three toner posts (two “hot” posts and one neutral post on the load side of the GFCI breaker) for application of a tone from a toner device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Shoop, Stephen Fonnby, Tim Rikkeri