Patents by Inventor Gordon K. Hartshorn

Gordon K. Hartshorn 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: 5673829
    Abstract: A carrier apparatus for holding an object such as a film canister is disclosed. The carrier comprises a flexible elastic body having a ring portion adapted to receive and hold the object therein, an eyelet portion having an aperture therethrough and an elongated flexible tail portion. The tail portion has a free end and a plurality of linearly spaced enlarged nodules thereon. The tail portion is sized to pass through the aperture in the eyelet portion. The nodules are sized to elastically deform and frictionally pass through the aperture in said eyelet portion when the tail portion is pulled through the aperture. In use, the free end of the tail portion may be bent around a support structure such as through a button hole and passed through the aperture through the eyelet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Inventor: Gordon K. Hartshorn
  • Patent number: 5547240
    Abstract: The present invention is a hand-held trowel for digging and carrying standard sized personal hygiene products. The trowel comprises a blade assembly having a blade suitable for digging. The blade has a digging end and a handle end. A handle assembly is connected to the blade, and in preferred embodiments includes a substantially semi-cylindrical lower portion mounted to the blade assembly. In addition, a substantially semi-cylindrical upper portion is hingedly connected to the lower portion with the upper and lower portions defining a substantially cylindrical compartment which has a length equal to at least the length of a standard-sized piece of toilet tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Inventors: Gordon K. Hartshorn, Karen A. Pyrtek