Patents by Inventor Shirley Sharp

Shirley Sharp 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: 20060290483
    Abstract: A highly reflective device that integrates with automobile seatbelt safety systems. The advantages are that it shows that the driver and passenger(s) are wearing their seatbelts. However, it also makes wearing the seatbelt fashionable without altering the effectiveness of the seatbelt's safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Roy Leonard, Shirley Sharp
  • Patent number: 5597099
    Abstract: A garment waistband stretcher including a pair of identical, elongated stretching arms that are interlockable with a pivot pin and lockable in a stretching configuration with a locking pin. Each stretching arm is of a length about one-quarter (1/4") inch shorter than twice the smallest size waistband with which the stretcher is to be utilized and includes a plurality of pin receiving apertures spaced along the length thereof. A waistband clip is secured to one end of the stretcher arm for securing the waistband of a garment to be stretched. Each stretcher arm also preferably includes a finger loop at a second end of the stretcher arm opposite the waistband clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Inventor: Shirley Sharp