Patents by Inventor Kathleen Bartel

Kathleen Bartel 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: 11369379
    Abstract: A hair grasping device having a handle with hollow fingers, a trigger slidably attached to the handle, a number of grips slidably attached within the hollow fingers connected to the trigger. Each of the grips has a first and a second arm, a central post, and an extended position and retracted position. When in the retracted position, the arms are forced against the central post by the hollow fingers, and when in the extended position, the arms are forced away from the central post, creating a clearance between the arms and the central post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: 11:11, LLC
    Inventors: David Carl Krupp, Kathleen Bartel, Maddie Dietz, Alyssa Esquivel, Tracy Piplani, Charles E. Romans
  • Publication number: 20220096086
    Abstract: A hair grasping device comprising a handle and a grasping mechanism on an end of the handle. The grasping mechanism includes a finger having a handle end and a grasping end and a hair grip extending from the grasping end of the finger. The hair grip and the finger are moveable with respect to one another between a hair grasping position and a hair holding position and the hair grip is operably coupled with the finger when in the hair holding position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TLA M.D., LLC
    Inventors: David Carl Krupp, Kathleen Bartel, Maddie Dietz, Alyssa Esquivel, Tracy Piplani, Charles E. Romans
  • Patent number: 11197674
    Abstract: A hair grasping device comprising a handle and a grasping mechanism on an end of the handle. The grasping mechanism includes a finger having a handle end and a grasping end and a hair grip extending from the grasping end of the finger. The hair grip and the finger are moveable with respect to one another between a hair grasping position and a hair holding position and the hair grip is operably coupled with the finger when in the hair holding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: 11:11, LLC
    Inventors: David Carl Krupp, Kathleen Bartel, Maddie Dietz, Alyssa Esquivel, Tracy Piplani, Charles E. Romans
  • Publication number: 20190223869
    Abstract: A hair grasping device having a handle with hollow fingers, a trigger slidably attached to the handle, a number of grips slidably attached within the hollow fingers connected to the trigger. Each of the grips has a first and a second arm, a central post, and an extended position and retracted position. When in the retracted position, the arms are forced against the central post by the hollow fingers, and when in the extended position, the arms are forced away from the central post, creating a clearance between the arms and the central post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: TLA M.D. LLC
    Inventors: David Carl Krupp, Kathleen Bartel, Maddie Dietz, Allyssa Esquivel, Tracy Piplani, Charles E. Romans
  • Publication number: 20180289373
    Abstract: A hair grasping device comprising a handle and a grasping mechanism on an end of the handle. The grasping mechanism includes a finger having a handle end and a grasping end and a hair grip extending from the grasping end of the finger. The hair grip and the finger are moveable with respect to one another between a hair grasping position and a hair holding position and the hair grip is operably coupled with the finger when in the hair holding position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TLA M.D., LLC
    Inventors: David Carl Krupp, Kathleen Bartel, Maddie Dietz, Allyssa Esquivel, Tracy Piplani, Charles E. Romans