Patents by Inventor Douglas Couvertier

Douglas Couvertier 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: 10195674
    Abstract: A jig assembly structured to facilitate attachment of a device to a door including a base having oppositely disposed first and second end segments and an open interior, including first and second open faces. The open interior and the open faces are disposed between the end segments and are cooperatively structured therewith to receive a portion of the door in an operative position therein. A clamp member is movably connected to the first end segment and is least partially disposable into said open interior in clamping relation to the door portion, when in the operative portion. The second end segment is disposed and structured to receive passage therethrough of a tool, from an exterior to and interior of the base, into engaging relation with the door portion disposed in the operative position and into an interior channel of the clamp member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventor: Douglas Couvertier, II
  • Patent number: 9316037
    Abstract: A Chicago barrel bolt doorstop assembly having a doorstop with a first shaft extending between a distal end and a butt end. Protruding from the butt end is a post assembly having a post. The post assembly further has internal threads. A fastener has a second shaft with threads, a head, and a third end. The threads extend from the third end towards the head. To mount onto a door, the first end of the post assembly is presented into a hole from a first side of the door, and the third end of the fastener is presented into the hole from a second side of the door, whereby the hole extends between the first and second sides of the door. The first end receives the third end and the fastener tightens into the post assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Inventor: Douglas Couvertier, II
  • Patent number: 5681292
    Abstract: A combination syringe and needle are disclosed wherein the needle is mounted to a retractable element which retracts into the body of the syringe plunger. The needle is mounted to the retractor which is spring biased to retract the needle. The retraction is actuated by releasing the forward end of the retractor from engagement with a collet positioned on the forward end of the syringe inner barrel. The collet is configured so as to clamp the forward end of the retractor and only releases the forward end when the collet is pushed forwardly, expanded, and disengages the forward end of the needle retractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Retrax Safety Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Tober, Dennis J. Gordon, Douglas Couvertier
  • Patent number: 5092853
    Abstract: A guard mechanism for a medical needle has a hub and a hollow needle portion. The guard includes a tubular sheath, a spring within the sheath which biases the hub to draw the needle into the sheath. Jaws project from an end of the sheath for gripping the needle portion to prevent the spring from drawing the needle portion into the sheath. A body surrounds the sheath for grasping and holding the guard mechanism, and has a port through which the jaws project, the jaws being resiliently biased to bear against the port, such that when the sheath is moved toward the port, the jaws slide out from the port and are thereby freed to resiliently expand, thereby releasing the needle portion and permitting the spring to withdraw the needle portion into the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Inventor: Douglas Couvertier, II