Patents by Inventor Lon R. Hettick

Lon R. Hettick 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).

  • Tubular support for enclosing a body member
    Patent number: 4084586
    Abstract: A tubular support for enclosing a body member therein, the body member being an elastic, generally tubular member having an opening on at least one end. The elastic member is stretchable in all directions so as to provide equal gripping support and pressure to all of the surface of the body member which it encloses. There are facings bonded on the interior and exterior surfaces of the elastic member, the facings having relatively low coefficients of friction and the same stretch rate as the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1978
    Inventor: Lon R. Hettick