Patents by Inventor William B. Ritchie

William B. Ritchie 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: 20030178151
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for seating the bead of a tubeless tire onto a rim of a wheel. Also included is a cartridge and a bead seater kit. The bead seater apparatus includes a barrel with a nozzle. The apparatus is further provided with a tab which is associated with the barrel. The tab forms part of a rim safety mechanism, which places the apparatus in a ready to fire position when the tab is pressed against the rim of a tire thus placing the nozzle in the proper orientation between the rim of the wheel and the bead of the tire. With the safety released, the trigger is free to be pulled, which causes a firing pin to hit the primer of the cartridge chambered in the firing chamber of the apparatus. The propellant is then ignited wherein the resulting gas is substantially instantaneously released through the barrel and out of the nozzle between the rim and the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: William B. Ritchie, Robert Murphy, Norman Demers
  • Patent number: 4506396
    Abstract: A comfort enhancing assembly for providing abdominal and back support is formed of a first pillow and a second pillow which are connected by two overlapped flexible connector panels by a plurality of hook and loop type connector strips on each panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: The Ritchie Family Company
    Inventors: William B. Ritchie, Jr., Marguerite M. Ritchie
  • Patent number: D282036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Assignee: The Ritchie Family Company
    Inventors: William B. Ritchie, Jr., Marguerite M. Ritchie