Patents by Inventor Francis T. Haskell

Francis T. Haskell 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: 7665152
    Abstract: As combined with a protective garment having a generally tubular portion, such as a protective coat having a sleeve, or such as a pair of protective pants having a pants leg, which may be regarded as being generally tubular, and a drag harness, which is assembled to the generally tubular portion and which facilitates dragging a wear from a hazardous situation. The drag harness includes a loop, which is assembled to and within the generally tubular portion, and a grip, which extends through an aperture in the generally tubular portion. The loop and the grip may be made from a single length of strapping or, alternatively, the loop and the grip may be made from separate lengths of strapping. The loop may have a fixed length or, alternatively, the drag harness may have a running noose, by which the loop is adapted to tighten when the grip is pulled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Morning Pride Manufacturing, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Douglas Sloan, John J. Reilly, Mary I. Grilliot, William L. Grilliot, Michael P. Harty, Francis T. Haskell, Thomas J. Fee
  • Patent number: 7596815
    Abstract: As worn by a firefighter or by an emergency rescue worker, a protective garment having a lower torso-covering portion and two leg-covering portions is equipped with a drag harness or drag harnesses. Each drag harness is accessible through an aperture or apertures somewhere in the lower torso-covering and leg-covering portions. In the illustrated and described embodiments, the protective garment is equipped with two knee pads. Each knee pad is manipulatable between a position wherein such knee pad covers the aperture or apertures in a given one of the leg-covering portions and positions wherein such knee pad does not cover the aperture or apertures in the given one of the leg-covering portions. Each knee pad may serve as a flap or may be completely detachable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Morning Pride Manufacturing, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William L. Grilliot, Mary I. Grilliot, Patricia K. Waters, Douglas Sloan, John J. Reilly, Michael P. Harty, Francis T. Haskell, Thomas J. Fee
  • Publication number: 20080263755
    Abstract: As worn by a firefighter or by an emergency rescue worker, a protective garment having a lower torso-covering portion and two leg-covering portions is equipped with a drag harness or drag harnesses. Each drag harness is accessible through an aperture or apertures somewhere in the lower torso-covering and leg-covering portions. In the illustrated and described embodiments, the protective garment is equipped with two knee pads. Each knee pad is manipulatable between a position wherein such knee pad covers the aperture or apertures in a given one of the leg-covering portions and positions wherein such knee pad does not cover the aperture or apertures in the given one of the leg-covering portions. Each knee pad may serve as a flap or may be completely detachable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: William L. Grilliot, Mary I. Grilliot, Patricia K. Waters, Douglas Sloan, John J. Reilly, Michael P. Harty, Francis T. Haskell, Thomas J. Fee