Patents by Inventor Cyril S. Potter

Cyril S. Potter 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: 4759569
    Abstract: An assembly for releasably restraining a person in a seat of a transport vehicle, includes a vertically oriented channel in the seat, having a substantially semi-circular cross-sectional configuration and an open portion along a substantial length thereof; and a device releasably securable on the person and engageable within the channel for releasably restraining the person in the seat, the device including a jacket-like garment to be worn by the person, the garment including buttons or zippers for releasably securing the garment on the person; a vertically oriented rear strap secured to a central back portion of the garment; a plurality of mushroom-shaped protrusions secured to the rear strap and extendable through the open portion of the channel for slidably engaging within the channel to releasably secure the garment to the seat, each protrusion having a substantially hemispherical head and a stem, each head slidably engaging within the channel and each stem extending through the open portion of the channe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Inventor: Cyril S. Potter
  • Patent number: 4062079
    Abstract: An inflatable body suit is disclosed having the shape of a union suit. The suit has a first and a second layer extending over the entire area thereof defining an air pocket between them that terminates at a seam opening large enough to allow a wearer to put on or take off the suit. A compressed air reservoir is operatively connected to the air pocket, the reservoir having at least two compartments, each compartment having a compressed air capacity sufficient to inflate the air pocket. A detachable helmet is also secured to the suit and has valves for allowing the wearer of the suit to inhale and exhale air with respect to the outside of the suit. The suit is designed to keep the wearer afloat in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1977
    Inventor: Cyril S. Potter