Patents by Inventor James D. Gardner

James D. Gardner 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: 4850056
    Abstract: A pair of athletic pants comprising a body portion including a waistband and a seat, and two legs depending from the body portion, wherein the seat comprises a plurality of panels shaped and assembled so that when a wearer of the pants assumes a crouched position the pants are adapted to closely conform to the buttocks of the wearer with the panels in a substantially unstressed condition. The seat comprises a center panel extending from the waist band to at least the crotch, and tapering from the waistband to the crotch. Two seat panels adapted to extend over the buttocks of the wearer are joined along their respective inside edges to the center panel. A leg panel extends downwardly from each seat panel and is adapted to cover at least a portion of the wearer's leg. The seat protrudes at the junction of the seat and leg panels to accommodate the buttocks of the wearer in a crouched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Figgie International, inc.
    Inventors: James D. Gardner, Hal D. Mitchell, Paul F. Stickley, Alvin E. Taylor, Edward J. Wilson
  • Patent number: 4698849
    Abstract: A jersey for football players and the like. The jersey comprises a body section. The body section includes a shoulder portion having a substantially inverted U-shape as viewed from the side such that it is adapted to overlay the shoulders of a wearer or a shoulder pad on the shoulders of the wearer, a chest portion adapted to cover the chest of the wearer, and a back portion adapted to cover the back of the wearer. The shoulder, chest and back portions are of relatively inelastic material. The body section also includes elastic lateral gussets for laterally tensioning the chest and back portions over the chest and back, respectively, of a wearer so that the chest and back portions fit relatively tightly around the chest and back of the wearer thereby to inhibit opposing players from getting a hand hold on the jersey. The jersey also includes arm portions adapted to cover the arms of the wearer. The arm portions are of relatively inelastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: Figgie International Inc.
    Inventors: Hal D. Mitchell, James D. Gardner
  • Patent number: 4137894
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a tire and rim combination having run-flat capabilites. These capabilities are provided by a run-flat support system which is comprised of a pneumatic tube member located in the drop center area of the rim and an annular, "free-floating" ring member riding on the tube which contacts only the tube when the tire is operating under normal conditions and only the tube and inner periphery of the tread area of the tire when the tire is run flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1979
    Assignee: The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: James D. Gardner, James P. Lawrence
  • Patent number: D304258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: Figgie International Inc.
    Inventors: Hal D. Mitchell, James D. Gardner