Patents by Inventor James L. Santy

James L. Santy 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: 4531661
    Abstract: A ski and pole holder comprising a pair of straps sewn together in back to back fashion at one of their ends and having connector rings at the ends and with opposite ends of the straps being passed through the rings after being respectively wrapped around a pair of skis and a pair of ski poles and the running ends then being doubled back to fasten to themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1985
    Inventor: James L. Santy
  • Patent number: 4299210
    Abstract: The present invention in an improved universal splint is intended for use to immobilize a body extremity or extremities. The splint consists of a board arranged for attachment by straps, or the like, to a person's trunk area and an extremity support member pivotally connected thereto, made up of pivotally and hinge connected plates and support boards to provide for forming that support member to conform to an injured extremity, which extremity support member can be moved across the backboard to support either right or left side extremities. The hinge connections are preferably single hinges that can be locked independently and are each constructed to provide nearly three hundred sixty degrees (360.degree.) arc of travel. The improved splint further includes a bar locking capability across the hinges to further rigidize the support member. The extremity support member is preferably foldable against the back board and includes appropriate strap connectors for releasably connecting it to a body extremity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Inventor: James L. Santy
  • Patent number: 4280490
    Abstract: A universal splint for use in immobilizing a body extremity or extremities that consists of a backboard with strap fasteners for securing it across a person's back. The backboard includes an elongate track formed thereacross wherein at least one locking pivot is arranged to travel that is arranged through one end of a first or pivot board. The opposite pivot board end connects through an upper double hinge arrangement to an upper arm board that connects, in turn, through a lower double hinge arrangement to a second or forearm pivot board, which forearm pivot board connects to a forearm board. The upper arm and forearm boards include strap fasteners for attachment to a persons injured extremity. The double hinge and pivot arrangements provide freedom of movement of individual board so as to be capable of being adjusted to a person's injured extremity for splinting that extremity in place, which double hinge and pivot arrangements are individually lockable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Inventor: James L. Santy