Patents by Inventor Jerry McKibben

Jerry McKibben 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: 4509399
    Abstract: A plastic damper for attachment to a vibrating piano wire, the damper consisting of a single piece part having an end slot for turning by a screwdriver, and communicating peripheral slits for receiving the piano wire. One end of each peripheral slit has a slightly greater width than the rest of the slit, so that the piano wire can be inserted through this end of the slit, and locked against the damper by rotating it with a screwdriver, so that the relatively narrow major part of the slit "twist-locks" against the wire; the slight resiliency of the plastic facilitating the "twist-lock" action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: Coats & Clark, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry McKibben
  • Patent number: D278718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Assignee: Coats & Clark, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry McKibben