Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Reed

Thomas M. Reed 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).

  • Fixation devices
    Patent number: 5868749
    Abstract: Sterile bone fixation devices, such as bone screws, pins, anchors and plates, fabricated from bone tissue and the method of making such devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Inventor: Thomas M. Reed
  • Flexible portable container for carrying and maintaining arc welding electrodes at use temperature and method for maintaining arc welding electrodes at use temperature
    Patent number: 5266772
    Abstract: A combination of a layered leather pouch and a flat flexible unified structure of a heater utilizing an exothermic composition for the purpose of creating and maintaining an arc welding rod inside the pouch at a temperature range between about 28 degrees C and about 139 degrees C, the pouch having a walled off compartment made of specifically perforated suede, the compartment being adapted to receive and hold one or more heaters having sufficient heat generating capacity to maintain the rod in the temperature range for an extended period of at least 3 hours and to be portably and safely worn adjacent a welder on his belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Thermal Tech, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Reed