Patents by Inventor Victor S. Hammer, Jr.

Victor S. Hammer, Jr. 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: 4272111
    Abstract: A safety anchor latch device for a metallic latch strike including a plastic latch and a metallic spring member having positive position retaining means and positive strike gripping means which at normal operating temperatures are inoperative and supported by the elements of said plastic latch in space relation to a supporting work structure and the metallic latch strike respectively but which positively engages and retains same when said plastic latch is destroyed by abnormally elevated temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Victor S. Hammer, Jr., Arthur J. Danko, Perry J. Heard
  • Patent number: 4250356
    Abstract: A one-piece plastic handset cradle attachment for a wall mounted telephone including integral retaining means for retention of the cradle relative to the telephone and means for guiding the handset and its associated cordset during hangup of the handset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1981
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Victor S. Hammer, Jr., E. Grant Swick
  • Patent number: 4136599
    Abstract: A one-piece plastic screw grommet for use in mounting a screw relative to a blind bore located in a fibrous material. The grommet includes a shank portion and may have a laterally extending head at one end. The shank has a first diameter portion adjacent the head complementary in size to the bore and connected to a smaller free end portion by a tapered intermediate portion. Annular rings and axially disposed anti-rotation means, each having a radial extent greater than said bore, are carried on the exterior of said shank. A transverse slot extends through the intermediate and first diameter portions and a pair of flexible shouldered arms are disposed within the slots in opposed walls and extend axially toward said head end from their connection to said free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Victor S. Hammer, Jr.