Patents by Inventor Wilton T. Farmer, Jr.

Wilton T. Farmer, Jr. 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: 5052737
    Abstract: An attachment structure for attaching to the side panels of a pickup truck a toolbox of the type having a lower part positioned within the bed of the pickup truck, a top part which is longer than the lower part and overhangs the side panels and a shelf interconnecting the lower and upper parts. The attachment structure secures the toolbox to the side panels without the need to drill holes into the tops of the side panels. A retainer plate is slidable through an end wall of the lower part of the toolbox between a retracted position mostly within the toolbox and an extended position mostly outside of the toolbox. A threaded bolt engages this retainer plate to urge it upwardly against an inner portion of the side panel which projects inwardly over the retainer plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Inventor: Wilton T. Farmer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5046340
    Abstract: Flush mountable latches and locks for industrial cabinets, tool carts, electrical equipment enclosures and the like utilize versatile housings together with a variety of types of handles that are movable relative to the housings to effect unlatching movements of spring-biased, pivotally mounted latch bolts, with pivotally mounted operating arms serving to drivingly interconnect the handles with the latch bolts. Lockable embodiments have locking mechanisms that prevent operating movements of the operating arms, but do not prevent pivotal movement of the latch bolts out of their latched positions, whereby even the lockable embodiments have latch bolts that can be "slammed" into latching engagement with suitably configured strike formations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: The Eastern Company
    Inventors: Lee S. Weinerman, David F. Worden, Norman Lauterbach, Wilton T. Farmer, Jr.