Patents by Inventor John M. Carraher

John M. Carraher 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).

  • Publication number: 20080118304
    Abstract: The invented fastener device includes a unitary clip having a base and two spaced clamps, each clamp having opposing fingers, one stiff and spring deflectable under force. Flanged surfaces at the distal ends of the stiff and spring members form a wedge for deflecting the spring member to force an elongate, cylindrical object, e.g. a length of rebar, broadside into one of two stacked conduits. The region between the two clamps is generally U-shaped to accommodate a length of rebar into a transverse conduit with the clip. The base includes male and female appendages for coupling adjacent ones of the clips together in a strain, and it also includes two or more guide pins oriented transverse to the coupling appendages for guiding such a train down a race within a track of a dispensing applicator. A preferably integrally molded “chair” or platform for elevating the clip a desired height above a surface is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: John M. Carraher, Terry D. Newton