Patents Represented by Law Firm Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein, Wolfe, Schlissel & Sazer
  • Patent number: 5366475
    Abstract: A clip is disclosed which is attached to the tragus lobe of the ear. The clip has a concave spring with two opposing jaws separated by a slot delineated by an inner surface of the concave spring. The clip also has two opposing pressure pads, each positioned on the end of a different jaw, on the inner surface of the spring, so that they are separated by an opening of the slot. The ear clip additionally has two finger tabs, each having one end attached to an end of a different jaw, on an outer surface of the spring and a second end extending away from the end of the jaw, along the outer surface of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Shatzu Health Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore N. Voss, Barbara Curran, Karl D. Kirk, III, Ellen R. Cohen