Patents by Inventor Teresa Ann Pernell

Teresa Ann Pernell 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).

  • ELONGATED FASTENERS FOR RETAINING INSULATION WRAPS AROUND ELONGATED CONTAINERS, SUCH AS PIPES, SUBJECT TO TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS, AND RELATED COMPONENTS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20150079316
    Abstract: An elongated fastener is configured to retain an insulation wrap around an elongated container. The fastener includes an elongated and substantially flat fastener body having first and second parallel rails extending from each longitudinal side of the fastener body. The fastener body is configured to span an elongated seam formed by opposing sides of the insulation wrap when the joint is disposed around the elongated container. Each rail is configured to extend into a complementary longitudinal slot disposed at an edge of a respective opposing side of the insulation wrap. Each rail includes at least one protrusion for engaging with each slot, thereby retaining each rail in its respective slot and retaining the insulation wrap around the elongated container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: NOMACO INC.
    Inventors: Teresa Ann Pernell, Joseph Robert Secoura