Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Betts

Geoffrey Betts 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: 5501330
    Abstract: A packaged point-of-sale item comprising a hand tool and a sheet of card to which it is secured by means comprising at least one bifurcated resilient clip, means securing the resilient clip to the sheet of card in a manner requiring damage of the card to detach it from the card, the clip being adapted, when detached from the card, for securement to a wall to act as a resilient clip for releasably holding the hand tool. The resilient clip may engage a neck portion of the hand tool so that, when forming part of the packaged point-of-sale item, the tool cannot be removed by sliding it through the clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Inventor: Geoffrey Betts
  • Patent number: 5458030
    Abstract: A screwdriver, or an adaptor for fitment to a screwdriver, having a shaft portion and drive blade and sleeve device slidably mounted on the shaft portion so that it can extend beyond the end of said drive blade in order to prevent the screwdriver blade from slipping off a screw and to enable the screw to be driven with substantial force from the start. The sleeve may also be rotationally coupled with the shaft portiion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Inventor: Geoffrey Betts