Patents by Inventor Charles T. Lanning

Charles T. Lanning 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).

  • Patent number: 4586924
    Abstract: A vein constrictor and immobilizer device comprising a pressure plate and a pressure means. The plate has a top pressure face and a bottom engaging face. Both faces are substantially flat. In one end of the plate is a notch through the plate's thickness. A groove is in the bottom face starting at the inner end of the notch and terminating intermediate the notch and opposing edge of the bottom engaging face. An attached ring-like handling structure pressure means is mounted on the top face for applying pressure on the plate to bring the bottom face to bear firmly on the flesh of a arm or leg to thereby constrict a vein and immobilize the vein in the notch and groove for needle insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1986
    Inventor: Charles T. Lanning
  • Patent number: 4481561
    Abstract: A flashlight for bore sighting a long barreled shotgun or rifle including a cartridge case with an ejector rim and a primer opening in the base, and a sidewall defining an open front end; a battery and a light bulb within the case; a switch pin slidable in the primer opening to complete the circuit for illuminating the bulb, a spring normally urging the switch pin outwardly and a metallic bulb holder adjacent the front of the case; in a shotshell case, the bulb holder having a frame shank extending along the battery and to the base thereof, the shank having an apertured flange at the base of the battery, spaced from the battery by an insulator and the hole in the flange aligned with the switch pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Site-Lite, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles T. Lanning
  • Patent number: 3969931
    Abstract: A hydraulic pump is serially connected in a closed loop hydraulic circuit provided with a control valve for controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid through the circuit and the hydraulic motor has mounting structure operatively associated therewith for releasably supporting the hydraulic motor from the lower end gear housing of a marine drive assembly such as that used on outboard motors and inboard/outboard drive assemblies. The fluid motor includes a rotary power input shaft and is supported by the support structure with its input shaft axially aligned with the rear end of the propeller shaft of the lower end gear housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1976
    Inventor: Charles T. Lanning