Patents Assigned to Norman S. Blodgett
  • Meter ring
    Patent number: 4531770
    Abstract: Meter ring for one-time use, consisting of a band having locking means at its free ends and a tear strip at an intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1985
    Assignees: Norman S. Blodgett, Gerry A. Blodgett
    Inventor: Albert Mattress, Jr.
  • Vital signs monitor
    Patent number: 4347851
    Abstract: A vital signs monitor which includes a sensor which is applied to the main artery of a patient for detecting the heart beat and blood pressure and producing electrical pulses in waveform. A computer is connected to the sensor for receiving the waveform pulses, converting the waveform pulses into digital signals and calculating the heart rate, blood pressures and rate-pressure product. A visual display screen is connected to and controlled by the computer for displaying the heart rate, blood pressure and rate-pressure product in digital form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1982
    Assignees: Norman S. Blodgett, Gerry A. Blodgett
    Inventor: Richard H. Jundanian
  • Wedge
    Patent number: 4295506
    Abstract: A wedge having two opposite faces lying at an acute angle to define a cutting edge and having a point that extends beyond the edge to assist in introducing the wedge into the grain of a log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1981
    Assignee: Norman S. Blodgett
    Inventor: William H. Nicholson
  • Meter lock
    Patent number: 4226102
    Abstract: Meter lock including a band for embracing and holding together a meter flange and a corresponding flange on a meter box, the lock including a housing for holding and locking together the ends of the band with a disengagement taking place only by removal of a locking pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: Norman S. Blodgett
    Inventor: Albert Mattress, Jr.
  • Hingedly connected triangular elements
    Patent number: 4219958
    Abstract: Apparatus for use as a toy, consisting of an endless band formed of wire triangles alternately arranged and hingedly connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1980
    Assignee: Norman S. Blodgett
    Inventor: Lev Shulyak
  • Snow plow attachment
    Patent number: 4208812
    Abstract: Hydraulically-actuated snow plow attachment swingable in a vertical plane on occasion to a lowered position at which it inhibits lateral flow of snow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1980
    Assignee: Norman S. Blodgett
    Inventor: Richard C. Brownly
  • Game racket
    Patent number: 4099716
    Abstract: A game racket having a string net, the tension of the strings in the net being easily adjustable. The racket has a handle, a hoop attached to the handle, and strings forming a net across the hoop. A wedge located in the hoop and having longitudinal central strings attached thereto, the wedge being drawn by a threaded rod toward the handle to cause an increase in the peripheral dimension of the hoop and thereby a tightening of the strings and an equalization of tension throughout the net.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: Norman S. Blodgett
    Inventor: Daniel G. Haddad
  • Method of forming an orthopedic cast
    Patent number: 4019505
    Abstract: An orthopedic cast made of a thermoplastic polyester having a melting point between 40.degree. C and 70.degree. C, particularly poly(epsilon-caprolactone) having a weight average molecular weight of over 30,000. The cast is formed of a continuous or foraminous sheet which is either solid polyester or polyester on a substrate which is not melted at the melting point of the polyester. The sheet is made plastic by heating in water of suitable temperature and then wrapping around the subject limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Assignee: Norman S. Blodgett
    Inventor: Lloyd H. Wartman
  • Game racket
    Patent number: 3934876
    Abstract: Game racket having a rigid open cellular network defining the contact surface rather than the conventional stringing, the network and a frame being cast as a single unit and a resilient cylindrical grip being forced over a handle of rectangular cross section and the network consisting of plates whose greatest thickness is less than the width and length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Assignee: Norman S. Blodgett
    Inventor: Daniel G. Haddad
  • Wedge
    Patent number: D259619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Assignee: Norman S. Blodgett
    Inventor: William H. Nicholson