Patents by Inventor Joseph Aaron Vod Varka

Joseph Aaron Vod Varka 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: 7677724
    Abstract: A spectacle frame mount provides secure, removable positioning of a spectacle frame in a gas mask or full face respirator. A spring wire mount supports the spectacle frame between two legs of a loop. The spring wire mount includes two leg portions that have lower ends which terminate adjacent each other when the mount is in its use position. The two leg portions positively engage an internal portion of the full face mask so that the spectacle frame will be positioned within the interior of the mask at a location such that the spectacles will be properly positioned for use by the person wearing the mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Mine Safety Appliances Company
    Inventors: Evan Keith Erickson, Joseph John Vod Varka, Joseph Aaron Vod Varka, Jesse James Vod Varka