Patents by Inventor Daniel G. Kerr

Daniel G. Kerr 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).

  • Publication number: 20010048596
    Abstract: A glove permits a flashlight to be removably attached so that when a flashlight is secured to the glove its direction of illumination is in alignment with the direction of fire of a handgun held in a second hand of the user steadied by the first hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventor: Daniel G. Kerr
  • Patent number: 6270231
    Abstract: A flashlight holder for use with flashlights and which permits the user to control the flashlight while handling another item, such as a firearm. The flashlight holder has a removably attachable collar coupled to a handle. The handle is dimensioned so as to permit the user to control a flashlight to which the collar is attached by holding the handle with a few fingers while making the same hand available for other activities, such as holding a firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Inventor: Daniel G. Kerr
  • Patent number: 5848834
    Abstract: A flashlight holder for use with flashlights and which permits the user to control the flashlight while handling another item, such as a firearm. The flashlight holder has a removably attachable collar coupled to a handle. The handle is dimensioned so as to permit the user to control a flashlight to which the collar is attached by holding the handle with a few fingers while making the same hand available for other activities, such as holding a firearm. In another embodiment, the handle is dimensioned so as to removably attach to the back of the user's hand and at least a portion of the palm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Inventor: Daniel G. Kerr
  • Patent number: 5743623
    Abstract: A flashlight holder for use with flashlights for security or law enforcement personnel, which has a cantilevered arm connected to a spacer arm and a removably attachable collar for affixing the spacer arm to the housing of a flashlight. When the holder is affixed to the flashlight a passageway is formed between the cantilevered arm and the flashlight housing which permits the passage of a hand therethrough. The flashlight holder permits the simultaneous holding of the flashlight with one hand and holding of a gun with the other hand in a manner that locks the movement of both gun and flashlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Inventor: Daniel G. Kerr