Patents by Inventor Lionel Foster

Lionel Foster 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).

  • Lifting device
    Patent number: 7575260
    Abstract: A lifting device (102) inc1uding a handle (16) and at least two pivotably connected frame members (104) adapted to pivot between a first, open, configuration (02) and a second, closed, configuration (03), wherein at least a portion of inner walls of the at least two frame members (104) form a gripping surface, which gripping surface is adapted to lie substantially parallel with side walls of an article to be lifted (01) when in the second, closed, configuration (03).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Inventors: Lionel Foster, Linda Mary Foster
  • Lifting device
    Publication number: 20070170734
    Abstract: A lifting device (102) comprising handle means (16) and at least two pivotably connected frame members (104) adapted to pivot between a first, open, configuration (02) and a second, closed, configuration (03), wherein at least a portion of inner walls of the at least two frame members (104) form a gripping surface, which gripping surface is adapted to lie substantially parallel with side walls of an article to be lifted (01) when in the second, closed, d onfiguration (03).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Lionel Foster, Linda Foster