Patents Represented by Attorney Robert R. Churchill
  • Patent number: 4643428
    Abstract: In combination with a golf glove, a strap for maintaining a golfer's hands in close relatively tight relation to each other when the golf club is gripped for hitting a golf ball. The strap includes a loop at one end into which the golfer's right thumb is placed, if the golfer is right handed and the left thumb if the golfer is left handed. The strap is provided at its other end with an attachment device for detachably securing that end of the strap to the golfer's glove overlying the back of the left hand of the golfer or right hand if the golfer is left handed. The attachment device comprises a plurality of hook and loop members mounted on a pad attached to the free end of the strap and arranged to intermesh with a material including loops and hooks secured to the golfer's glove closure.In use the attachment device is detachably pressed into the hooks and loops on the golf glove meshing therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Inventor: George R. Churchill
  • Patent number: 4338718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel and improved tool for removing worn and cracked grout from between floor, wall and ceiling tiles in a rapid and efficient manner whereby damage to the tiles is reduced to a minimum.In accordance with one form of the invention novel means is provided for limiting the depth of penetration of the tool in the grout and between the adjacent tiles and in another form of the invention novel means is provided whereby the grout removing portion of the tool may be readily changed to provide a tool adapted for work requiring blade means of different sizes and having different grout removing characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Inventor: E. Alfred Olkkola
  • Patent number: 4318231
    Abstract: In a jogging shoe having a rubber sole, and a mid-sole detachably secured in the soles, a stud for enabling the runner to run safely in winter under icy conditions. The stud projecting from the out-sole of the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Inventor: Conrad Simoneau
  • Patent number: 4286611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel and improved dental floss dispenser and a container for the same.The dispenser consists of a body portion adapted to carry a spool of dental floss and has means at one end thereof for enabling lengths of the floss to be withdrawn from the body portion for use. The dispenser has a novel removable handle removably secured at the other end of the body portion. The entire dispenser is shaped in the manner of a tooth brush and the container is preferably clear or translucent and shaped similarly to that of a tooth brush container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Inventor: Patricia A. Talbot
  • Patent number: 4086699
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool and in particular to a tool for removing roofing material including shingles from the roof of a building. The tool consists of a metal blade member having novel means enabling it to be readily inserted under shingles to thereby lift and remove the same from the base of the roof of a building and at the same time remove or shear the roofing nails, and a handle for guiding the blade member during the stripping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Inventor: E. Alfred Olkkola