Roberta L Hall

US Patent:

D446269, Jan 26, 1999

Filed:

Dec 10, 1997

Appl. No.:

D/080449

Inventors:

Roberta Scheiner Hall - Needham MA
Robert I. Somers - Reisterstown MD

Assignee:

Black & Decker Inc. - Newark DE

International Classification:

0803

US Classification:

D 8 68

US Patent:

D443987, Jan 19, 1999

Filed:

Jun 18, 1997

Appl. No.:

D/072085

Inventors:

Roberta Scheiner Hall - Needham MA
Stanley A. Markle - Lutherville MD

Assignee:

Black & Decker Inc. - Newark DE

International Classification:

1502

US Classification:

D15 7

US Patent:

59311851, Aug 3, 1999

Filed:

Aug 8, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/695146

Inventors:

Roberta Scheiner Hall - Needham MA
Scott D. Price - Singapore, SG
Wallis Alsruhe - Millers MD
Robert G. Frederick - Charlotte NC

Assignee:

Black & Decker, Inc. - Newark DE

International Classification:

A62C 3500

US Classification:

13735516

Abstract:

Instead of wrapping the air hose around the portable tire inflator housing to store it, an internal storage compartment is provided. A guide device in the compartment guides the hose so that it travels a path which is offset downward from a straight line path between its attachment to the compressor of the inflator and the opening in the compartment top wall. This path reduces pulling stresses on the attachment, assists in manual incremental feed of the hose back into a concealed storage position, and prevents the hose from bunching up into upper corners of the compartment. When in its storage position only the air chuck at the end of the hose is exposed.