Patents by Inventor Russell S. Fenton

Russell S. Fenton 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: 4076976
    Abstract: An assembly for causing a piece of jewelry to emit a flashing light in which a miniature circuit board has a pair of sockets presenting spaced pin-receiving openings. Cooperating with the openings is a jewelry mounting plate having a light-emitting diode mounted on the face thereof and having a pair of sharp stiff pins of small diameter connected to the diode and spaced to coincide with the socket openings. Mounted upon the circuit board is a module in the form of an integrated oscillator circuit having its input connected to a battery and its output connected to the sockets. The sockets provide frictional retention of the pins so that upon entry of the pins into the sockets, with a layer of clothing in between, the circuit board and mounting plate are mutually captive, with the pins completing a circuit between the light-emitting diode and the output of the oscillator for periodic flashing. The piece of jewelry is mounted upon the mounting plate integrated with the light-emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1978
    Inventor: Russell S. Fenton