James J Nickels

US Patent:

50740644, Dec 24, 1991

Filed:

Jun 15, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/538779

Inventors:

James G. Nickels - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

E01H 502

US Classification:

37265

Abstract:

A snow shovel that includes a forwardly opening hood supported on front and rear wheels for movement into a layer of snow on the ground surface. The bottom walls of the shovel is formed by a snow ejection plate that is swingably mounted for movement in a vertical arc from a prone position to an upright position. Snow deposited on the upper face of the plate is forcibly ejected from the shovel when the plate is swung to its upright position.

US Patent:

49848348, Jan 15, 1991

Filed:

Apr 10, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/507042

Inventors:

James G. Nickels - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

E05C 1918

US Classification:

292297

Abstract:

A portable door lock that includes a tension plate insertable into the clearance space between the edge of a door and the facing surface of a door jamb. Ears on the plate hook into a striker plate opening. A door keeper element is swingably connected to the tension plate for movement against the exposed face of the door. The door-engagement surface of the keeper element is a cam surface adapted to move angularly along the door face at a relatively slight angle, such that the keeper element assumes a wedged condition. The cam surface gives the keeper element an adjustability that compensates for tolerance variations in the spacing between the door face and the striker plate opening.