Michael J Bihlmaier

US Patent:

20100281620, Nov 11, 2010

Filed:

May 6, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/387669

Inventors:

Michael Bihlmaier - Marengo IL, US

International Classification:

B25F 1/00

US Classification:

7138, 7165, 7170

Abstract:

A single tool functioning as a screwdriver, a socket wrench and a brush. A shaft serves as an element of a screwdriver, the shaft of a socket wrench and a handle and support for a brush; In one embodiment, a tube with sockets at both ends is attached at its center to one end of a shaft that is also slidably disposed within an axial channel through a brush, and the other end of the shaft is shaped as a screwdriver blade.

US Patent:

20230103169, Mar 30, 2023

Filed:

Jul 11, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/811775

Inventors:

Michael J. Bihlmaier - Marengo IL, US

International Classification:

A01K 13/00
A45D 29/02

Abstract:

A method for shearing an animal claw includes gripping a first handgrip of a shearing device extending from a first arm and a second handgrip extending from a second arm where the second arm is pivotally connected to said first arm. The animal claw is guided into a conical well disposed in the first arm and the tip but not the core of the animal claw is passed through an aperture disposed at an apex of the conical well. The first and second handgrips are squeezed thereby bringing the first and second arms together and cutting the animal claw with a circular cutting blade disposed along a periphery of the aperture.

US Patent:

20230065038, Mar 2, 2023

Filed:

Jul 11, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/811691

Inventors:

- , US
Michael J. Bihlmaier - Marengo IL, US

International Classification:

A01K 13/00
A45D 29/02

Abstract:

Apparatuses disclosed herein aid in shearing animal claws. Specifically, the present invention provides a shearing apparatus having at least one curved blade, but preferably two curved blades, allowing cutting of the animal's claw from opposite sides of the animal's claw, and at least one well for placing the animal's claw therein, wherein said two curved blades are disposed at an aperture located at the bottom of the well. The well and aperture combination stops the animal's claw from being sheared too close to nerve endings and the animal's blood supply, preventing or minimizing the incidence of injury and suffering to the animal. Methods of using the apparatus are further disclosed herein.

US Patent:

20160330936, Nov 17, 2016

Filed:

Jan 13, 2014

Appl. No.:

15/111156

Inventors:

- Des Plaines IL, US
Michael J. BIHLMAIER - Marengo IL, US

Assignee:

PET PRODUCT INNOVATIONS, LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

A01K 17/00
A45D 29/02
A01K 13/00

Abstract:

Apparatuses disclosed herein aid in shearing animal claws. Specifically, the present invention provides a shearing apparatus having at least one curved blade, but preferably two curved blades, allowing cutting of the animal's claw from opposite sides of the animal's claw, and at least one well for placing the animal's claw therein, wherein said two curved blades are disposed at an aperture located at the bottom of the well. The well and aperture combination stops the animal's claw from being sheared too close to nerve endings and the animal's blood supply, preventing or minimizing the incidence of injury and suffering to the animal. Methods of using the apparatus are further disclosed herein.