Cam-seated Patents (Class 81/143)
  • Patent number: 11724631
    Abstract: A bracket assembly is put to use in a cooking apparatus or else a food service table support system for attaching to a rail of a balcony or deck, or a tailgate of a pickup truck (or other vehicle, even the tailgate of a UTV or trailer, tube inserted inside the hitch receiver of a motor vehicle, or hung off the side of a passenger door of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Randall E. Arnall
  • Patent number: 9079636
    Abstract: A clamp for fiberglass boats is adjustable where the contact points are on any of the fiberglass hull, the fiberglass deck (which meets the hull at a seam covered by a rub rail), and/or the fiberglass gunwale (which is part of the deck and, if low enough, is called a toe rail). The clamp has an outer jaw for contacting the hull below the rub rail, and inner jaw that is reached over and around the gunwale for contacting the deck inside the gunwale, an optional auxiliary jaw for contacting the outside of the gunwale, and an optional stand-off resting on the crown of the gunwale. Preferably the jaws and stand-off are the terminations of linkages which can be re-configured in an indefinite variety of re-configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Inventor: Randall E. Arnall
  • Patent number: 8726768
    Abstract: An adjustable wrench is provided which provides several advantageous aspects. One aspect of the wrench is to facilitate rapid adjustment of the jaws, which are typically spring biased toward one another. Another aspect is the ability to adjust the jaws according to Metric system measurements or English system measurements or the like. A further aspect is the quick and effective tightening of the jaws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Scott Horton Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7350440
    Abstract: A framing hammer assembly enables a user to tend to nail work within tight spaces. The hammer assembly comprises a three-dimensional hammer head, an elongate hammer handle, and a select tool attachment assembly. The hammer head comprises first and second nail-striking heads, a fulcrum, and a nail-pulling claw. The first nail-striking head and the second nail-striking head are orthogonally situated relative to one another for enabling a user to drive nails within tight spaces. The hammer handle comprises a head-engagement portion, a second handle end, and a hand-grip portion. The select tool attachment assembly comprises a select tool accessory and certain fastening structure for fastening the select tool accessory to the second handle end. The select tool accessory is interchangeable with a plurality of secondary tool accessories for selectively providing a lever arm and for enabling the user to remove driven nails or similar other hardware within tight spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Inventor: Roberto R. Casolco
  • Patent number: 6789451
    Abstract: An adjustable wrench has a handle having a fixed jaw, a movable jaw, an adjusting worm and an adjusting device. The adjusting worm is received in an opening of the handle and engages with the movable jaw to drive the movable jaw to move along the guiding slot. The adjusting device has an axle portion received in a through hole of the adjusting worm and a wheel portion positioned beside the adjusting worm. The adjusting device is pivoted on the handle via a shaft to be turned along a rotation axle and the adjusting worm is turned along a rotation axle. The rotation axles of the adjusting device and the adjusting worm deviate from each other whereby the adjusting device is turned to move the adjusting worm toward or away from the movable jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Arthur Wu
  • Patent number: 6568300
    Abstract: An adjustable wrench has a ratcheting feature by which its movable jaw retracts away from its fixed jaw when the handle is pulled in one direction, enabling the wrench to slip over the facets of a polygon-shaped nut, but which locks the jaws in position when the wrench handle is turned in the opposite direction. A jaw adjustment screw is positioned for rotation in the wrench head and is axially movable with the lower jaw, but only when a support wedge is slidingly retracted out from its normal position supporting the bottom end of the adjustment screw. The tool can have a ruled edge adjacent to the jaw for indicating jaw opening size. Another feature is a slidable fence device on the fixed jaw, to be moved slidably over a face of the nut when the wrench is in place, providing a stop against sliding of the wrench off the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Inventor: Michael Steffe
  • Patent number: 6145415
    Abstract: A pair of pliers includes a head and a handle pivotally connected to the head which includes three parts. A movable jaw is movably received between the first part and the third part of the head and a first spring is connected between the movable jaw and the second part. The movable jaw has a toothed portion defined in one of two sides thereof. A pawl member is movably received between the first part and the second part with a second spring connected to the pawl member and the second part. The pawl member is moved along an inclined surface of the second part and has a toothed side which is disengagably matched with the toothed portion of the movable jaw by rotating the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventor: Kuo-Chen Liu
  • Patent number: 5746098
    Abstract: The invention provides an adjustable spanner having one fixed jaw (11) and one movable jaw (12), the fixed jaw being mounted on or formed integrally with the body or handle (10) of the spanner, and the movable jaw being arranged to slide in the body or handle of the spanner relative to the fixed jaw, in which the movable jaw (12) is provided with a first set of serrations (15) and a locking member (17) provided with a second set of secretions (16) is movably mounted in the body of the spanner to move between a locking position in which said second set of serrations engage with said first set of serrations to lock the movable jaw (12) in an operative position, and a release position in which the second set of serrations are clear of said first set of serrations to allow adjusting movement of the movable jaw; wherein releasable locking means (21) is provided for locking the locking member (17) positively in said locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Inventor: Ian Austin Harrison
  • Patent number: 4712455
    Abstract: A sliding jaw pipe wrench has a jaw adjustment mechanism comprising a longitudinally extending series of transverse recesses formed in one surface of a elongate shank on which the movable jaw of the wrench is formed. The shank is received in a retaining pocket in the wrench handle on which the stationary jaw is formed, and the handle includes a transverse locking pin for engagement in, and disengagement from the respective recesses to retain the movable jaw in position when engaged in a recess and allow the shank to be moved to adjust the jaws when disengaged from the recesses. The locking pin is operated by a trigger-like lever pivoted on the handle and connected to a locking pin by an elongate actuating rod. The wrench is provided with a fine adjustment mechanism in the form of a stud threaded transversely through an aperture in the handle so that the inner end of the stud can be tightened against an edge of the shank opposite the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Inventor: Terrence D. Cox
  • Patent number: 4580468
    Abstract: A sliding jaw pipe wrench has a jaw adjustment mechanism comprising a longitudinally extending series of transverse recesses formed in one surface of an elongate shank on which the movable jaw of the wrench is formed. The shank is received in a retaining pocket in the wrench handle on which the stationary jaw is formed, and the handle includes a transverse locking pin for engagement in, and disengagement from the respective recesses to retain the movable jaw in position when engaged in a recess and allow the shank to be moved to adjust the jaws when disengaged from the recesses. The locking pin is operated by a trigger-like lever pivoted on the handle and connected to the locking pin by an elongate actuating rod. A spring engaging the lever urges the locking pin into engagement with the respective recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Inventor: Terrence D. Cox
  • Patent number: 4106372
    Abstract: An adjustable wrench having a shank forming a handle and provided with a fixed jaw toward and away from which slides a movable jaw mounted on the shank. The movable jaw is selectively locked in a desired position relative to the fixed jaw by a lock arrangement including a latch disposed on the shank for movement substantially relative to the movable jaw and provided with teeth which can engage teeth provided on the movable jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Assignee: Robert A. Dexter
    Inventor: Jerold R. Miller