Patents by Inventor Christopher H. Hepburn

Christopher H. Hepburn 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: 5154167
    Abstract: A lung and chest exerciser that arranges for some of the air expired from the lungs on an outbreath to be collected and then to be breathed back into the lungs on the next inbreath, together with some fresh air. By so arranging, the lungs have to open deeper or more often to receive an equivalent amount of fresh air. An embodiment of the invention may have a body, a collector bag, an adjustment slider, a filter and a nose-piece. The exerciser directly develops the lungs and the respiratory muscles and indirectly exercises the heart thereby affecting the body's metabolism, circulation and relaxation level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Inventor: Christopher H. Hepburn