Patents by Inventor Groves L. Griffin

Groves L. Griffin 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: 4587818
    Abstract: A holder for mounting a key ring on a relatively thin support member such as a belt comprising a generally U-shaped base clip member with legs resiliently urged toward each other to removably grip the thin support member therebetween and a ring clip member on one of the legs with a reverse curved tip portion directed back toward the projecting end of the leg with the tip portion resiliently urged toward the leg to define a ring receiving recess between the ring clip member and the leg so that the key ring can be inserted into said ring receiving space by forcing the key ring between the tip portion and the leg, but can only be removed from the ring receiving space by manually forcing the tip portion away from the leg to permit the ring to pass therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Inventor: Groves L. Griffin
  • Patent number: 4214688
    Abstract: A tool mounting assembly for removably mounting and positioning a tool such as a flashlight which includes a base member with a raised shoulder thereon formed generally concentrically around a hole therethrough, a tool clip member for removably mounting the tool which also includes a raised shoulder thereon generally concentrically of a hole therethrough with the base member and the tool clip member positioned so that the holes are coaxially aligned and the raised shoulders are facing each other, a compression coil spring positioned between the two members and maintained generally concentrically of the holes by the raised shoulders, and a fastener rotatably extending through the holes and engaging both of the members so that the fastener limits the movement of the members away from each other at a distance which is less than the uncompressed length of the coil spring so that the coil spring resiliently forces the two members into frictional engagement with the fastener whereby the relative rotational position
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Inventor: Groves L. Griffin, Jr.