Patents by Inventor Elmer R. Hagen

Elmer R. Hagen 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: 5090434
    Abstract: A seat assembly for releasable attachment to the center post of a conventional crutch comprises a planar sitting board with a support board hingedly attached thereto. In a first embodiment, a sleeve is affixed to a hinge which is affixed to the back edge of the sitting board. The sleeve may be slidingly fit over the top end of the crutch center post and thereby maintain the seat assembly in the open, ready position wherein the sitting board is substantially horizontal and the crutch and support board are vertically oriented, being spaced apart by the sitting board. In a second embodiment, a bracket having a pair of grooves is attached to the sitting board and attaches to a pair of spaced bolts affixed to the crutch center post. Additional securing means are provided in the form of a stabilizer rod extending from the center post to the support board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Inventor: Elmer R. Hagen
  • Patent number: 5029851
    Abstract: A toy for inflating and bursting a plurality of ballons and the like comprises an elongated, rigid tube having multiple air-inlet and air-outlet orifices with elongated, flexible tubing connected to each of the orifices. Valves connect to the free ends of the flexible tubing such that balloons attached to the end of some of the flexible tubing may be inflated and burst by a player or players blowing into the other flexible tubing. The rigid tube may be connected in series with other like, rigid tubes such that a plurality of players may participate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Inventor: Elmer R. Hagen