Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Clift

Timothy J. Clift 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: 11877536
    Abstract: A bagger attachment for use with a stand-on lawn mower. The bagger includes, in some embodiments, an impeller, a duct, and one or more bags which are covered by a hood. The hood is attached to a pivot frame that allows movement of the hood between open and closed positions. The bagger attachment may also include a frame assembly that facilitates mounting and removal of the bagger attachment from the mower. The bagger attachment may either contain removable bags, or may include a discharge door for dumping the clippings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: THE TORO COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan J. Volovsek, Timothy J. Clift
  • Publication number: 20220205201
    Abstract: A snowthrower comprising an auger housing incorporating a resilient scraper attached to a lower edge of a rear wall of the housing. The scraper is configured to permit effective scraping of snow at the ground surface, while reducing damage to the housing that may otherwise result from traversal of the housing over obstacles such as handhole and manway covers during snowthrower operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Michael C. Jager, Timothy J. Clift
  • Publication number: 20210251142
    Abstract: A bagger attachment for use with a stand-on lawn mower. The bagger includes, in some embodiments, an impeller, a duct, and one or more bags which are covered by a hood. The hood is attached to a pivot frame that allows movement of the hood between open and closed positions. The bagger attachment may also include a frame assembly that facilitates mounting and removal of the bagger attachment from the mower. The bagger attachment may either contain removable bags, or may include a discharge door for dumping the clippings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan J. Volovsek, Timothy J. Clift
  • Patent number: 11013176
    Abstract: A bagger attachment for use with a stand-on lawn mower. The bagger includes, in some embodiments, an impeller, a duct, and one or more bags which are covered by a hood. The hood is attached to a pivot frame that allows movement of the hood between open and closed positions. The bagger attachment may also include a frame assembly that facilitates mounting and removal of the bagger attachment from the mower. The bagger attachment may either contain removable bags, or may include a discharge door for dumping the clippings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: THE TORO COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan J. Volovsek, Timothy J. Clift
  • Publication number: 20200205344
    Abstract: A bagger attachment for use with a stand-on lawn mower. The bagger includes, in some embodiments, an impeller, a duct, and one or more bags which are covered by a hood. The hood is attached to a pivot frame that allows movement of the hood between open and closed positions. The bagger attachment may also include a frame assembly that facilitates mounting and removal of the bagger attachment from the mower. The bagger attachment may either contain removable bags, or may include a discharge door for dumping the clippings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ryan J. Volovsek, Timothy J. Clift
  • Patent number: 10624265
    Abstract: A bagger attachment for use with a stand-on lawn mower. The bagger includes, in some embodiments, an impeller, a duct, and one or more bags which are covered by a hood. The hood is attached to a pivot frame that allows movement of the hood between open and closed positions. The bagger attachment may also include a frame assembly that facilitates mounting and removal of the bagger attachment from the mower. The bagger attachment may either contain removable bags, or may include a discharge door for dumping the clippings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: THE TORO COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan J. Volovsek, Timothy J. Clift
  • Publication number: 20190075725
    Abstract: An operator control system for a turf maintenance vehicle. The control system may include a handle assembly, a first control lever, and a second control lever. The handle assembly may include a first hand grip defining a first grip axis and a second hand grip defining a second grip axis. A free end of each of the first and second hand grips may be located after of an attached end of each of the first and second hand grips. The first control lever may be pivotable about a first pivot axis that is parallel to the first grip axis and the second control lever may be pivotable about a second pivot axis that is parallel to the second grip axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan J. Volovsek, Timothy J. Clift
  • Patent number: 10150502
    Abstract: A linkage adjustment system adapted to adjust a linkage, and a vehicle incorporating the same. In one embodiment, the linkage adjustment system adjusts a linkage operatively connecting an input (e.g., operator control lever of a lawn mower) to an output (e.g., drive system of a first drive wheel associated with a first (e.g., left) side of the mower). An adjustment device may adjust the linkage so that the first drive wheel rotates at the same speed as a second drive wheel (e.g., on the right side of the mower) when the control levers associated with both drive wheels are in a maximum forward position. A range setting arm of the system may adjust the total output of the first drive wheel (total forward and reverse output) to match the total output of the second drive wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: THE TORO COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Kallevig, Merle W. Gaedy, Phat T. Nghiem, Ryan J. Volovsek, Timothy J. Clift
  • Publication number: 20180054966
    Abstract: A bagger attachment for use with a stand-on lawn mower. The bagger includes, in some embodiments, an impeller, a duct, and one or more bags which are covered by a hood. The hood is attached to a pivot frame that allows movement of the hood between open and closed positions. The bagger attachment may also include a frame assembly that facilitates mounting and removal of the bagger attachment from the mower. The bagger attachment may either contain removable bags, or may include a discharge door for dumping the clippings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan J. Volovsek, Timothy J. Clift
  • Publication number: 20160083009
    Abstract: A linkage adjustment system adapted to adjust a linkage, and a vehicle incorporating the same. In one embodiment, the linkage adjustment system adjusts a linkage operatively connecting an input (e.g., operator control lever of a lawn mower) to an output (e.g., drive system of a first drive wheel associated with a first (e.g., left) side of the mower). An adjustment device may adjust the linkage so that the first drive wheel rotates at the same speed as a second drive wheel (e.g., on the right side of the mower) when the control levers associated with both drive wheels are in a maximum forward position. A range setting arm of the system may adjust the total output of the first drive wheel (total forward and reverse output) to match the total output of the second drive wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Kallevig, Merle W. Gaedy, Phat T. Nghiem, Ryan J. Volovsek, Timothy J. Clift
  • Patent number: 6591893
    Abstract: An expandable mold for use with metals that expand during solidification with the expandable mold having sidewalls that are forcibly laterally separated to thereby expand the mold cavity sufficiently so as to free at least one portion of the cast article from an interference fit with a first portion of the mold to thereby enable removable of the cast article from an interference fit with a further portion of the mold without fracture of the cast article and for forming a smooth surface finish on the cast article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Water Gremlin Company
    Inventors: Robert W. Ratte, Timothy J. Clift
  • Patent number: D999258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: THE TORO COMPANY
    Inventors: Philip C. Dretzka, Timothy J. Clift, Michael Turbak, Aaron A. Hernandez, Daniel A. Phipps