Patents by Inventor John P. Mikkelsen

John P. Mikkelsen 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).

  • Publication number: 20160373553
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method, system and products for the transmission, delivery, playback, and content management of audio and visual files for wireless and non-wireless devices, and a new Internet-less protocol for such transmission to portable electronic devices, such as cell phones and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: John P. Mikkelsen, Robert Freidson
  • Publication number: 20040232010
    Abstract: A lanyard device for safely carrying articles alone or in containers suspended from an individual's neck. The lanyard device includes a flexible cord having a first end and a second end where the first and second ends include a retaining means that can be selectively disengaged from the first and second ends when a predetermined force is applied to the retaining means. The lanyard device also includes a coupling means for coupling an object to the flexible cord. The coupling means includes a J-shaped bore, wherein the first end and the second end of flexible cord is insertable through the J-shaped bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Rodger D. Thomason, John P. Mikkelsen
  • Patent number: 5379928
    Abstract: An adjustable breakaway neck noose for retaining an end of a cylindrical container comprising a flexible cord of a predetermined length having an exterior surface of a woven material and having a first end and a second end which can form a noose therebetween. A holder is incorporated for holding the end of the cylindrical container having a top surface defining a raised tab and a hole transversely defined therethrough of sufficient size to receive the first and second ends of the cord, yet frictionally engage the exterior surface of the cord. The holder can be positioned along a locus of points along the length of cord so as to change the size of the noose. A bottom surface of the holder defines a cup with interior cylindrical walls sized to receive and frictionally engage the end of a cylindrical container. A clip is incorporated for clipping the first and second ends of the cord together and frictionally holding the first and second ends of the cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Dermalabs Research, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. Mikkelsen
  • Patent number: D316184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Dermalabs Research, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. Mikkelsen