Patents by Inventor Andrew Gouldstone

Andrew Gouldstone 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).

  • Zipper guide for facilitating closure of open-ended zipper
    Patent number: 9706816
    Abstract: A zipper guide is provided to facilitate closure of an open-ended zipper. The zipper guide includes a base to which a zipper tape pin end is attached and a slider to which a zipper tape box end is attached. A key on a lower surface of the slider slides in a trench in an upper surface of the base at an orientation that guides the attached zipper tape box end toward the attached zipper tape pin end by planar sliding movements of the slider lower surface with respect to the base upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Hannah Coakley, Andrew Gouldstone
  • UNIVERSAL SCREWDRIVER
    Publication number: 20160059392
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a screwdriver apparatus and method of making a screwdriver apparatus. The screwdriver apparatus includes a screwdriver head and an elastomeric flank coupled to the screwdriver head. The screwdriver head includes a base portion and an apex portion. The screwdriver head is wider at the base portion than at the apex portion in a first lateral plane. The elastomeric flank is positioned at least in part along a peripheral portion of the screwdriver head between the base portion and the apex portion of the screwdriver head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Sean DeLaforcade, Mary Katherine Farel, Matthew Jason Lapinski, Joshua Peterson, Andrew Gouldstone
  • Zipper Guide for Facilitating Closure of Open-Ended Zipper
    Publication number: 20150289606
    Abstract: A zipper guide is provided to facilitate closure of an open-ended zipper. The zipper guide includes a base to which a zipper tape pin end is attached and a slider to which a zipper tape box end is attached. A key on a lower surface of the slider slides in a trench in an upper surface of the base at an orientation that guides the attached zipper tape box end toward the attached zipper tape pin end by planar sliding movements of the slider lower surface with respect to the base upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Hannah Coakley, Andrew Gouldstone