Patents by Inventor Francis A. Caban

Francis A. Caban 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: 5410814
    Abstract: A device for making, or enlarging, an opening in the tip of a rubber baby bottle nipple. One embodiment of the device has a lancet which can be selectively extended from a housing to cut an opening in the tip of a nipple. Alternatively, the lancet may be fixedly extended a predetermined distance from the housing and the nipple pushed onto the exposed end of the lancet by compression of a hinged, U-shaped handle. Other embodiments of the invention comprise a freestanding structure having the shape of a baby bottle nipple with a blade either mounted in a socket attached thereto on a flexible arm or string or in the structure itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Inventor: Francis A. Caban