Patents by Inventor Michel C. Tozier

Michel C. Tozier 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: 5009730
    Abstract: An uncomplicated system of restoring a smoother, non-slip, splinter free gripping surface to a rough tool handle. Thin walled, heat shrinkable tubing is fitted over the rough handle and heated with a common "gun" style household hand-held hair dryer with an auxiliary air concentration nozzle to reduce the diameter of the tubing. The tubing recovers sufficiently to adhere to the outer diameter of the handle. The irregularities of the crevices and bumps on the rough handle present recessions into which the tubing conforms. Due to the thin walled nature of the tubing, the irregularities extend into the wall of the recovered tubing creating a more secure attachment of the tubing to the rough handle and furnishing a comfortable, somewhat textured, splinter free gripping surface for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Inventor: Michel C. Tozier
  • Patent number: 4999928
    Abstract: An air concentrating nozzle is provided in a flat patterned body manufactured of light weight plastic or paper. The patterned body can be rolled into a cone and maintained cone shaped by inherent fasteners holding the edges together. In cone shape, a small opening at a first end concentrates air discharge and a large opening at a second end adapts the cone as a universal fitting for attachment over a majority of barrels used on home type hand-held hair dryers. An elastic loop attached to the air concentration nozzle fits around the hair dryer motor housing holding the air concentration nozzle in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Inventor: Michel C. Tozier