Patents for Porcelain Cleats
S = Specimen is known
Re = Reissue patent
D = Design patent
| Spec | Patent No. | App Date | Date | Patentee Name | Patentee Name | Description of Patent | Assigned To: | Residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 254,610 | 6-22-81 | 3- 7-82 | William H. | CAPEWELL | Cleat - self-tying by means of two insulating blocks | Philadelphia, PA | ||
| 324,692 | 5- 2-85 | 8-18-85 | George W. | HILL | Cleat | Quincy, MA | ||
| 359,812 | 4-14-86 | 3-22-87 | Henry | PENNIE | Cleat type for holding house wiring | 1/2 to Louis Schleip | Brooklyn, NY | |
| 368,284 | 12-22-86 | 8-16-87 | John R. | FLETCHER | Cleat - clamp type | Dayton, OH | ||
| 369,447 | 3- 4-87 | 9- 6-87 | Edwin T. | GREENFIELD | Cleat - clamp type with slotted cylinder and screw eye | Greenfield & Co. | New York, NY | |
| 411,801 | 3-16-89 | 10- 1-89 | John R. | FLETCHER | Cleat | Dayton, OH | ||
| 418,369 | 5-10-89 | 12-31-89 | George E. | HUFF | Cleat (screw) to hold wire | Hartford, CT | ||
| 422,651 | 12-13-89 | 3- 4-90 | George E. | STANLEY | Cleat with split ends | Whitman, MA | ||
| 433,561 | 2-18-89 | 8- 5-90 | Lawrence | FURLONG | Cleat | Frederick Rockwell | Hartford, CT | |
| 444,317 | 8-16-90 | 1- 6-91 | John S./David J. | POTTER/CARTWRIGHT | Cleat | John S. Potter | Newton, MA/Boston, MA | |
| 458,964 | 4-17-91 | 9- 1-91 | Henry Price | BALL | Cleat | Brooklyn, NY | ||
| S | 476,827 | 3-21-92 | 6-14-92 | Albert P. | SEYMOUR | Cleat Patent was owned by Pass & Seymour. | Syracuse, NY | |
| 497,515 | 1-16-93 | 5-16-93 | Thomas H. | BRADY | Cleat with metal clip to hold wire | New Britain, CT | ||
| 502,614 | 3- 8-93 | 8- 1-93 | Edward H. | CLARKE | Cleat - 2 piece | 1/2 to Solomon Eaton | Lynn, MA | |
| 503,384 | 1- 7-93 | 8-15-93 | Jacob | PAWOLOWSKI | Cleat - 2 piece | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| S | 505,215 | 3-27-93 | 9-19-93 | Elisha W. | BUFFINTON | Cleat (3-wire) - 2 piece known as the B & D cleat for Buffinton and Dow | 1/2 to Albert F. Dow | Fall River, MA |
| S | 505,912 | 6- 1-93 | 10-3-93 | Elisha W. | BUFFINTON | Cleat (2-wire) - 2 piece | 1/2 to Albert F. Dow | Fall River, MA |
| S | 508,687 | 6-28-93 | 11-14-93 | Frederic A. | DUGGAN | Cleat (2-wire) - 2 piece | Trenton, NJ | |
| 511,611 | 9- 1-93 | 12-26-93 | Charles N. | HAMMOND | Cleat - self-tying | The Hammond Cleat & Insulator Co. | Boston, MA | |
| 511,612 | 4-12-93 | 12-26-93 | Charles N. | HAMMOND | Cleat - self-tying | The Hammond Cleat & Insulator Co. | Boston, MA | |
| 513,564 | 3-13-93 | 1-30-94 | Albert W. | FULLER | Cleat to hold two wires that may be stacked on each other to hold additional pairs of wires | Saugus, MA | ||
| 518,214 | 1-12-94 | 4-17-94 | Henry Price | BALL | Cleat for ceiling - 2 piece | Bridgeport, CT | ||
| 518,301 | 10-27-93 | 4-17-94 | Herbert C. | WIRT | Cleat - 2 piece | General Electric Co. | Boston, MA | |
| 518,907 | 12-20-93 | 4-24-94 | Horace B. | WYMAN | Cleat (hanger) | 1/2 to Albert Goodwin | Slingerlands, NY | |
| 522,302 | 2-23-94 | 7- 3-94 | Elias | NASHOLD | Cleat - self-tying (shown on page 273 of 1897 Electric Appliance Co. catalog No. 12 | 2/5 to Henry Baskette | Chicago, IL | |
| 527,254 | 2- 2-94 | 10-9-94 | William D. | TRIMBLE | Cleat - 2 piece | Baltimore, MD | ||
| 531,702 | 3-17-94 | 1- 1-95 | Joseph H./William F. | SWIFT/MAINTIEN | Cleat - 2 piece | Plainville, MA/Plainville, MA | ||
| 536,684 | 1-14-95 | 4- 2-95 | Frank O. | CREAGER | Cleat - self-tying | Marseilles, IL | ||
| 539,040 | 9-10-94 | 5-14-95 | Leonard H. | DESISLES | Cleat (ceiling) with metal clip (Electrical Engineer 8-14-1895) It was referred to as the "Simplest" cleat. | 1/2 to Frederick Palmer | Boston, MA | |
| S | 544,501 | 3-15-95 | 8-13-95 | Elisha W. | BUFFINTON | Cleat - 2 piece | 1/2 to Albert F. Dow | Fall River, MA |
| 545,620 | 1-11-95 | 9- 3-95 | Montraville M. | WOOD | Self tying cleat known as the "Eureka" | Chicago, IL | ||
| 551,032 | 9-26-95 | 12-10-95 | James R. | HEMPHILL | Cleat - self-tying | Akron, OH | ||
| 558,165 | 8-26-95 | 4-14-96 | Fredric B. | EVANS | Cleat - 2 piece | 1/2 to Theodore Gould, Jr. | Clinton, MA | |
| 575,090 | 5-11-96 | 1-12-97 | Carl F. | ADAM | Cleat with ridges to hold wire in grooves | Trenton, NJ | ||
| 591,104 | 11- 3-96 | 10-5-97 | Willis | ROBERTS | Cleat - self-tying | Mobile, AL | ||
| 593,689 | 3-17-97 | 11-16-97 | Louis F. | REMBE | Cleat - self-tying with spiral grooves | Haverstraw, NY | ||
| S | 621,661 | 2- 1-99 | 3-21-99 | Morton/Wilton S. | HARLOE/BLOES | Cleat - self-tying (pivot-mounted) (found on U-184) | Peckville, PA/Peckville, PA | |
| 631,234 | 1-16-99 | 8-15-99 | Henry M. | STEVENS | Cleat | 1/2 to The Pettingill Andrews Co. | Boston, MA | |
| S | 678,042 | 5- 1-01 | 7- 9-01 | Howard R. | SARGENT | Cleat - rack type | General Electric Co. | Schenectady, NY |
| 756,724 | 8-26-03 | 4- 5-04 | John C. | SNODGRASS | Cleat - self-tying | Steubenville, OH | ||
| 757,765 | 8-15-03 | 4-19-04 | John W. | OSBORNE | Cleat - self-tying | Winchester, IL | ||
| 769,639 | 3-26-02 | 9- 6-04 | Howard R. | SARGENT | Cleat - 2-piece bolted together | General Electric Co. | Schenectady, NY | |
| 770,278 | 5-14-04 | 9-20-04 | John R. | FLETCHER | Cleat - rack type | Dayton, OH | ||
| 785,561 | 7-23-04 | 3-21-05 | John M. | LATIMER | Cleat - self-tying | Consolidated Fire Alarm Co. | Weehawken, NJ | |
| 815,506 | 1- 7-04 | 3-20-06 | Herbert S. | BLYNT | Cleat - self-tying | Steubenville, OH | ||
| 818,186 | 7-17-05 | 4-17-06 | Henry D. | MURDOCK | Cleat - 2-piece bolted | Wilkinsburg, PA | ||
| 861,275 | 6-14-04 | 7-30-07 | Constantine | GALLAGHER | Cleat - self-tying | Richmond, VA | ||
| S | 864,947 | 5- 1-07 | 9- 3-07 | Elisha W. | BUFFINTON | Knob | 1/2 to Marietta Huggett | Fall River, MA |
| 869,163 | 7-23-07 | 10-22-07 | William J. | DEVINE | Cleat for corners | Norwalk, CT | ||
| 872,993 | 7- 6-07 | 12-3-07 | Arthur S. | DEEM | Cleat | 1/2 to Issac Bear | Reading, PA | |
| 874,445 | 3- 5-07 | 12-24-07 | Albert L. | SHEARS | Cleat - self-tying | Seattle, WA | ||
| 906,296 | 3-18-08 | 12-8-08 | Charles/Vernon T. | ROSENBERG/BAILEY | Cleat with socket for light bulb | Coney Island, NY/Coney Island, NY | ||
| 910,975 | 9-23-07 | 1-26-09 | Antrim L. | VICKERS | Cleat | New Sharon, IA | ||
| 911,429 | 2-18-08 | 2- 2-09 | Roderick | MCLENNAN | Cleat - L shaped for curves | Balston Spa, NY | ||
| 911,864 | 8- 6-08 | 2- 9-09 | Esar-Haddon | BALL | Cleat | Cedar Rapids, IA | ||
| 934,463 | 5-13-07 | 9-21-09 | William F. | RITTER | Cleat for ceiling wires and fixtures | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 978,941 | 6-24-10 | 12-20-10 | Frank | SCHIMPF | Cleat for ceiling fixture | St. Louis, MO | ||
| 996,312 | 9-27-10 | 6-27-11 | Thornten D. | CHILDRESS | Cleat - clamp type | Ansted, WV | ||
| 1,008,087 | 7-17-11 | 11- 7-11 | James M. | SWEENEY | Cleat - self-tying | Howell, FL | ||
| 1,042,677 | 4- 5-12 | 10-29-12 | Robert D. | HILTY | Cleat | 1/2 to Ira Zeis | Carey, OH | |
| 1,048,736 | 3-28-10 | 12-31-12 | Benjamin | RICHARDS | Cleat for corners | Canton, MA | ||
| 1,061,620 | 7-31-11 | 5-13-13 | Harley R. | MARKEL | Cleat | Columbus, OH | ||
| 1,163,114 | 2-25-15 | 12- 7-15 | Loren | STAHL | Cleat | Carey, OH | ||
| 1,178,539 | 12-14-11 | 4-11-16 | Ferdinand | SCHAUB | Cleat | Jersey City, NJ | ||
| 1,188,599 | 7-29-15 | 6-27-16 | Salem L./James A. | YOUMANS/MCLAUGHLIN | Cleat - self-tying | Jesup, GA/Jesup, GA | ||
| 1,510,789 | 3-22-23 | 10- 7-24 | John | LEVANDOFSKY | Cleat with separate top part so one wire can be removed without disturbing the other | Buchtel, OH | ||
| 1,718,259 | 2- 1-26 | 6-25-29 | Arthur C./William G. | SCOTT/RUPE | Cleat - self-tying | Dallas, TX/Cameron, TX |