Patents by Inventor Jo Ellen Coker

Jo Ellen Coker 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: 5687458
    Abstract: A clip for releasably maintaining articles clipped together has a resilient narrow tether headed at opposite ends with a first resilient clip connected at a rearward end on the headed portion at one end of the tether and a second resilient clip connected at a rearward end on the headed portion at the opposite end in axially opposed relation. The first and second clips each have a pair of longitudinal finger gripping portions extending outwardly from their rearward end in a spaced apart relation and a pair of abutting jaw portions at a forward end thereof. The finger gripping portions are sufficiently resilient such that when pressed together by the fingers of the operator, the jaw portions will open and when released will be urged toward the abutted condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Inventor: Jo Ellen Coker