Patents by Inventor Francis F. Hofmann

Francis F. Hofmann 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: 5881983
    Abstract: A hair dryer positioning system includes a detachable, bendable, shape retaining, dryer positioning arm having a connecting fitting at a bottom end thereof and a flexible dryer cradle member with securing straps at a top end thereof; a hollow, dome-shaped base cover member with a connecting bracket at the top center thereof that is mateable with the connecting fitting of the positioning arm; and a weighted base member with a threaded perimeter lip and at least one screw mount aperture formed through a bottom surface thereof; the hollow, dome-shaped base cover member including an internally threaded base member engaging lip companionately threaded to engage the threaded perimeter lip of the weighted base member and a positioning arm storage compartment formed therein sized to receive therein the dryer positioning arm including the connecting fitting and the flexible dryer cradle member with securing straps; the connecting fitting including two L-shaped connecting members; the connecting bracket having two L-sh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Inventors: Larry E. Hofmann, Francis F. Hofmann