Patents by Inventor Thomas L. Spinks

Thomas L. Spinks 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).

  • Curved tip for an insertion device
    Publication number: 20040230164
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an insertion device, such as a catheter, including a tip having a hollow, substantially radial cross sectional configuration and a substantially parabolic longitudinal configuration with a circular tip curvature. The outer wall of the novel tip of the invention is completely curved, and contains no straight or angled outer walls within the length of the tip. The inner wall of the tip defines a substantially straight passageway through which a piercing device such as a needle may be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: SPAN-AMERICA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Spinks, Kevin H. Pike
  • Curved tip for an insertion device
    Patent number: 6770059
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an insertion device, such as a catheter, including a tip having a hollow, substantially radial cross sectional configuration and a substantially parabolic longitudinal configuration with a circular tip curvature. The outer wall of the novel tip of the invention is completely curved, and contains no straight or angled outer walls within the length of the tip. The inner wall of the tip defines a substantially straight passageway through which a piercing device such as a needle may be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Span-America Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Spinks, Kevin H. Pike
  • Protective bottle jacket
    Patent number: 5704484
    Abstract: A protective bottle jacket for transporting a container, bottle or the like is provided. The protective jacket has a bottom portion having a base and walls projecting upwardly from the base for receiving and protecting the bottom portion of the container and a top portion having walls for covering the top portion of the container. The protective jacket has means for selectively and releasably interlocking the bottom and top portions together. The interlocking means comprises a male member disposed on one of the bottom and top portions and a passage disposed on the other of the bottom and top portions for slidably receiving the male member between an unlocked and locked position in response to rotation of the top and bottom jacket portions, wherein the passage lockably receives the male member and attaches the top and bottom portions together in the locked position and wherein the male member does not lockably engage the passage in the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Allied Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Spinks, Russell L. Bromley, James T. Przybytek