Patents by Inventor Stuart P. Gregory

Stuart P. Gregory 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: 20240100669
    Abstract: A fastening tool having a nail stop which positions a nail for driving and is made at least in part of a contact material which can be investment cast and/or hardened. The contact material can resist wear from the action of driving the nail and the movement of a driver blade. The nail stop can be configured to align nails fed from a magazine and can be offset from the longitudinal centerline of the fastening tool. The nail stop can have a head contact length which is 0.5% to 95% of the length of the nail to be driven. The nail stop is used in methods for positioning a nail for driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry E. Gregory, Michael P. Baron, Lee M. Brendel, Todd A. Hagan, Stuart E. Garber
  • Patent number: 5262179
    Abstract: The unpleasant taste of water-soluble ibuprofen salts in aqueous solution is masked by incorporating in the solution a taste-masking amount of an alkali metal bicarbonate, alkali metal monohydrogen phosphate or alkali metal tribasic citrate. Preferably, the taste-masking compound is an alkali metal bicarbonate, especially sodium bicarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Nicholas Kiwi Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Stuart P. Gregory, Alexander J. Jozsa, Robert E. Kaldawi