Patents by Inventor Walter J. Benson

Walter J. Benson 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: 6253757
    Abstract: A saw apparatus for cutting a work piece includes a circular saw blade, a saw blade drive mechanism including a motor drivably connected to the saw blade and having a motor pulley, and including a blade mounting structure, a saw table including a housing with a housing side wall, and a housing top wall having a blade passing opening and being hingedly secured to and resting on the housing side wall, a housing partition defining a drive mechanism chamber and a blade mounting chamber within the housing having a drive mechanism chamber bottom wall sealingly joined to the housing side wall, and a cooling liquid contained within the blade mounting chamber, so that the blade mounting mechanism includes a blade axle extending through the housing partition between the blade mounting chamber and the drive mechanism chamber, and the blade protrudes up through the blade passing opening and down into the cooling liquid, and a blade axle pulley is secured to the blade axle, passes through the housing partition, and a belt
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Inventor: Walter J. Benson
  • Patent number: 6134723
    Abstract: A bathtub seat for use with a bathtub having a bathtub bottom wall and a bathtub side wall, the bathtub side wall being sealingly connected to the bathtub bottom wall and forming a continuous loop for retaining water and having a side wall rim at the bathtub side wall upper end, the bathtub side wall defining opposing side wall rim segments and bathtub ends, the bathtub seat including a support panel for extending across the bathtub and resting on opposing the side rim segments, the support panel having a panel forward end and a panel rearward end. The seat preferably additionally includes an engaging lip extending downwardly from the support panel and into the tub in close proximity to opposing segments of the bathtub side wall for abutting the bathtub wall and thereby preventing substantial lateral movement of the support panel relative to the bathtub. The engaging lip preferably extends downwardly only from the panel forward end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Walter J. Benson