Hand Bars And Hand Barrows Patents (Class 294/15)
  • Patent number: 7862093
    Abstract: A novel wire spool caddy for transporting spools of electrical wire is comprised of a handle perpendicularly connected to the upper end of a shaft member. The shaft member is angularly connected to an extension member. The lower end of the extension member is angularly connected to the upper end of a second shaft member. An axis member is perpendicularly connected to the second shaft member. The axis member has an interior and exterior retaining cap for the purpose of retaining a coaxial rotational member which supports a wire spool when it is placed on the wire spool caddy. During use, the wire spool caddy allows the operator to guide and transport a wire spool by pushing it along.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Rodney Stiltner
  • Publication number: 20100314892
    Abstract: A kit of tools for carrying and installing a post is disclosed. The kit comprises a pair of carrying tools for lifting a post. Each tool comprises a handle and a gripping portion formed as a loop for surrounding and supporting an object to be lifted and a stabilising formation that engages with an upper surface of an object to be lifted, the tools being used to lift the object from opposite ends. Additionally, the kit includes an installation tool for installing a post in a hole. The installation tool comprises first and second components that can be pivotally interconnected. Each component has a handle portion and a gripping portion. Upon interconnection of the components, the gripping portion forms a continuous loop through which a post can be passed. Movement of the handle portions in a direction upwardly in use causes gripping portions to move towards one another to grip a post placed between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Barry Evans
  • Patent number: 7828352
    Abstract: A box lifting device places weight upon the lateral surface of lifter's forearm or hand. Preferred embodiments include a lifting body and a handle molded as a single piece of injection molded plastic, a lifting plate having metal teeth or other lifting members, and a weight transfer member that shifts the weight of a box to a lateral surface of the users forearm or hand. The lifting members are preferably angled other than 90° relative to a long axis of the handle. Preferred lifting plates include a plurality of openings, such that the lifting members of one plate enter the openings in the other plate and vice versa during storage of the devices. Magnets can be included to couple the left and right mating pairs. Lateral and medial forearm stops can be used to restrict a bending movement of the user's wrists relative to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Primary Ventures, LLC
    Inventor: Dennis DuBois
  • Patent number: 7806449
    Abstract: A device for handling devices, such as reticles, in a semiconductor manufacturing environment. In one illustrative embodiment, the device includes a body, a plurality of spaced-apart grippers and a plurality of magnets for producing a magnetic force to secure a semiconducting substrate or reticle between the spaced-apart grippers. In an embodiment, the magnets are surrounded by magnetic shielding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Chalom, Jon Oliver, Ty Gabby, Timothy A. Strodtbeck
  • Publication number: 20100213727
    Abstract: A handling claw (10) has a clamping section (14, 18; 14, 16) in which a tubular or hose-shaped article can be clamped, and a grip section (16; 18) by which a user can grasp the handling claw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventor: Gregor Laese
  • Patent number: 7767154
    Abstract: A reusable microplate kit for use in the life sciences industry includes a microplate and a removable lid. The microplate includes a sample area with a plurality of individual wells and a hollow outer frame formed around the sample area, the frame being shaped to include a plurality of openings in its top surface. The lid includes a plate, a plurality of latches formed on the underside of the plate and a compressible gasket affixed to the underside of the plate. In use, the lid is mounted on the microplate by inserting each latch through a corresponding opening until the latch snaps into engagement with the frame. In this manner, the plate and gasket together serve to seal off each well from the outside environment. The microplate kit additionally includes a tool for disengaging the lid from the microplate and thereby assist in their separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: HighRes Biosolutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Nichols, Louis J. Guarracina
  • Publication number: 20100148458
    Abstract: A medical ventilator cart, for use in hospitals or other medical settings, stores and transports various components of a ventilator system, such as a Breath Delivery Unit, a display monitor, and a compressor. First and second platforms are suspended above a base of the cart and allow the various ventilator cart components to be separately and independently placed on and removed from the cart without the need to move or rearrange any of the other ventilator components. One version of the cart provides an additional compressor platform attached to the base for mounting a compressor below the first platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventors: Christopher G. Ross, Richard Calou, Colt Sander, Tony L. Lee, Christian J. Stefanovitz
  • Patent number: 7730588
    Abstract: The invention is a fire hose holding apparatus that involves a hose clamp that involves two halves that are connected together via a hinge and a handle. Located along the interior of said two halves are rubber strips. The locking apparatus involves a locking clip on the opposite ends of the two halves and locking notch in the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Inventor: Claude Bernier
  • Patent number: 7726712
    Abstract: A pair of devices for lifting boxes is disclosed. Each device comprises a handle, lifting surface, lifting plate and a plurality of lifting members in the form of angled teeth. During use, the teeth of each device are inserted into opposite sides of a corrugated box. A user is then able to lift the box using the temporary handles. The teeth are angled relative to a bottom edge of the lifting plates allowing a user's wrist to maintain a proper position to lift boxes over the user's head. During non-use the pair of devices they are connected with magnets such that the teeth of each lifting plate are received by corresponding openings in the other lifting plate. Each tooth may also include an extension portion for accommodating portions of a box thereby increasing the surface area of contact between the teeth and the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Primary Ventures, LLC
    Inventor: Dennis DuBois
  • Publication number: 20100086391
    Abstract: A hose handling apparatus for gripping, advancing, and maneuvering a high pressure hose is provided. The hose handling apparatus comprises a support member comprising a first end, a middle section, and a second end, a generally cylindrical handle detachably connected to and substantially perpendicular to the first end of the support member forming a rigid connection with the support member to provide grip to a user's hand, a first generally cylindrical curvilinear gripping element detachably connected to and substantially perpendicular to the middle section of the support member, and a second generally cylindrical curvilinear gripping element detachably connected to and substantially perpendicular to the second end of the support member. The support member is angled at the middle section. The handle and the gripping elements form a parallel configuration which is perpendicular to a planar surface of the support member. The gripping elements grip the hose positioned between them firmly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventor: William Padilla
  • Publication number: 20100066107
    Abstract: A novel wire spool caddy for transporting spools of electrical wire is comprised of a handle perpendicularly connected to the upper end of a shaft member. The shaft member is angularly connected to an extension member. The lower end of the extension member is angularly connected to the upper end of a second shaft member. An axis member is perpendicularly connected to the second shaft member. The axis member has an interior and exterior retaining cap for the purpose of retaining a coaxial rotational member which supports a wire spool when it is placed on the wire spool caddy. During use, the wire spool caddy allows the operator to guide and transport a wire spool by pushing it along.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: Rodney Stiltner
  • Publication number: 20100060021
    Abstract: An apparatus for moving an object has a contact plate, a first member connected to the contact plate and extending radially away therefrom, and a second member connected to the first member and slidable relative thereto along an axis defined therewith. The contact plate is sized and shaped for abuttingly extending against a portion of the object and a ground surface when the members are disposed between the ground surface and the object. The second member is slidable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration to facilitate sliding and storage of the members underneath the object and for subsequent pulling on the members in a desired direction to cause the contact plate in abutment to cause the object to move in the desired direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Lynne Pouliot, Jean-Marc Pouliot
  • Patent number: 7637546
    Abstract: A channel member having four roller wheels is controlled by an ergonomic handle formed from a continuous length of aluminum tubing having a first arm to support one hand of a user, and a second arm to support a second hand of the user to guide and stabilize the handle, and to accept the weight of the user, when the roller wheels are pushed against an oilfield tubular, thus causing the oilfield tubular to be rolled from one position to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Inventor: Carbert Wade Navarre, II
  • Patent number: 7618023
    Abstract: A method for the non-destructive removal of fixed window elements (1) from vehicles uses a cutting wire (15) that is threaded through the adhesive bonding a window element to a vehicle and that is placed in a loop around the perimeter of the window element. A first end (15A) of the cutting wire is attached to a first wire wind-up element (16) of a single tool (3) and a second end (15D) of the cutting wire is attached to a second wire wind-up element (17) of the single tool. The first and second ends of the wire are then pulled with the first and second wire wind-up element until the wire cuts through the adhesive around the entire perimeter of the side window element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Ramhuset-Dalaspeglar AB
    Inventor: Rolf Ericson
  • Patent number: 7597369
    Abstract: A clamp tool for circuit board is disclosed. The clamp tool includes a frame, a handle, a plurality of gripping shafts, and a lock. The frame defines two vertical grooves facing each other. The handle is mounted on top of the frame. The gripping shafts are mounted beneath the frame, and include protuberant gripping heads on an end thereof. The lock includes a pull rod and a locking shaft. The pull rod passes through the vertical grooves and connects with the frame by elastic pieces. The locking shaft is mounted beneath the pull rod. The clamp tool is used to move circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Tsai, Jian-Hua Xiang, Guan-Wu Xu
  • Patent number: 7588274
    Abstract: A tool for lifting and carrying a building block includes a body having a first end adapted to engage an inner building block wall. A nose extends from an upper portion of the first end and is adapted to engage an upper surface of the building block. First and second elongated legs extend away from the first end in angular relation to one another. A foot is pivotally connected to a free end of the second leg, and has a generally parallel pad portion configured to engage an opposite inner wall of the building block. Upon exerting a lifting force on a handle portion of the first leg, the first end of the body and the foot pad engage and exert opposing forces to opposite inner walls of the building block cell, enabling the building block to be lifted by the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Inventor: Landon Worthington
  • Patent number: 7533914
    Abstract: A carrying system for a respirator product shall be improved such that it shall have a simple design, make it possible to protect the cylinder valves and receive additional weights in a simple manner. To accomplish the object, a bracket (1) is provided, which has a U-shaped protective strap (4) in the area of the cylinder valves (28) and has a mount (15, 16, 24, 25) for a balance weight (5), which can be pushed in between the pressurized gas cylinders (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Michael Rosert, Arnd Kausch, Dirk Feil
  • Publication number: 20090121504
    Abstract: The present invention is a lightweight carrier related to manually lifting and transporting corrugated panels, such as hurricane storm panels, by a single individual. The storm panels are carried manually from a storage area to the location of the house where a user typically installs them, such as a window or door entry into the structure. The carrier further allows the person to carry them up a ladder and to safely place them on an angled roof as the apparatus is designed in such a way as to provide better friction than that of the panels for safe placement during installation and removal of the panels. The hurricane storm panel manual carrier allows an individual to lift and carry one or more small or large hurricane storm panels with ease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Edward A. Wolf, Mark Clark
  • Patent number: 7451893
    Abstract: This invention relates to a ferrule dispenser for dispensing stud welding ferrules and to a package of ferrules for use with the dispenser. The dispenser comprises a rod that supports a spring loaded cam system. The cam system moves relative to the rod and includes a compression spring and a cam. The spring and cam work together to bias a pair of ferrule release pins inward and outward of the rod, selectively holding ferrules on an outer surface of the rod or releasing them onto a work surface. The package of ferrules used with the dispenser includes multiple sets of ferrules, each set including multiple ferrules uniformly stacked on a spindle. Each spindle has one open end that can pass through an opening in a handle of the dispenser and down a center bore of the dispenser for loading the ferrules from the spindle onto the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Gerald D Martin
  • Patent number: 7421771
    Abstract: A tool comprising a handle, a shaft, and a pair of spaced-apart projections for use in removing the propeller from a watercraft. The projections are generally arranged at a distal end of the shaft so as to extend therefrom in a generally perpendicular direction. The projections may be placed over the rim of a propeller hub, rim of an exhaust port, or the lower portion of the trailing edge of the propeller blade generally close to the hub. The tool is then rotated to pinch the object placed therein between the two projections. The user can then utilize the handle and the shaft to have a lever arm with which they can use the pinch point as a grip on the propeller and manually prevent the propeller from rotating while attempting to rotate a nut holding the propeller to the watercraft with their other hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Inventor: Alvin G. Heathman
  • Patent number: 7422253
    Abstract: A glass handling tool and a method of moving a glass substrate are provided. The glass handling tool includes support members, moving members, and a body. The support members support a glass substrate. The moving members fix the support members. The body is coupled with the moving members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Dae Kang
  • Publication number: 20080164705
    Abstract: A box lifting device places weight upon the lateral surface of lifter's forearm or hand. Preferred embodiments include a lifting body and a handle molded as a single piece of injection molded plastic, a lifting plate having metal teeth or other lifting members, and a weight transfer member that shifts the weight of a box to a lateral surface of the users forearm or hand. The lifting members are preferably angled other than 90° relative to a long axis of the handle. Preferred lifting plates include a plurality of openings, such that the lifting members of one plate enter the openings in the other plate and vice versa during storage of the devices. Magnets can be included to couple the left and right mating pairs. Lateral and medial forearm stops can be used to restrict a bending movement of the user's wrists relative to the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: BOX PAWS, LLC
    Inventor: Dennis DuBois
  • Patent number: 7354084
    Abstract: A lifting device and method of use permit objects having a flat bottom supported on particulate material to be readily lifted. The device includes an elongate shaft member extending in a longitudinal direction between respective first and second ends. A hook member is supported on the first end of the shaft member to extend substantially straight along a hook axis lying substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the shaft member. A gripping member supported on the shaft member adjacent the second end permits gripping in a hand of a person. The substantially perpendicular configuration of the hook member readily permits rectangular objects to be well supported on the hook member for lifting heavy objects including pre-cast concrete sidewalk slabs and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Inventors: Perry Freiling, Don Freiling
  • Publication number: 20080054657
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for handling devices, such as reticles, in a semiconductor manufacturing environment. In one illustrative embodiment, the device includes a body, a plurality of spaced-apart grippers and a plurality of magnets for producing a magnetic force to secure a semiconducting substrate or reticle between the spaced-apart grippers. In one illustrative embodiment, the method includes providing a pick comprised of a plurality of spaced-apart grippers and generating a magnetic force to grasp a semiconducting substrate or a reticle between the grippers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Mike Chalom, Jon Oliver, Ty Gabby, Timothy A. Strodtbeck
  • Patent number: 7328923
    Abstract: A tool is provided for minimizing operator bending while lifting an elongated circular object, such as lengths of pipe. With one hand, the operator manipulates a slidable pin while grasping the tool handle. The slidable pin allows a rotatable grapple to move outward from the tool for positioning about the object, and, alternatively, to return the grapple toward the tool and secure the grapple in a position across from a positioning member, the grapple and positioning member being shaped to closely receive the object and hold the object between the grapple and the positioning member. A biasing element forces the slidable pin toward the rotatable grapple, the grapple being configured to receive the pin and be held in a position opposite the positioning member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Inventor: Gilberto Urdiales
  • Patent number: 7311343
    Abstract: A pair of handles is strapped or screwed to a load, such as a used furnace to allow it to be picked up and carried more readily. Each handle projects above the top edge of the load and is connected to an elongated member that is flat against one side of the load. The elongated members may also be screwed to the load. In one embodiment, the bars have an upstanding rib for reinforcement and three slots for threading webbing straps through. In another embodiment, the elongated members are essentially lengths of angle iron with handles attached to the upper ends and the two legs of the elongated members fit along a corner edge of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Inventor: Jerry F. Callebresi
  • Patent number: 7306272
    Abstract: A cylinder tote for carrying a compressed gas cylinder of the type having a flangeless neck and a valve assembly mounted atop thereof includes a handle member having a first end and an open-ended opposite end, a yoke member having a second end and an open-ended third end, the third end including a pair of legs adapted to support the valve assembly, and an intermediate member disposed between and connecting the first end of the handle member and the second end of the yoke member wherein, when the yoke member is disposed on and engages the valve assembly disposed atop the compressed gas cylinder, the cylinder tote may be used to transport the compressed gas cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Inventor: Jim Riness
  • Patent number: 7270357
    Abstract: A distance and orientation adjustable suction device includes two suction cups and a controlling mechanism connected between the suction cups. Each suction cup has a rotatable mounting block. The controlling mechanism includes a main body forming a knuckle joint with the mounting block of one suction cup and defines a channel movably receiving a rack that threadingly engages a internally-threaded cylinder that forms a knuckle with the mounting block of the other suction cup. Thus, the suction cups are each rotatable about two axes with respect to the main body and are linear movable with respect to each other. Further, the threading engagement between the cylinder and the rack allows for minute adjustment between linear distance between the suction cups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Lih Yann Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Po Lin Liao
  • Patent number: 7237813
    Abstract: A pair of devices for lifting boxes is disclosed. Each device comprises a handle, lifting surface, lifting plate and a plurality of lifting members in the form of angled teeth. During use, the teeth of each device are inserted into opposite sides of a corrugated box. A user is then able to lift the box using the temporary handles. The teeth are sized to avoid damage to the contents of the box. The teeth may be punched into a removable metallic lifting plate. The design of the teeth provides a sufficient amount of surface area for maintaining the box. During non-use the lifting plate may be removed and re-attached in an opposite orientation to prevent injuries which may be caused by the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventor: Dennis DuBois
  • Patent number: 7226099
    Abstract: A lifting device ergonomically and safely lifts an object having an elongated aperture. The lifting device includes a lifting member having a first end with a handle portion for gripping by a user and a second end with an object-engaging portion for securely engaging the elongated aperture. A stabilizing member coupled to the lifting member adjacent the object-engaging portion is structured to stabilize the object while moving it. A panelboard employs one or more lifting devices which engage elongated apertures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Syed M. Karim, Jeffrey L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7070218
    Abstract: An apparatus providing a pistol grip for fire fighters hand-holding a hose comprising a transversal member medially and contiguously disposed of two matched engaging members. The present invention attaches to any hose location with a wrist rotation whereby a portion of hose is inserted into a transversal member and then other different adjacent hose portions are abuttably received by each of the two engaging members, respectively. The position of the present invention along the hose is changed by rotatably relieving the abut table contact with the hose by pivoting an obliquely disposed handle and then sliding along the hose to the new location thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Inventors: Vaughn L. Bercaw, Jason L. Bercaw
  • Patent number: 7029045
    Abstract: A Doe Antlers is a device designed for retrieving wild game animals such as deer or other animals of similar size. Doe Antlers consists of a yoke, yoke handles, an adjustment fastener, a hook, and hand grips. The yoke can be manufactured of tubular or solid material such as metals including but not limited to steel, aluminum, titanium, and other materials such as composites, graphites, pultruded fiberglass, and etcetera. The adjustable fastener is a series of links joined together into a chain permanently fastened at one end and having a hook fastener at the other end. The yoke and handles constitute a single unit with a handle placed at both ends of the yoke. The handles may consist of rubber or other similar material over the yoke body, or they may be knurled steel for ease of use. The fastener is designed to lock the game animal's head securely into the yoke, allowing two people to easily move the game animal to the desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Tumminaro
  • Patent number: 7014233
    Abstract: A suction device includes a handle (10) and an operation lever (30) which has a cam end (32) pivotably connected to the handle. A suction disk (20) has a shaft (21) which movably extends through the underside of the handle and is pivotably connected to the cam end. A release device (40) is connected to a side of the handle and removably engaged with a hole in a side of the operation lever and the handle. The release device can be easily operated by the thumb of the user to disengage the shaft from the operation lever, and the suction disk is pushed back by a spring (22) mounted to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Plus Craft Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Timmy Chen
  • Patent number: 7003917
    Abstract: A lift handle for building systems such as door assemblies and window assemblies. The handle comprising a flange and a channel disposed proximate the flange. The flange comprises a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is adapted to be coupled with the frame of the door or window assembly and the channel is adapted to be coupled with a nailing fin of the frame for moving the frame via the nailing fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: JELD-WEN, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Hetherington, Daniel G. Marston
  • Patent number: 7000962
    Abstract: A handle-frame set for attachment to a container or a bulky object to facilitate lifting and carrying of said container or bulky object, comprising a frame part and a handle part with the resultant handle formed by displacement of the lower portion of the frame part whereby the formed handle is locked into position. An adhesive layer for attaching to a surface is affixed on the back side of the frame part and the handle part and a protective layer is releaseably affixed to the back side of the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Inventor: Andrew Dung The Le
  • Patent number: 6893067
    Abstract: A holder for a concrete slurry hose connectable to support a hose for dispensing a slurry at an elevated location such as at the top of a wall. The holder comprises an elongated body which is to be supported at the top of the wall. The body includes a pair of straps which would be secured to the hose some spaced distance from the dispensing end of the hose. The lower end of the body includes a pair of handles. These handles are to be grasped and used by a human to facilitate movement of the body to various locations along the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Inventor: Henry Ayala
  • Patent number: 6857673
    Abstract: A carrier for sport boards such as surf boards. The carrier is a unitary structure formed from a tubular material having a back section which, at its lower end, transitions into a U-shape cradle and a handle. The sport board is received in the cradle and then may be transported by placing the carrier against the side of the user beneath the arm and grasping the handle retaining the board against the side of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Inventor: Darrell Richard Lang
  • Patent number: 6846027
    Abstract: A panel carrying device for holding a concrete form panel is disclosed. The device comprises an elongate handle with opposite ends. A pair of elongate arms are each mounted on one of the opposite ends of the handle with the handle extending between the arms. Each of the arms has a first end and a second end, with the first end of each of the arms being insertable into a hole in the concrete form panel. An elongate slot is formed in each of the arms for engaging an edge of the wall of the panel about the hole in the panel. The slot is formed in the first end of the arm. A longitudinal axis of the slot of each of the arms is positioned substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the respective arm for aligning the wall of the panel substantially parallel to the handle when each of the arms is extended through the holes in the wall of the concrete form panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Inventors: Matt E. Hess, Gary L. Hess, Jerry J. Hess, Billy Joe Hess
  • Patent number: 6840555
    Abstract: A lifting implement for removing a panel (10) which has a receiving means (18) in the body of the said panel (10) on the surface of the panel (10) which is exposed in use, the receiving means (18) being offset from the center of the panel (10), from a position in which it is held by gravity in an aperture (12) defined by a surrounding floor or ground surface (14) where the exposed surface of the panel (10) is substantially flush with the surrounding surface (14) comprises a handle (41) with an elongate shift (43) for use by an operator in a standing position, terminating in an engagement member (42) engageable with said receiving means (18), wherein the handle (41) is connected to the engagement member (42) by pivotable means (50), whereby said panel (10) can be removed from said aperture (12), and said handle (41) can move relative to said engagement member (42) during the removal of the panel (10) from the aperture (12), the lifting implement being further provided with restricting means (60) which is movab
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Inventor: Martin Thompson
  • Publication number: 20040251699
    Abstract: The invention involves a carpet retractor for moving rolls of carpets, pipes, conduit and other tubular elements. The carpet retractor includes an elongate member to which the other components of the carpet retractor are coupled, a plurality of gripping members adapted to engage the inner surface of a roll of carpet, and an engagement mechanism configured to actuate a plurality of gripping members so as to facilitate the movement of rolls of carpet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Drue Kehl, Gordon Case
  • Publication number: 20040245789
    Abstract: A cover handling tool is provided that includes a handle, an elongate portion extending from the handle, and an engagement portion extending from the elongate portion. The engagement portion includes a notch for engaging, removing and relocating the cover. The tool can also include other features such as one or more apertures for attaching a testing tool, a rotatable handle, an adjustable elongate portion and a support member. In use, the engagement portion will be passed through an opening in the cover. The notch within the engagement portion will engage a lip that is adjacent the opening. Then, by lifting directly upwards, the cover can be freed from the skimmer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Seth J. Berl, Leonard S. Berl, Thomas Schrader
  • Publication number: 20040232713
    Abstract: The usefulness of an item or a process is largely a function of the cost it saves. This handle allows the heavy panels to be moved and carried by very young volunteers workers, virtually children. As a result, very poor children can do the work of building a house for a very poor senior citizen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventor: Earl Raymond Littleton
  • Publication number: 20040222651
    Abstract: A handle-frame set for attachment to a container or a bulky object to facilitate lifting and carrying of said container or bulky object, comprising a frame part and a handle part with the resultant handle formed by displacement of the lower portion of the frame part whereby the formed handle is locked into position. An adhesive layer for attaching to a surface is affixed on the back side of the frame part and the handle part and a protective layer is releaseably affixed to the back side of the adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2002
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Andrew Dung The Le
  • Patent number: 6793258
    Abstract: A device and method for gripping a handrail or other object having a top and a bottom surface. The device includes a handle for gripping by a user. A fixed member is coupled to the handle for engaging one of the top and bottom surfaces of the handrail, and a movable member is movably coupled to the handle for engaging the other of the top and bottom surfaces of the handrail. An actuator coupled to the handle controls the movement of the movable member, the actuator allowing for repositioning and locking of the device with respect to the handrail. When the device is locked with respect to the handrail the fixed member and movable member engage the top and bottom surfaces of the handrail such that a force tangential to the handrail can be applied to the handle without the device sliding on the handrail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Larry B. Gray
  • Publication number: 20040155474
    Abstract: An apparatus providing a pistol grip for fire fighters hand-holding a hose comprising a transversal member medially and contiguously disposed of two matched engaging members. The present invention attaches to any hose location with a wrist rotation whereby a portion of hose is inserted into a transversal member and then other different adjacent hose portions are abuttably received by each of the two engaging members, respectively. The position of the present invention along the hose is changed by rotatably relieving the abut table contact with the hose by pivoting an obliquely disposed handle and then sliding along the hose to the new location thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Vaughn L. Bercaw, Jason L. Bercaw
  • Patent number: 6729666
    Abstract: A combination hanging and dragging hunting aid comprises a handle having a pair of opposing free ends. The handle has means for supporting the handle such as a loop or other surface. A pair of removable hooks are attached to each free end of the handle, with the hooks being adapted to hook to an animal so that the animal can be hung via the handle. One or more flexible members are provided that can extends from one or more end of the handle. The flexible member terminates in a hook for attaching to a portion of an animal to allow the animal to be dragged using the handle. By selecting the proper position of the hooks, the animal can be first dragged to a site, and then, by repositioning the hooks, the animal can be hung up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Inventor: James Mullis
  • Patent number: 6684491
    Abstract: An extraction device for removing a connector plug from a disc drive socket including first and second lever plates having a length extending between opposed first and second ends and a width extending between opposed sides and the first and second lever plates being pivotally connected between the first and second ends to form lever handles and lever arms. The lever arms include opposed fingers spaced along the width of the lever plates between opposed sides. The lever arms include a slot between fingers, a width of which is sized to enclose a length of the connector plug. A spring biases the lever arms of the first and second lever plates towards one another and the lever plates being movable against a spring bias to open the lever arms to remove a connector plug. A method for removing a connector from a disc drive socket including aligning an extraction device with the connector plug and operating the device to remove the connector plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Philippe Vaillant
  • Patent number: 6681480
    Abstract: A technique is provided for installing circuit components, such as memory devices, in a support, such as a socket. The device to be installed is supported in a holder or shell. The holder is positioned over a support region in the receiving socket. A manual actuator is pressed into the holder to eject the device from the holder and to install the device in the support. The holder may be configured to hold a single device, or multiple devices aligned in slots defined by partitions. A multi-device tray may be provided for indexing devices toward an ejection slot, through which the devices are installed by manual actuation of an ejecting actuator. The technique provides protection for the device prior to and during installation, and facilitates manual installation of such devices without requiring direct hand contact with the device either prior to or during installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Kinsman, Mike Brooks, Warren M. Farnworth, Walter Moden, Terry Lee
  • Patent number: 6669253
    Abstract: A wafer boat and boat handle are designed for automatic interlocking engagement and release upon manipulation by a user. The boat includes a side rail with a lip for engagement within a slot formed in the handle, and a handle cam activating contact surface for contacting a gripping block member of the handle. The handle includes at least one boat holding block with a boat lip holding slot therewithin. The handle also includes at least one boat gripping block that is rotatably engaged with the holding block, and which includes a frontwardly projecting rail gripping flange. When the boat lip is brought into the holding block slot, the gripping block rotates and the flange is brought over the top of the rail. The boat rail is thereby held between the slot and the flange of the handle, such that the boat may be lifted and moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Inventors: David W. Benzing, Christopher A. Luebker
  • Publication number: 20030193203
    Abstract: A primary carrier assembly includes a generally rectangular central frame defined by a pair of substantially parallel tubular segments joined at one ends thereof by a padded cross piece conformed for receipt in the armpit of a person and bridged proximate the other ends thereof by an offset transverse handle piece. A panel carrier assembly is releasably engaged to said other ends of said tubular segments and is defined by equally spaced, parallel posts conformed for receipt in the corresponding other ends of said tubular segments at the upper ends thereof and affixed at their lower ends to a transverse channel. The traverse piece is conformed to support panel pieces of material. In another embodiment for carrying long articles, two hangers are suspended from ends of a rod secured within said traverse channel. The primary carrier assembly can be disassembled and integrated into a conventional dolly as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventor: Dennis DuBois