Patents by Inventor Rick Fry

Rick Fry 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).

  • Publication number: 20160128700
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an emergency tourniquet for rapidly and easily reducing or stopping blood flow to an injured limb. The tourniquet utilizes a closed loop system that is formed by passing a portion of a twistable strap, which comprises the loop, through a side opening in a buckle and cinching the strap tightly above an injury and thereafter twisting the strap. Otherwise, a loop may be formed and the injured limb passed through the loop prior to tightening it about the injured limb. The buckle includes an elongated opening that accepts an end or edge of the twistable strap. A free end of the twistable strap passes into a J-hook opening and is secured therein. The strap is then twisted and a notch in the buckle is hooked on an edge of the twistable strap. Bulbous regions are provided on either end of the buckle. A base plate may also be included for further securing the buckle in place to maintain the tourniquet in place until it can be removed by a competent medical professional.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventor: Rick Fry
  • Publication number: 20060070929
    Abstract: A sorting device and method for dynamically allocating bins to objects such as mail pieces. The device has at least one reading device for reading delivery information of objects and a conveying system which transports the objects. At least one feeder inducts the objects onto the conveying system. A plurality of physical bin locations are adjacent to the conveying system for storage of the object injected from the conveying system. A controller or processing dynamically assigns and reassigns sort locations, as required, to the plurality of physical bin locations during a sorting operation for each object of the objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Rick Fry, Reed Durand