Patents by Inventor Lester O. Stener

Lester O. Stener 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: 7065990
    Abstract: The handcuff assembly includes a bow pivotally connected to a cheek plate frame assembly which includes a unitized frame that is die stamped from a metal plate and which is overmolded with a polymer overmold. The bow and arcuate cheek arms engage a wrist of a person to be restrained with an envelope of the bow being defined by a conic path with an increasing arc. The bow and cheek arms have rounded inner edge surfaces. The cheek arms have reinforcing ribs. The molded polymer covering surrounding the cheek arms provide a round on the inner edge of the cheek arms which engage a wrist. The unitized frame has interlocking tabs on folded side plates of a base frame. A flat is provided on an outer surface of the bow for lining up a point of contact with a wrist. A removable lockset assembly for locking a pawl relative to ratchet teeth on the bow and including a slideable lock bar is received in the base frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Armament Systems & Procedures, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Parsons, Lester O. Stener
  • Patent number: 6953259
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable flashlight case for supporting a rectangular shaped flashlight and includes an open front flashlight holder for releasably receiving the flashlight and a U-shaped clip enabling attachment of the case to a support or to the user's person, such as by attachment to an article of clothing or the like. The clip is pivotally connected to the back side of the flashlight holder and has an integral flexible tongue on which is formed a plurality of detent protrusions or nubs for mutual cooperation with a plurality of recesses formed on the holder circumferentially about and concentric to the pivot axis so as to enable pivotal adjustment of the holder relative to the clip, thereby facilitating selective angular orientation of the flashlight beam when supported by the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Parsons, Lester O. Stener
  • Publication number: 20040252494
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable flashlight case for supporting a rectangular shaped flashlight and includes an open front flashlight holder for releasably receiving the flashlight and a U-shaped clip enabling attachment of the case to a support or to the user's person, such as by attachment to an article of clothing or the like. The clip is pivotally connected to the back side of the flashlight holder and has an integral flexible tongue on which is formed a plurality of detent protrusions or nubs for mutual cooperation with a plurality of recesses formed on the holder circumferentially about and concentric to the pivot axis so as to enable pivotal adjustment of the holder relative to the clip, thereby facilitating selective angular orientation of the flashlight beam when supported by the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Parsons, Lester O. Stener