Patents by Inventor Donald B. Keys

Donald B. Keys 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: 5626175
    Abstract: An improvement in clear plastic film indoor window insulation kits. The improvement provides a way to open and to close roller window shades or venetian blinds attached to inside window frames after a sheet of clear plastic film has been stretched across the window and secured to the window's casing. The plastic film indoor window insulation kit has reinforced ports which allows roller shade and venetian blind controls to be operated through the reinforced access ports, without removing or damaging the clear plastic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Inventor: Donald B. Keys
  • Patent number: 4733017
    Abstract: A safety improvement in cover plates for electrical outlets. A cover plate for electrical outlets having sets of a spring-loaded sliding traverse plates which shift to open and close electrical wall outlets used in residential, commercial, and industrial locations. The sliding spring-loaded traverse plates being positioned between sets of tracks which are laterally parallel to outlet holes located in the cover plate, and each traverse plate having a hole which may be manually positioned to be in line with outlet holes located in the cover plate. When holes in the traverse plates and the cover plates are in line, the prongs of male terminals may be inserted into the female recepticle. When the male terminal is removed from the female recepticle, the traverse plates automatically spring into a closed positions thereby shielding the said female recepticle, which thereby prevents a child from being electricuted by sticking a small metal object into female electrical outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Inventors: Sherry J. Wolfe-Taylor, Donald B. Keys