Patents by Inventor Paul P. Hartlaub

Paul P. Hartlaub 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: 4943295
    Abstract: A surgical cutting tool which may be used in cutting away protruberances from the skin of an individual includes a thin flexible blade including two side margins and a front margin which is keen-edged, and two finger grips which each include an engagement surface affixed to and extending along one side margin of the blade, and an outwardly facing gripping surface so that the tool can be held by the finger grips and thereby safely, easily and comfortably bent into an arcuate shape for cutting, by bringing the finger grips closer together. Preferably each gripping surface forms a rounded notch conforming in approximate shape to a finger. The gripping surface forming the notch may include gripping protrusions which enable a user's fingers to grip the tool by the finger grips firmly. The tool preferably includes a sheath-like guard formed from flexible material which is affixed to and extends along and covers a rear margin of the blade between the finger grips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Inventors: Thaddeus J. Hartlaub, Mark T. Hartlaub, Paul P. Hartlaub