Patents by Inventor Raymond P. Tipp

Raymond P. Tipp 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: 5456060
    Abstract: The coin roll slitting device of this invention comprises a main body section of a size that is convenient to be grasped by a user's thumb and fingers, an arm section extended outward from said body section and provided with a downwardly extending end protrusion, and a slitting blade provided with an exposed sharpened cutting edge, The slitting blade being mounted by the body section in a way such that its sharpened cutting edge is inclined forwardly and upwardly to end at a tip that underlies the arm section. The arm section extends forwardly away from the body section a sufficient distance that its end protrusion is located forwardly of said blade tip. There is a space between the blade tip and the underside of the arm section that is sufficient to enable a rolled or crimped rim of a coin roll to be inserted in said space to bring the blade up against an exposed face of an end coin in the coin roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventor: Raymond P. Tipp
  • Patent number: 5419346
    Abstract: A dental instrument comprises an angular-fashioned metal pick 12 secured to a solid rectangular or square handle and projects from one end thereof. The pick is shaped in an angular configuration, with its stem embedded into the handle, then extended outward along the longitudinal axis of the handle. The stem is bent to provide a section that extends at an acute angle from the longitudinal axis outward to an essentially straight section. The straight section forms a transition section to a probe section. The probe section extends in a spiral curved from the end of the straight section to a blunt distal end. The probe projects forwardly on the order of approximately 8 mm or more to a tapered distal end of the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Inventor: Raymond P. Tipp
  • Patent number: 5309793
    Abstract: This invention relates to devices for unscrewing bottle caps. More particularly, this invention relates to flexible bottle cap openers designed to be conformed to the circumference of bottle caps and engaged by a person's thumb and fore finger to twist open a bottle cap. This invention comprises a flexible strip of elastomeric material having a thin flat, narrow, elongated body formed with transverse alternating ribs and grooves located only at the ends on one side of the body and located only at the elongated mid-portion on the other side of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Inventor: Raymond P. Tipp
  • Patent number: D345629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Inventor: Raymond P. Tipp
  • Patent number: D361023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Inventor: Raymond P. Tipp
  • Patent number: D361158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Inventor: Raymond P. Tipp
  • Patent number: D361405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Inventor: Raymond P. Tipp
  • Patent number: D363863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Inventor: Raymond P. Tipp
  • Patent number: D364247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Inventor: Raymond P. Tipp