Patents by Inventor Tommy Tarver

Tommy Tarver 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).

  • Mower deck height adjustment device
    Publication number: 20060096267
    Abstract: An adjustment pin for making precision adjustments to the cutting deck height of a lawn mower having a cutting deck height adjustment mechanism that employs a lever, a lever support bracket having lever set holes. The adjustment pin has an elongated stem of a uniform diameter. Disposed along the stem of the pin is a plurality of pin adjustment portions. These adjustment portions each have a successively reduced diameter with respect to the pin stem diameter. Adjustments to the cutting deck height are accomplished by inserting the pin in a desired lever support bracket set hole and positioning the lever against a desired adjustment portion of the pin stem. The user may make precision adjustments of the deck height depending upon his selection of the lever set hole and the choice adjustment portion of the pin stem on which to set the lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventor: Tommy Tarver
  • Mower deck height adjustment device
    Patent number: 7003937
    Abstract: An adjustment pin for making precision adjustments to the cutting deck height of a lawn mower having a cutting deck height adjustment mechanism that employs a lever, a lever support bracket having lever set holes. The adjustment pin has an elongated stem of a uniform diameter. Disposed along the stem of the pin is a plurality of pin adjustment portions. These adjustment portions each have a successively reduced diameter with respect to the pin stem diameter. Adjustments to the cutting deck height are accomplished by inserting the pin in a desired lever support bracket set hole and positioning the lever against a desired adjustment portion of the pin stem. The user may make precision adjustments of the deck height depending upon his selection of the lever set hole and the choice adjustment portion of the pin stem on which to set the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Inventor: Tommy Tarver