This website claims that there are several patents.
http://www.superiormusic.com/towerjack.htm . I would be cautious about
copying and selling it however it looks like it would be easy and
inexpensive to build one for your own use. Superiormusic has a number of
items for sale on ebay, I am not sure how they are related to the tower jack
product.
John KK9A
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Subject:Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Jack?
From:Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date:Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:04 -0700
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On 6/14/13 9:28 AM, Larry wrote:
The doc doesn't say anything about patents. One device label says it is
patented and the other said patent pending (I forget which said what). I
bought mine in the early 1990's.
In theory, you need to have the patent number on it if you claim patented,
but there's plenty of examples where the mfr doesn't do that.
It could be a design patent, too (they tend to be very narrow, but at least
you can claim "patented").
However, none of the easy searches turns up anything likely.
If the patent issued in the mid 90s, then it would be expiring about now
(assuming the patent holder has paid all the fees. otherwise it would have
expired ealier)
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