Patents by Inventor Frank V. Lawson, Jr.

Frank V. Lawson, Jr. 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).

  • Apparatus and method for carding pierced earrings and the like
    Patent number: 4424657
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for expediting the carding of jewelry items comprising piercing posts and clutches, such as pierced earrings and the like, particularly where a plurality of pairs of earrings are mounted on a single card. The clutches are vibrated into apertures in a plate member in proper orientation to receive the posts, with the alignment of said apertures registering with openings in the card, whereby when the card is properly positioned on the plate and the posts inserted through the card openings, the posts will frictionally engage the clutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1984
    Assignee: R. N. Koch, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank V. Lawson, Jr., Joseph C. Dionne