Patents by Inventor Caroline S. Stark

Caroline S. Stark 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: 8225971
    Abstract: A strap with retrieving components includes an elongated strip of flexible material having a central portion extending along a longitudinal axis there through. The retrieving components are secured at opposite ends of the central portion of flexible material and comprise first and second rigid, hook shaped components, each secured at opposite ends of the central portion of flexible material so that the first and second hooked shaped components are disposed in a plane through the central portion of the strip of flexible material. Each of the first and second hook shaped components are curved in opposite directions from the longitudinal axis so that a free end of the first hooked shaped component extends in an opposite direction from a free end of the second hooked shaped component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventor: Caroline S. Stark
  • Publication number: 20110049203
    Abstract: A strap with retrieving components includes an elongated strip of flexible material having a central portion extending along a longitudinal axis there through. The retrieving components are secured at opposite ends of the central portion of flexible material and comprise first and second rigid, hook shaped components, each secured at opposite ends of the central portion of flexible material so that the first and second hooked shaped components are disposed in a plane through the central portion of the strip of flexible material. Each of the first and second hook shaped components are curved in opposite directions from the longitudinal axis so that a free end of the first hooked shaped component extends in an opposite direction from a free end of the second hooked shaped component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventor: Caroline S. Stark