Patents by Inventor Donald R. Obland

Donald R. Obland 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: 4442636
    Abstract: An edge sharpening device that simultaneously sharpens the edge faces on both sides of the skis has a hand-grippable support (31) capable of changing in length that carries a pair of opposed edge sharpening heads (32, 33). The heads are movable to a spread position by the changing of the length of the support and a biasing band (61) urges the side sharpening faces (44, 45, 54, 55) of sharpening blocks against the side surfaces of the ski during a reciprocating movement of the device. The heads have bottom sharpening faces (48, 58) that are manually urged against the bottom surfaces of the ski during the reciprocating movement of the device. A flexible mounting provided by heads (68, 78) and sockets (64, 74) permits the heads to turn from side to side about a vertical axis to follow the taper of a ski of varying width during the sharpening operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Inventor: Donald R. Obland
  • Patent number: 4437579
    Abstract: A child-proof dispenser includes a container (11) having an inner shell (15) covered by an outer shell section (18) to form an inner compartment (12) enclosing a coiled strip of blister-packaged drugs (13) or the like. The inner and outer shells are releasably interlocked together by central hub portions (31, 25) which support the outer shell for rotation relative to the inner shell. The outer shell is rotated away from a stop (46, 47) and against the action of a compression spring (48) to aline inner and outer dispensing openings (42, 45) in the inner and outer shells, respectively. An ejecting trigger (55) carried by the outer shell is moved relative to both shells against the strip in a guide passage (46) to advance a selected number of doses of drugs via the dispensing openings. Upon release of the shells, the compression spring moves the outer shell to a position to cover the inner dispensing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Inventor: Donald R. Obland
  • Patent number: D256323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1980
    Inventor: Donald R. Obland
  • Patent number: D274772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Inventor: Donald R. Obland