Patents by Inventor Gary W. Lampkins

Gary W. Lampkins 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: 7334353
    Abstract: The devices sole purpose is to keep the integrity of a knot once it is formed with the shoe lace to keep the shoe securely fastened about the foot. This will be accomplished by precluding the bows and excess laces on each side of the knot from movement or slippage in any direction. The semi attached properties of the device will allow its user to remove it from one shoe and place it on another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Inventor: Gary W. Lampkins
  • Patent number: 7243385
    Abstract: A portable sheet, comforter and pillow cover apparatus whose embodiment members of a top and bottom sheet coupled together, with an incorporation of a protective ply member attached to the top and bottom sheet, whose purpose is to shield and protect an individual from harmful body organisms that are commonly found, and contaminated by prior occupants, in hotels or any other frequently used beds and bedding materials. Moreover, the design and enclosed features of the apparatus will give an individual user a piece of mind bought on by sanitary sleeping arrangements without sacrificing the comfort of the accommodation sought.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Inventor: Gary W. Lampkins
  • Publication number: 20020059738
    Abstract: The devices sole purpose is to keep the integrity of a knot once it is formed with the shoe lace to keep the shoe securely fastened about the foot. This will be accomplished by precluding the bows and excess laces on each side of the knot from movement or slippage in any direction. The semi attached properties of the device will allow its user to remove it from one shoe and place it on another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventor: Gary W. Lampkins
  • Patent number: 6328707
    Abstract: An orthopedic athletic shoe that will prevent the ankle from twisting to an injurious position while allowing full range of motion of the foot and ankle. Said shoe will consist of a means to secure around the lower leg with a housing with a hole at the top attached thereto. The housing will enclose a disk that is sizably smaller than the housing to allow the disk to move in all directions. The disk will attach to a joint thru the hole of the housing and an arm extention will attach to said joint and extend down towards the ankle at which a second joint adjacent to the middle of the ankle will attach to the other end of said arm extention. Said second joint also has an arm extention that proceeds down to the foot and attaches to a third joint that is connected to a disk that is smaller than the housing upon which it is enclosed with the housing being securely fasten to the side of the foot area of the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Inventor: Gary W. Lampkins