Patents by Inventor Tom Natvig

Tom Natvig 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: 7006649
    Abstract: A spring biased earmuff, having a flexible and generally ring-shaped frame (2) covered on an outer side and on an inner side by a fabric material (3), the frame being flexible between an open position wherein an ear may be inserted through an elongate hole (4) from the inner side of the earmuff such that the earmuff covers the ear on the outside and on the back side, and a snap on position wherein the frame exerts a biaising force for holding the earmuff to the ear, the frame having a frame front member (5) and a frame back member (6). An earphone (L) is supported by the frame, the ear phone being covered by the fabric material on the outer side of the earmuff. The earphone is removably attached to the frame (2) in a portion thereof, from where the earphone is supported outside the auditory canal of the ear in a user position of the ear muff. The frame exerts a biaising force on the earphone, away from the ear, in the hold position of the earmuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Ear Bag AB
    Inventor: Tom Natvig
  • Publication number: 20040184635
    Abstract: A spring biased earmuff, having a flexible and generally ring-shaped frame (2) covered on an outer side and on an inner side by a fabric material (3), the frame being flexible between an open position wherein an ear may be inserted through an elongate hole (4) from the inner side of the earmuff such that the earmuff covers the ear on the outside and on the back side, and a snap on position wherein the frame exerts a biaising force for holding the earmuff to the ear, the frame having a frame front member (5) and a frame back member (6). An earphone (L) is supported by the frame, the ear phone being covered by the fabric material on the outer side of the earmuff. The earphone is removably attached to the frame (2) in a portion thereof, from where the earphone is supported outside the auditory canal of the ear in a user position of the ear muff. The frame exerts a biaising force on the earphone, away from the ear, in the hold position of the earmuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: Tom Natvig
  • Patent number: 6055672
    Abstract: Protective ear covering and method of producing the same, comprising enclosing a flexible, cupshaped insert which may be turned against a biasing force to bulge from a position wherein an ear is insertable through an opening of the insert to a position wherein the insert is attached around the ear, the method including that the insert is attached to the wrong side of the stitched clothing and then turned through its own opening together with the clothing for turning the clothing right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Inventor: Tom Natvig