Patents by Inventor Benjamin L. Harlan

Benjamin L. Harlan 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).

  • Patent number: 5438494
    Abstract: A head-gear-light holder has a leaf-spring strap that is sized and shaped cylindrically to be wrapped circumferentially around a cylindrical outside periphery of a flashlight body. Opposite circumferential ends of the leaf-spring strap are extended perpendicularly to an axis of a cylindrical shape of the leaf-spring strap at circumferential positions between which a gap having a select width is provided for drawing the opposite circumferential ends of the leaf-spring strap together in the gap to tighten a cylindrical inside periphery of the leaf-spring strap against an outside periphery of the flashlight body in a grasping relationship. At least one fastener orifice is provided in each of the opposite circumferential ends of the leaf-spring strap. A threaded end of a fastener shaft is inserted through a fastener orifice in each of the opposite circumferential ends of the leaf-spring strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Inventor: Benjamin L. Harlan