Patents by Inventor Stephen E. Tarr

Stephen E. Tarr 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: 5654824
    Abstract: A portable self-cleaning mirror having a disposable housing within which is located the rotatable reflective surface. A removably attachable reusable motor is combined to provide power to rotate the reflective surface/mirror. The reflective surface is rotated beneath a wiper blade attachment bar with a wiper blade that bisects the reflective surface along a diameter. In one embodiment, the wiper blade is formed in an inverted "Y" shape so that the two branches of the "Y" contact the reflective surface and clean the surface with a leading and trailing contact motion. Additionally, the attachment bar is formed in a sinuous non-linear shape so that a more effective cleansing of the reflective surface is accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Inventors: Stephen E. Tarr, D. Edward Tarr
  • Patent number: 5395304
    Abstract: An addition (20) to a pivot joint or pivot hinge device, more specifically to a rehabilitative pivot joint brace (10), either within the manufacturing process or as a suitable attachment, which provides the ability to bias or resist the rotation of the pivot joint when such a resistive force would be beneficial. The addition (20) is suitably attached to a pivot joint device (14) composed of an upper frame section (16) connected to a lower frame section (18) by a pivot joint assembly (26) which enables the upper and lower frame sections to pivot about a transverse axis (12). The addition (20) produces a desired level of resistance to the flexion and extension of the body joint and in a determined degree of equilibrium through the combined efforts of a tension control assembly (30) and an equilibrium control assembly (28) which are associated by a connection (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Inventors: Stephen E. Tarr, J. Scott Newfield