Patents by Inventor James R. Duffield

James R. Duffield 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: 4951855
    Abstract: Hangers for hanging clothes or the like having a plastic main body portion and an integral plastic hook portion. The hanger main body portion has a plurality of cut-out areas formed by intersecting cross-beams with a continuous main arced counter stress cross-beam thereacross. In this manner, all of the stresses acting on the hanger are distributed evently throughout the arc formed by the continuous cross-beam and supported by the vertical or angular support beams attached thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Assignee: Jeffrey A. Jacobson
    Inventors: Jeff A. Jacobson, James R. Duffield
  • Patent number: 4286640
    Abstract: A tamper resistant cover for the port of a container for medical liquids which when applied to the port indicates that an additive material has been introduced into the container. The port cover is easily molded from a resinous plastic material and includes latch portions which fit into a latch bar with the latch bar serving as a means to prevent access with the latch portions so as to result in a tamper-resistant structure. Preferably, the latch portions are in the form of barbed sections and are guided by means of an inclined ramp into latch openings in such a manner that a compression fit is provided so that after the barbed sections are forced through the latch openings the barbed sections will expand to engage latch surfaces in the latching bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Knox, Mark E. Larkin, James R. Duffield