Patents by Inventor William Robert Eslick

William Robert Eslick 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: 20030080267
    Abstract: A multi-sized clamp capable of attaching to various sized cylindrical objects such as iris rods of a professional movie camera. The multi-sized clamp includes a pair of clamp jaws connected by a hinge and a pivotable adjustment rod. The clamp jaws' interior surfaces include curved surfaces having at least two different diameters. The clamp jaws are opened by turning the pivotable adjustment rod in one direction and closed by turning it in the opposite direction. One of the clamp jaws also contains a body that also has an opening and an L-shaped split above the opening with a closing mechanism running through the body above the opening and through the split. The closing mechanism when turned in one direction increases the opening and decreases the opening when turned in the opposite direction, thus allowing other equipment to be attached to the clamp through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Panavision, Inc.
    Inventor: William Robert Eslick
  • Patent number: 6450465
    Abstract: A multi-jaw clamp capable of attaching to various sized cylindrical objects such as iris rods of a professional movie camera. The multi-jaw clamp includes two housings that each hold a cylinder with at least two circular sections in the sides of the cylinders that are rotatable to change the size of the circular opening for the circular object to which the clamp can attach. The two housings contain hinge means for opening and closing the clamp and at each free end of the housings is a means for closing the clamp and locking the clamp in position around the cylindrical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Panavision, Inc.
    Inventor: William Robert Eslick
  • Publication number: 20020125388
    Abstract: A multi-jaw clamp capable of attaching to various sized cylindrical objects such as iris rods of a professional movie camera. The multi-jaw clamp includes two housings that each hold a cylinder with at least two circular sections in the sides of the cylinders that are rotatable to change the size of the circular opening for the circular object to which the clamp can attach. The two housings contain hinge means for opening and closing the clamp and at each free end of the housings is a means for closing the clamp and locking the clamp in position around the cylindrical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Panavision, Inc.
    Inventor: William Robert Eslick