Patents by Inventor Donald Tendrup

Donald Tendrup 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: 4629102
    Abstract: An improved garment-engaging grip of a plastic ship-on hanger in which a cooperating finger and wall engage an interposed garment therebetween, and the finger is movable into a clearance provided behind it to allow for the bulk of the garment, to thereby relieve, by virtue of this adjustment in position of the finger, any stress in the plastic at the juncture of the finger connection to the hanger and, thus, the tendency of rupture at said juncture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Inventors: Donald Tendrup, Joseph DeVito
  • Patent number: 4623079
    Abstract: An improved garment-engaging grip of a plastic ship-on-hanger in which a cooperating finger and wall engage an interposed garment therebetween, and the finger is movable into a clearance provided behind it to allow for the bulk of the garment, to thereby relieve, by virtue of this adjustment in position of the finger, any stress in the plastic at the juncture of the finger connection to the hanger and, thus, the tendency to rupture at said juncture. The finger additionally has a gripping projection in the form of a bump, which significantly increases the gripping pressure on the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Inventors: Donald Tendrup, Joseph DeVito
  • Patent number: D278867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Inventors: Donald Tendrup, Joseph Devito
  • Patent number: D298184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Inventors: Donald Tendrup, Joseph DeVito