Patents by Inventor Michael J. Poindexter

Michael J. Poindexter 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).

  • Hanging latch hook mechanism for telephones
    Patent number: 6212276
    Abstract: An apparatus sets a telephone to an on-hook state. The telephone has a base with at least one cavity forming a cradle for a handset The telephone also has a handset with an operative surface including a mouthpiece microphone and an earpiece speaker. A first surface of the handset is opposite to the operative surface. The apparatus includes a first arm having a surface, and the first arm responds to the surface being pressed by a portion of the handset being positioned in the base. The first arm moves to actuate an on-hook switch to set the telephone to the on-hook state. The surface of the handset which presses the first arm is the operative surface or the first surface. The first arm responds to the handset having the operative surface facing away from the base. The first arm also responds to the handset being positioned entirely out of the cradle by extending from a first slot in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Coby Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Inoue, Michael J. Poindexter, Sang Hoon Oh
  • Medical implantation instrument
    Patent number: D448482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Integrated Implant Systems, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Steven Bellofatto, Michael J. Poindexter, Christopher J. Claypool, Diego Y. Fontayne, Edward Kaplan