Patents by Inventor Gerard P. O'Connell

Gerard P. O'Connell 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: 5564201
    Abstract: Novelty footwear has a reservoir for storing liquid within the footwear and selectively ejecting the liquid from footwear. The footwear includes a sole having the reservoir formed therein, the reservoir being further partitioned into a plurality of interconnected cells. The footwear is provided with a pumping actuatable by the toe of the wearer for forcing the liquid from the reservoir to the exterior of the footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Inventor: Gerard P. O'Connell
  • Patent number: 4016802
    Abstract: A battery-operated scribing tool wherein an elongated casing defines a handle with an interior cavity serving as a battery chamber and with an opening at the outboard end leading to the cavity. A pair of spring-biased batteries are in-line receivable in the cavity and are secured in situ by a hollow head or motor housing having a rearward end sleevably received over the forward end of the casing so as to be snugly held relative thereto. A motor is nestably received within the head hollow. A slot in the head side wall allows manual actuation of the outboard free end of a switch bus extendable along the cavity wall and along the wall of the hollow of the head with a biasable extremity extending into the slot. An etching means projects outwardly from the motor and through an opening in the outboard end of the head and may be sleeved through a coupling adjacent the head opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1977
    Assignee: Baltimore Brushes, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerard P. O'Connell
  • Patent number: D318935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Inventor: Gerard P. O'Connell
  • Patent number: D335003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Inventor: Gerard P. O'Connell