Patents by Inventor Victor W. Higgs

Victor W. Higgs 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).

  • Position locking device for visor on a helmet
    Patent number: 4170792
    Abstract: A positioning device, particularly applicable to positioning a visor on a helmet comprising a clutch output member, a datum member, and a clutch input member, the output member constrained to move along a particular path with respect to the datum member, usually an arcuate path, and the output member containing the input member and detent members at either side of the input member which lock the output member to the datum member until released only by movement of the input member which drives the output member to another locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1979
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventor: Victor W. Higgs