Patents by Inventor John F. Dougherty

John F. Dougherty 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: 4648159
    Abstract: A device for removably securing a line or the like, said device having a base with at least one fastener integral therewith. The fastener has at least one wall extending outwardly therefrom and is, effectively, flexibly secured to the base with the wall terminating in a lip. In one configuration, the base has a ridge opposite the lip with the ridge and lip being substantially adjacent each other and a spike or serrated member which is secured within the fastener and extends in the direction of the lip and the ridge so that a lace or the like may be forced past the lip and ridge and be impaled by the spike, thereby retaining the lace in a fixed position. In a modification of the present invention, one or more walls may extend from the base with each wall terminating in a lip in opposed positions. Thus, the lips of the wall form the opening instead of the lip and ridge of the wall and base. The various modifications of the device are multifunctional in application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Inventor: John F. Dougherty