Patents by Inventor James T. Kiernan

James T. Kiernan 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: 4537419
    Abstract: A device which enables a skier to ski safely on one ski. The device comprises a boot support plate releasably connected to the ski by means of a bracket carried thereon between its boot bindings. The boot support plate has a tongue received in the bracket and a laterally extending, upwardly-offset arm adapted to support the skier's free boot. A latch assembly is carried on the boot support plate and has an actuator disposed alongside the bound boot. The actuator is engaged by the bound boot as it pivots out of its bindings to release the boot support plate from its mounting bracket. A safety cable is provided to connect the boot support plate to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Inventor: James T. Kiernan
  • Patent number: 4036500
    Abstract: A game board divided into a series of playing spaces which are arranged in a preselected pattern and which are capable of being selectively illuminated during the playing of a game with playing pieces movable on the board. The playing spaces are illuminated by a series of control switches which are mounted at each of four playing spaces extending outwardly from opposite sides of the game board and which correspond in number and arrangement to the playing spaces as viewed from each playing station. A circuit connects the control switches in pairs in such a manner as to cause a playing space to be illuminated when an odd number of control switches for that space are in the on position and to prevent a space from being illuminated when an even number of control switches for that space are in the on position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Inventor: James T. Kiernan