Patents by Inventor Digby Redshaw

Digby Redshaw 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: 9370231
    Abstract: An apparatus for dreadlocking hair comprising a motor and a means for holding or engaging a strand of hair. The holding means is rotated by the motor, so that the strand of hair is twisted into a dreadlock, that is, a twisted bundle of hair where hair on the surface of the bundle describes a purely helical path, at least in a newly dreadlocked part of the strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Palock Limited
    Inventors: Palesa Sansole, Hans Henrik Petersen, Andrew Robert James Russell, Roderick McBrien, Digby Redshaw, Neil Bowker
  • Publication number: 20120325262
    Abstract: An apparatus for dreadlocking hair comprising a motor and a means for holding or engaging a strand of hair. The holding means is rotated by the motor, so that the strand of hair is twisted into a dreadlock, that is, a twisted bundle of hair where hair on the surface of the bundle describes a purely helical path, at least in a newly dreadlocked part of the strand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Palock Limited
    Inventors: Palesa Sansole, Hans Henrik Petersen, Andrew Robert-James Russell, Roderick McBrien, Digby Redshaw, Neil Bowker
  • Patent number: 4107481
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switching device for energizing and de-energizing a telephone instrument in response to removal and replacement of the handset. The device comprises a platform for receiving a capsule of the handset, the said platform being pivotal against a bias. The weight of the handset moves the platform to de-energize the device when the handset is in position on the instrument. The arrangement has the characteristic that secure location of the platform is provided whether the instrument is in the horizontal or the vertical mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Assignee: The Post Office
    Inventor: Digby Redshaw