Patents by Inventor Benjamin S. Duck

Benjamin S. Duck has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Connector
    Patent number: 10359139
    Abstract: A connector assembly (2100,3100) includes a unitary female connector portion (100) manufactured from a singular material that includes a waisted, tapering intermediate section (101) disposed between a compression ring (102) and a luminal connector (103) and one or more finger-grasping surfaces (108,109) disposed along the waisted, tapering intermediate section. A unitary male connector portion (1200,2200), which can be single ended or double-ended, includes a protruding male connector portion (1202,2202), one or more luminal connectors (1203,2203,2233) and a convex frustum (201,1201) disposed between the protruding male connector portion and the single ended luminal connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Duck, John Henry Kutsch
  • Connector
    Publication number: 20130264821
    Abstract: A connector assembly (2100,3100) includes a unitary female connector portion (100) manufactured from a singular material that includes a waisted, tapering intermediate section (101) disposed between a compression ring (102) and a luminal connector (103) and one or more finger-grasping surfaces (108,109) disposed along the waisted, tapering intermediate section. A unitary male connector portion (1200,2200), which can be single ended or double-ended, includes a protruding male connector portion (1202,2202), one or more luminal connectors (1203,2203,2233) and a convex frustum (201,1201) disposed between the protruding male connector portion and the single ended luminal connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Duck, John Henry Kutsch
  • Female portion of a connector
    Patent number: D757259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Duck, John Henry Kutsch