Patents by Inventor John Berrien Lynch

John Berrien Lynch 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: 7810242
    Abstract: A pair of scissors has first and second cutting panels operationally interconnected with both pins and pin guide slot\s so that the first and second cutting edges of these panels simultaneously pivot and slide longitudinally when closing together onto an item to be cut to enhance the effectiveness of the cutting action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventor: John Berrien Lynch
  • Patent number: 6131753
    Abstract: A vacuum jar apparatus is provided, including a jar having a jar wall terminating at a jar upper end in a jar opening surrounded and defined by a jar upper rim; and a jar lid structure including a sealing panel for resting against the jar upper rim and thereby closing and sealing the jar, and including a mechanism for evacuating air from within the jar, the mechanism for evacuating air including a chamber within the lid structure having an internal volume which is enlargeable and reducible, a first air passing port between the chamber and the jar, a first check valve in the first air passing port oriented to permit air to pass from the jar into the chamber and to prevent air from passing from the chamber into the jar through the first air passing port, a second air passing port between the chamber and the atmosphere outside the chamber and the jar, a second check valve in the second air passing port oriented to pass air from the chamber into the atmosphere outside the chamber and the jar and to prevent air fr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Inventor: John Berrien Lynch