Patents by Inventor Milton Lewis Stephens

Milton Lewis Stephens 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).

  • Molded top stop and apparatus and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 4034445
    Abstract: Molded top stops for a slide fastener have inner edges extending substantially in alignment with the inner edges of the interlocking elements and have bottom edges extending at acute angles upward and away from the interlocking elements. Further, during the molding of the top stops, extra interlocking element sections and the like are trimmed by trimming edge features on a horn tip cooperating with an anvil portion of a die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: Textron, Inc.
    Inventor: Milton Lewis Stephens