Patents by Inventor Tom Dunlap

Tom Dunlap 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A LEVER CONTROL
    Publication number: 20080079207
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a rotary based hand control that provides hysteresis to an operator. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: Williams Controils Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Pilon, John Herrick, Tom Dunlap
  • Devices and method for hanging a display board
    Patent number: 7147196
    Abstract: Devices for hanging a display board frame wherein a first bracket is mounted on a wall and has a hook on one end supportingly engaging a channel on a corresponding first edge of a display board frame and a second cooperating bracket having a slotted portion is slidingly mounted on the wall in a position corresponding to a second edge of the display board frame spaced apart and opposed to the first display board edge and the second bracket has a hook on its end in alignment with a channel on the second edge of the display board frame; and the display board is releasably secured on the wall when the upper bracket is slid against the display board frame until its hook engages the channel on the second edge of the display board frame, The invention also includes a method for hanging a display board frame including the steps of securing the first bracket on the wall with its hook engaging the channel on one edge of the frame, securing the second slotted bracket on the wall with its hook spaced away from the second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: General Binding Corporation
    Inventors: Colin Knight, Tom Dunlap
  • Devices and method for hanging a display board
    Publication number: 20030201376
    Abstract: Devices for hanging a display board frame wherein a first bracket is mounted on a wall and has a hook on one end supportingly engaging a channel on a corresponding first edge of a display board frame and a second cooperating bracket having a slotted portion is slidingly mounted on the wall in a position corresponding to a second edge of the display board frame spaced apart and opposed to the first display board edge and the second bracket has a hook on its end in alignment with a channel on the second edge of the display board frame; and the display board is releasably secured on the wall when the upper bracket is slid against the display board frame until its hook engages the channel on the second edge of the display board frame, The invention also includes a method for hanging a display board frame including the steps of securing the first bracket on the wall with its hook engaging the channel on one edge of the frame, securing the second slotted bracket on the wall with its hook spaced away from the second
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Colin Knight, Tom Dunlap