Patents by Inventor Gregory E. Skipper

Gregory E. Skipper 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: 5577515
    Abstract: A protective sheath applicator assembly for encasing medical patient retaining belts, thereby protecting them from fouling by patient bodily emissions. The assembly includes a longitudinally collapsible tubular sheath and sheath applicator having a central segment for mounting a quantity of sheath material, a first end segment for connection to one of the belt components to enable transfer of the sheath from the applicator to the belt component, and a restraining segment for preventing the sheath from working endwise off the bar. In use, the bar is clipped to one of the restraining belt components and the sheath transferred thereto by sliding it endwise. The bar then is disconnected, and the companion seat belt component clipped to the first seat belt component. The patient then is introduced and the seat belts fastened endwise together in the usual manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Inventors: Richard R. Stout, Gregory E. Skipper
  • Patent number: 4826447
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a retainer for locking a printed circuit board into an edge connector having side ears with an aperture through each ear. The retainer includes two pairs of legs extending from a body in a first direction with flanges on the distal portion of each leg. The inner pairs of legs extend through the aperture in each of the ears with the flanges extending back over the ears. The outer legs extend around the ears with the flanges extending back over the ears to secure the retainer to the ears. The retainer includes a third pair of legs which extends outwardly from the body in a direction opposite to the above mentioned pairs of legs, one of these legs having a laterally extending pin and the other of these legs having an aperture for lockingly receiving the pin therein. The pin is disposed through an aperture in a circuit board to lock the board in the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald L. Forker, Gregory E. Skipper