Patents by Inventor Tafari Hightower

Tafari Hightower 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: 4081980
    Abstract: The present invention is an electric security lock which not only provides an alarm signal to an alarm device, but which also has a push bar emergency release. The electric security lock includes a dead bolt, a frame adapted to slideably receive the dead bolt, a cover plate coupled to the frame for holding the dead bolt in place, a pair of cams coupled to the dead bolt and adapted to move the dead bolt in a lateral direction, a locking cylinder coupled to each of the cams, and an electric activating apparatus coupled to the dead bolt. The electric activating apparatus includes a circular latch member pivotally mounted and spring coupled to the dead bolt, a metal bar with a first end and a second end having a square hole disposed midway between the first and second holes, the first end of the metal bar is adapted to be coupled and uncoupled mechanically to the circular latch member, and a micro electronic switch mechanically coupled to the square hole of the bar and electrically coupled to an alarm device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1978
    Inventor: Tafari Hightower
  • Patent number: 4040184
    Abstract: The invention is a handle to which a razor blade fastens to form an improved cutting device. The handle includes a pair of rectangular sidewalls being substantially the same size as the size of the razor blade and which have a top edge, a bottom edge, a front edge and a back edge and which are joined together along their respective front, top, and bottom edges to form a casing in which the razor blade is inserted. A corner portion of each sidewall is removed in order to expose a portion of the cutting surface of a razor blade inserted therein. Also attached to the back edge of each sidewall is a tab by which a person can hold the casing between his thumb and his second finger. Attached to the top edges of the two sidewalls is an elliptical plate which is adapted to accommodate the first finger of the person guiding the cutting device thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Inventor: Tafari Hightower