Patents by Inventor Dave Kimball

Dave Kimball 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).

  • Rotational holster for an electronic device
    Patent number: 6752299
    Abstract: A holster is provided with a clip portion for clipping to a user's belt or other suitable location and a harness portion for holding an electronic device, such as, but not limited to, a medical infusion pump. The holster may include a rotation mechanism that allows the holster to be rotated in a manner, to position and maintain the electronic device in any one of a plurality of selectable rotational orientations, while the holster is clipped to the user's belt. Alternatively or in addition, the clip portion is pivotally connected by a hinge to the harness portion, to allow the harness portion to pivot upward relative to the clip portion. The pivotal connection of the clip portion to the harness portion allows the user pivot the harness portion (and, thus, a medical device received in the harness portion) upward, for example, to better accommodate the user's view or access to displays, indicators, compartments, buttons or other manual operators on the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance Shetler, Sheldon B. Moberg, Dave Kimball
  • Holster
    Patent number: D471352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance Shetler, Sheldon B. Moberg, Dave Kimball
  • Low profile clip design
    Patent number: D474762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheldon B. Moberg, Dave Kimball, Timothy Payne