Patents by Inventor Jerry L. Hargrave

Jerry L. Hargrave 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: 5461438
    Abstract: An underwater single-use camera comprises a water-resistant casing, and a thumbwheel positioned outside the casing to be manually rotated in a film winding direction. The casing has a protective raised sealing lip disposed at a location which would cause the raised lip to obstruct one's finger when the finger is moved in contact with the thumbwheel to rotate the thumbwheel in the film winding direction, and it has a guide positioned adjacent the thumbwheel to direct the finger over the raised lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Jerry L. Hargrave
  • Patent number: 5235367
    Abstract: In a photographic camera, a warning flag is supported for movement between a non-operative position outside the field of view of the camera viewfinder to prevent the warning flag from being seen in the field of view and an operative position a certain distance in front of the viewfinder to make the warning flag visible in the field of view. The viewfinder includes a magnifier lens located to place the warning flag in focus when the warning flag is in its operative position but to not substantially distort the view through the viewfinder of a subject to be photographed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James D. Boyd, Jerry L. Hargrave
  • Patent number: 5225864
    Abstract: A photographic camera comprises a camera housing with a viewfinder having a defined field of view, a hollow lens snout projecting from the camera housing forward of the viewfinder, a taking lens supported substantially at a front end of the lens snout, and exposure control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Jerry L. Hargrave
  • Patent number: D321704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Bruce A. Leonard, Ralph M. Lyon, Jerry L. Hargrave