Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Hersh

Stephen A. Hersh 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: 20210307467
    Abstract: An article of luggage includes a trolley system and a garment bag. The garment bag includes a top boundary, a bottom boundary, a left side boundary, a right side boundary, a top surface and a rear surface, and is provided on top of the trolley system. The semi-rigid base panel is provided one of under or over the rear surface, to physically insulate contents of the garment bag from the trolley system. The article further includes side flaps, the side flaps configured to respectively releasably attach to corresponding upper and lower portions of the left and right side boundaries of the garment bag, such that an inner surface of each side flap and the top surface of the garment bag define an interior cavity of the article in a closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen HERSH, Earl JACOBS, Rachel GRANT
  • Patent number: 5839385
    Abstract: A device and methods to incrementally tension a line. The fixed end of the line is secured to a load and the free end is wrapped one-and-a-half times around and terminating between a pair of essentially parallel hooks that have the freedom to converge in the gap. When the line is tensioned by applying a force to the device, the hooks are pulled together arresting the movement of the line. The device is then displaced a distance which constitutes one incremental pull. The tensioned line is then cleated off or the load otherwise secured and the device can then be returned to its starting point. The hooks, now relaxed, allow for the accumulated slack to be pulled through them by tensioning the free portion of the line. The process can be repeated until the desired tension is accumulated or the load displaced the required distance. When no more incremental.pi. pulls are required and there is no tension in the line, the line can be easily slipped off the hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Inventor: Stephen A. Hersh