Electrical connectors – Metallic clamp-type connector for storage battery terminal – Spring-actuated or resilient clamp
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-06
2001-05-29
Patel, Tulsidas (Department: 2839)
Electrical connectors
Metallic clamp-type connector for storage battery terminal
Spring-actuated or resilient clamp
C439S822000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06238253
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to booster cables and more particularly pertains to a new booster cable assembly for connecting to the terminal of a battery.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of booster cables is known in the prior art. More specifically, booster cables heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,167,529; U.S. Pat. No. 2,762,028; U.S. Pat. No. 4,923,415; U.S. Pat. No. 3,267,452; U.S. Des. Patent No. 258,818; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,826,547.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new booster cable assembly. The inventive device includes a terminal gripping assembly for gripping a battery terminal. The gripping assembly includes a pair of arms. Both of the arms have a distal portion, a proximal portion and central portion. The arms each have a front face, a back face, a top face and a bottom face. A pivoting assembly pivotally couples the first and second arms such that each of the front faces face each other. A biasing means biases said arms in an open position. The biasing means is a torsion spring. The biasing means urges the front faces of the arms away from each other. A cable operationally connects the terminal gripping assembly to a second terminal gripping assembly. The cable has a first end fixedly coupled to the proximal portion of the second arm.
In these respects, the booster cable assembly according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of connecting to the terminal of a battery.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of booster cables now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new booster cable assembly construction wherein the same can be utilized for connecting to the terminal of a battery.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new booster cable assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the booster cables mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new booster cable assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art booster cables, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a terminal gripping assembly for gripping a battery terminal. The gripping assembly includes a pair of arms. Both of the arms have a distal portion, a proximal portion and central portion. The arms each have a front face, a back face, a top face and a bottom face. A pivoting assembly pivotally couples the first and second arms such that each of the front faces face each other. A biasing means biases said arms in an open position. The biasing means is a torsion spring. The biasing means urges the front faces of the arms away from each other. A cable operationally connects the terminal gripping assembly to a second terminal gripping assembly. The cable has a first end fixedly coupled to the proximal portion of the second arm.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new booster cable assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the booster cables mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new booster cable assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art booster cables, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new booster cable assembly which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new booster cable assembly which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new booster cable assembly which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such booster cable assembly economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new booster cable assembly which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new booster cable assembly for connecting to the terminal of a battery.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new booster cable assembly which includes a terminal gripping assembly for gripping a battery terminal. The gripping assembly includes a pair of arms. Both of the arms have a distal portion, a proximal portion and central portion. The arms each have a front face, a back face, a top face and a bottom face. A pivoting assembly pivotally couples the first and second arms such that each of the front faces face each other. A biasing means biases said arms in an open position. The biasing means is a torsion spring. The biasing means urges the front faces of the arms away from each other. A cable operationally connects the terminal gripping assembly to a second terminal gripping assembly. The cable has a first end fixedly coupled to the proximal portion of the second arm.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new booster cable assembly that has front faces biased away from each other so that the user may easier place the distal ends of the arms about the battery terminal.
Even still another object of the present invention is t
Hyeon Hae Moon
Patel Tulsidas
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