Patents by Inventor Floyd Foslien

Floyd Foslien 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).

  • Personal respiratory protection device that has a permanent or semi-permanent bayonet connection
    Publication number: 20050145249
    Abstract: A personal respiratory protection device that has a bayonet attachment system. The bayonet attachment system comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion comprises a tab receptacle and a tab void area, and the second portion comprises a tab extending therefrom. The tab has a size no greater than the tab void area and no greater than the tab receptacle. When the first portion is attached to the second portion to cause the tab to seat within the tab receptacle, a connection is formed that is incapable of being inadvertently removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Alan Solyntjes, Floyd Foslien, Benjamin Johnson
  • Stapler and firing device
    Patent number: 5141144
    Abstract: An improved stapler firing assembly and a surgical stapler are disclosed. The stapler comprises structural members having handle parts with opposite sides and jaw parts projecting from the handle parts. The stapler includes a mechanism for releasable engagement between an elongate locking member and the the structural members comprising a lever lock including a hook portion adapted to pass through a slot in a handle part. The lever lock is mounted on the locking member and includes first and second release buttons and actuating means mounting the first and second release buttons on opposite sides of the locking member for movement between first and second positions with respect to the locking member. The stapler firing assembly comprises a pusher adapted to move longitudinally along one of the jaw parts to sequentially press the staples against an anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Floyd Foslien, Alan R. Plyley, John M. Barker, Claude Vidal
  • Stapler and firing device
    Patent number: 5083695
    Abstract: An improved stapler firing assembly and a surgical stapler are disclosed. The stapler comprises structural members having handle parts with opposite sides and jaw parts projecting from the handle parts. The stapler includes a mechanism for releasable engagement between an elongate locking member and the structural members comprising a lever lock including a hook portion adapted to pass through a slot in a handle part. The lever lock is mounted on the locking member and includes first and second release buttons and actuating means mounting the first and second release buttons on opposite sides of the locking member for movement between first and second positions with respect to the locking member. The stapler firing assembly comprises a pusher adapted to move longitudinally along one of the jaw parts to sequentially press the staples against an anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Floyd Foslien, Alan K. Plyley, John M. Barker, Claude Vidal