Patents by Inventor Walter A. Gardiner

Walter A. Gardiner 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: 5791002
    Abstract: A multi-purpose folding tool which features inwardly tapered handles to provide external plier jaw storage, thereby leaving greater room for supplemental tool storage inside the handles, a box-beam handle construction for greater strength, downwardly opening handles to facilitate ease of use, a unique supplemental tool locking and release mechanism, and laminated plier jaws which are riveted together for even greater strength and overall integrity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Imperial Schrade Corp.
    Inventors: Walter A. Gardiner, David A. Swinden, James Quinn, Robert Andersen, Oleh Stecyk, Joseph A. Hufnagel, Peter F. Lynch, David A. Furth, Robert L. Naas
  • Patent number: 5626226
    Abstract: A display package for an article includes a front and a rear panel having respective peripheral portions secured to one another in an operative condition of the package. At least the front panel is provided with a recess constituting, together with a juxtaposed portion of the rear panel, a compartment for accommodating the article therein with substantially no movement therein in the operative condition of the package. A holding element is also substantially immovably received in the compartment and extends across a corresponding portion of the article remotely from the rear panel to confine the article between itself and the rear panel. The holding element is substantially rigid, and each of the front panel and the holding element is of a transparent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: Imperial Schrade Corp.
    Inventors: Walter A. Gardiner, David A. Swinden, Joseph A. Hufnagel
  • Patent number: 5495673
    Abstract: A support clip or sheath is detachably mounted on a knife. The clip or sheath has a locking portion insertable into a cavity of the knife, and a release button is operable for releasing the clip or sheath therefrom. A plurality of mounting apertures on the clip or sheath is attachable to various objects, such as a keyring or a strap. The knife and/or the objects are separately handled upon detachment of the clip or sheath. The knife is suspendable by the clip or sheath from a carrier such as a belt or strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Imperial Schrade Corp.
    Inventors: Walter A. Gardiner, Oleh Stecyk, David A. Swinden
  • Patent number: D401133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Imperial Schrade Corp.
    Inventors: Walter A. Gardiner, David A. Swinden, Joseph Hufnagel, Oleh Stecyk, Robert L. Naas
  • Patent number: D406030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Imperial Schrade Corp.
    Inventors: Walter A. Gardiner, David A. Swinden, Robert L. Naas
  • Patent number: D409893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Imperial Schrade Corp.
    Inventors: Walter A. Gardiner, David A. Swinden, Joseph Hufnagel, Oleh Stecyk, Robert L. Naas