Patents by Inventor Richard John Hunter

Richard John Hunter 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).

  • Tap
    Patent number: 6722624
    Abstract: A tap for a urine drainage system, having a body, a lever and a barrel with a through bore which is mounted in the body for rotation between a position for through flow of liquid and a position which obturates fluid flow. The lever is mounted directly on the body for reversible rotation therearound, the arrangement being such that, on rotation of the lever, the barrel is movable between the two positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jeremy Watson, Richard John Hunter
  • Publication number: 20040038783
    Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus 1 for exercising the pelvic floor muscles of a female (not shown) comprising a hollow body 2 adapted to be inserted into a vagina and defined by a plurality of separable parts 3, 4, two in the embodiment, there being support means 5 of the body adapted to receive at least one of a set of weights 6, the arrangement being such that the weight of the body 2 is variable depending on the number of weights, from zero to N, where N (four in the embodiment) is the number of weights in the set, for providing exercise of the pelvic floor muscles of a user. The two body parts 3, 4 are each moulded from physiologically acceptable plastic, are cup shaped and have interengagable screw threads 7 for joining the parts 3, 4 together to form the body 2, and by which the parts 3, 4 are separable by unscrewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventor: Richard John Hunter