Patents by Inventor Stephen Mark Higgins

Stephen Mark Higgins 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: 10697727
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a universal holster assembly for securely storing one or more handguns. The holster assembly comprises a first and second end walls. A supporting pad is located between the first and second end walls. The first and second end walls and the supporting pad define a cradle configured for holstering a handgun. A hollow tube extends through a set of aligned openings formed in the first and second end walls and the supporting pad. A plug having a head and a body is used to secure each end of the tube. The body is inserted into an end of the tube and a head urging against an exterior surface of one of the end walls, thus securing the holster assembly. Additional cradles may be defined by adding dividing walls and additional supporting pads. Further, one or more storage compartments may also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventor: Stephen Mark Higgins
  • Patent number: 10234235
    Abstract: An apparatus operates as both a holster and a benchrest for a handgun. The apparatus comprises first and second end walls, and a supporting pad secured between the first and second end walls. As a holster, the first and second end walls and the supporting pad define a cradle adapted for holstering a handgun. The holster may also be flipped upside-down and then operated as a benchrest. When the assembly is operating as a benchrest, a barrel rest may be inserted into a barrel-rest receiver slot on the top-side of the assembly. The barrel rest has a U-channel adapted for supporting the barrel of a handgun. The supporting pad further provides a surface for supporting the grip of the handgun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Stephen Mark Higgins
  • Patent number: 10151559
    Abstract: A hole is formed through the two or more parts, and a hollow tube is extended through the hole. A first plug is inserted into a first end of the tube, and a second end of the tube is pulled through the hole until the first plug is urged against the two or more parts. The second end of the tube is then cut so that the second end is flush with the two or more parts. A second plug is then inserted into the second end of the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Stephen Mark Higgins
  • Publication number: 20180003461
    Abstract: A bedside holster assembly is configured with a backing having a flap portion and hanging portion. The flap portion is positionable under a mattress of a bed, and the hanging portion is adaptable to hanging downwardly along the side of the bed. A holster is secured to the hanging portion of the backing, the holster being adaptable to holding a handgun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventor: Stephen Mark Higgins
  • Patent number: 9415258
    Abstract: In one instance, a modular system for exercise and muscle manipulation work is presented that allows a user to easily carry numerous components and then quickly assemble or separate the components to facilitate a variety of exercises and muscle manipulation work. The components are quickly assembled or separated using rotatable and releasable magnetic quick-link couplers. Other systems and methods are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Cygnet Systems LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Mark Higgins, Constance Ann Swanston
  • Publication number: 20160153747
    Abstract: An apparatus operates as both a holster and a benchrest for a handgun. The apparatus comprises first and second end walls, and a supporting pad secured between the first and second end walls. As a holster, the first and second end walls and the supporting pad define a cradle adapted for holstering a handgun. The holster may also be flipped upside-down and then operated as a benchrest. When the assembly is operating as a benchrest, a barrel rest may be inserted into a barrel-rest receiver slot on the top-side of the assembly. The barrel rest has a U-channel adapted for supporting the barrel of a handgun. The supporting pad further provides a surface for supporting the grip of the handgun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen Mark Higgins
  • Publication number: 20160153745
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a universal holster assembly for securely storing one or more handguns. The holster assembly comprises a first and second end walls. A supporting pad is located between the first and second end walls. The first and second end walls and the supporting pad define a cradle configured for holstering a handgun. A hollow tube extends through a set of aligned openings formed in the first and second end walls and the supporting pad. A plug having a head and a body is used to secure each end of the tube. The body is inserted into an end of the tube and a head urging against an exterior surface of one of the end walls, thus securing the holster assembly. Additional cradles may be defined by adding dividing walls and additional supporting pads. Further, one or more storage compartments may also be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen Mark Higgins
  • Publication number: 20160153746
    Abstract: A bedside holster assembly is configured with a backing having a flap portion and hanging portion. The flap portion is positionable under a mattress of a bed, and the hanging portion is adaptable to hanging downwardly along the side of the bed. A holster is secured to the hanging portion of the backing, the holster being adaptable to holding a handgun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen Mark Higgins
  • Publication number: 20150313352
    Abstract: A buffing apparatus has a shaft assembly connectable to a drill or other stationary motorized buffer/polisher. A stator is fixedly mounted on the shaft and a rotor is rotatably mounted on the shaft, and each of the stator and rotor includes a respective hub and two or more arms extending radially from the respective hub, and each of the two or more arms defines a hole. A pad having first and second holes is mounted on the shaft with an arm of the stator extending through a first hole of the pad and an arm of the rotor extending through a second hole of the pad. The pads are secured in place with a connector extending through the hole of an arm of the stator and through a hole of an arm of the rotor so that the pads are sandwiched between the shaft assembly and the connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventor: Stephen Mark Higgins
  • Patent number: 9078513
    Abstract: A buffing apparatus has a shaft assembly connectable to a drill or other stationary motorized buffer/polisher. A stator is fixedly mounted on the shaft and a rotor is rotatably mounted on the shaft, and each of the stator and rotor includes a respective hub and two or more arms extending radially from the respective hub, and each of the two or more arms defines a hole. A pad having first and second holes is mounted on the shaft with an arm of the stator extending through a first hole of the pad and an arm of the rotor extending through a second hole of the pad. The pads are secured in place with a connector extending through the hole of an arm of the stator and through a hole of an arm of the rotor so that the pads are sandwiched between the shaft assembly and the connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Inventor: Stephen Mark Higgins
  • Publication number: 20140310897
    Abstract: A buffing apparatus has a shaft assembly connectable to a drill or other stationary motorized buffer/polisher. A stator is fixedly mounted on the shaft and a rotor is rotatably mounted on the shaft, and each of the stator and rotor includes a respective hub and two or more arms extending radially from the respective hub, and each of the two or more arms defines a hole. A pad having first and second holes is mounted on the shaft with an arm of the stator extending through a first hole of the pad and an arm of the rotor extending through a second hole of the pad. The pads are secured in place with a connector extending through the hole of an arm of the stator and through a hole of an arm of the rotor so that the pads are sandwiched between the shaft assembly and the connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Stephen Mark Higgins
  • Publication number: 20130230674
    Abstract: An head, facial or ear cushion for mounting to a strap of a respiratory or traditional device. The head, facial or ear cushion comprises an elongate flattened body which defines an internal cavity for accommodating a strap of a respiratory or traditional device and generally has a flattened oval shape forming two elongate opposed exterior surfaces. The two opposed surfaces are generally planar and extend substantially parallel to one another so that a width of the head, facial or ear cushion is at least twice a thickness of the head, facial or ear cushion. The body is configured so as to restrict axial movement of the body along the strap, during use. In one embodiment, the body is folded into a folded configuration, about a longitudinal centerline, to define the internal cavity which at least partially encloses while in another embodiment, the body is generally oval in shape and has an exterior surface which extends completely around and encases the strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: SALTER LABS
    Inventors: James N. Curti, Walter R. Van Horn, Stephen Mark Higgins
  • Patent number: D684683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Salter Labs
    Inventors: James N. Curti, Walter R. Van Horn, Stephen Mark Higgins
  • Patent number: D785184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Cygnet Systems LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Mark Higgins, Constance Ann Swanston
  • Patent number: D794814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Cygnet Systems LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Mark Higgins, Constance Ann Swanston