Patents by Inventor Roger Lockshier

Roger Lockshier 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).

  • Process for making a comfort grip handle
    Patent number: 6024903
    Abstract: An improved process for producing integral, composite handles having cushioned comfort grips, for appliances such as electric steam irons, comprising a first step of injection molding a one-piece handle substrate of strong, rigid, resinous composition having the desired predetermined shape and design, including a recessed, wrap-around area corresponding to the area of the handle which will be gripped by the hand of the eventual user of appliance. The present process comprises a second step of injection molding an integral, outer, soft, contoured layer of foamed resin into the recessed, wrap-around area of the rigid plastic handle substrate, to form a smooth, compressible, comfort grip surface area of the composite handle for engagement with the hand of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: HP Intellectual Corp.
    Inventors: Stuart Naft, George M Drizos, Edward M Kubicz, Lee H. Eckert, Michael J. Marchetti, Roger Lockshier, Scott Rosander, Carmine Mancini
  • Comfort grip handle and process
    Patent number: 5862571
    Abstract: An improved process for producing integral, composite handles having cushioned comfort grips, for appliances such as electric steam irons, comprising a first step of injection molding a one-piece handle substrate of strong, rigid, resinous composition having the desired predetermined shape and design, including a recessed, wrap-around area corresponding to the area of the handle which will be gripped by the hand of the eventual user of appliance. The present process comprises a second step of injection molding an integral, outer, soft, contoured layer of foamed resin into the recessed, wrap-around area of the rigid plastic handle substrate, to form a smooth, compressible, comfort grip surface area of the composite handle for engagement with the hand of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: HP Intellectual Corp.
    Inventors: Stuart Naft, George M. Drizos, Edward M. Kubicz, Lee H. Eckert, Michael J. Marchetti, Roger Lockshier, Scott Rosander, Carmine Mancini