Patents by Inventor Larry F. Langlais

Larry F. Langlais 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: 5301532
    Abstract: The instant device serves to pierce and irrigate fluid filled tubing. It consists of an upper jaw and a lower jaw mounted on locking pliers. The upper jaw consists of an upper jaw mounting plate fastened to the upper jaw of the locking pliers and a piercing pin unit, along with a replaceable hollow press fit piercing pin held within such unit which piercing pin unit is held in the upper jaw mounting plate after the unit's insertion through a metallic washer locking cushion. The device's lower jaw consists of a lower jaw tube cradle component mounting plate fastened to the lower jaw of the locking pliers and further consists of a tube cradle component with eight cylindrically shaped notches for receipt of any one of six different sizes of cylindrically shaped tubing. The tube cradle component is held to the lower jaw tube cradle component mounting plate by way of a threaded retaining shoulder bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventors: Carl E. Bickmore, Larry F. Langlais