Patents by Inventor Richard L. Herman

Richard L. Herman 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: 7793808
    Abstract: A stackable garment hanger includes a pole hook and a plurality of hanger members. The pole hook includes a pole hook member and a hanger retaining member. Each hanger member includes a garment retaining member, the hanger retaining member, a finger tab and a retaining rod. The hanger retaining member receives the retaining rod. The hanger retaining member extends from a top of the garment retaining member. One end of an extension member extends from a top of the hanger retaining member and the retaining rod extends from the other end of the extension member. The finger tab extends from the extension member. In use, the pole hook is placed on a hanger pole. A first hanger member is inserted into the hanger retaining member of the pole hook. Successive hanger members are attached to each adjacent hanger member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventors: Richard L. Herman, Gordon H. Smith
  • Patent number: 7462133
    Abstract: A forearm and wrist exercise device includes a base frame, a handle rod, a driver wheel, a driven yoke, a driven wheel and an adjustable tensioner. The base frame is attached to a stationary object, such as a wall. The handle rod extends from the driver wheel and the handle rod is pivotally retained by the base frame. The driven wheel is forced against the driver wheel. A second embodiment of the forearm and wrist exercise device includes a base frame, a handle rod, a driver wheel, a tension belt and an adjustable tensioner. A third embodiment of the forearm and wrist exercise device includes a base frame, a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic flow valve and a pair of extension shafts. A fourth embodiment of the forearm and wrist exercise device includes a base frame, a handle rod, a driver gear, a driven gear, a flywheel and an electromagnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Inventors: Richard L. Herman, Gordon H. Smith
  • Patent number: 7351186
    Abstract: A forearm and wrist exercise device includes a base frame, a handle rod, a driver wheel, a driven yoke, a driven wheel and an adjustable tensioner. The base frame is attached to a stationary object, such as a wall. The handle rod extends from the driver wheel and the handle rod is pivotally retained by the base frame. One end of the driven yoke is pivotally retained by the base frame and the driven wheel is pivotally retained by the other end thereof. The driven wheel is forced against the driver wheel with the adjustable tensioner. A second embodiment of the forearm and wrist exercise device includes a base frame, a handle rod, a driver wheel, a tension belt and an adjustable tensioner. A third embodiment of the forearm and wrist exercise device includes a base frame, a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic flow valve and a pair of extension shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Inventors: Richard L. Herman, Gordon H. Smith
  • Patent number: 4480934
    Abstract: A print wire actuator using a telescopic armature pair is presented. The actuator is disposed to propel a print wire through a predetermined distance from a rest position toward a recording medium. The armature pair moves by electromagnetic force over a first portion of the predetermined distance at which point one piece of the armature reaches a mechanical stop. The second piece of the armature continues to move, both ballistically and magnetically, over the remaining portion of the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Richard L. Herman
  • Patent number: 4466520
    Abstract: Rotary input power is selectively coupled to an output shaft or the like by actuation of a plunger which forces a movable pin into a coupled relation between a member attached to the input drive and an arm attached to the output. A fixed wall establishes a guideway for the head of the pin until it reaches an aperture in the wall allowing pin extraction as by a spring, gravity or the like. Coupling is established by the pin passing through a hole in the arm attached to the output and a detent or transverse surface associated with the driven element. The device permits coupling a continuously rotating input to an output for one revolution although more or less than full revolutions are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1984
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Richard L. Herman
  • Patent number: D397357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Herman, Frederick C. Miller, Carl W. Robinson, Robert P. Tennant