Ear Plug Or Nose Clip Patents (Class D24/106)
  • Hearing protection earplug
    Patent number: 7264081
    Abstract: In a hearing protection earplug for insertion into the ear canal ear composed of a soft material, especially a foam material, having a cavity that is open toward the outside, it is provided, with a view to achieving additionally increased wearing comfort accompanied with easy handling during insertion into and removal from the ear, that the cavity, as seen in the cross-section, has an approximately cross-shaped configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Earplug
    Patent number: 7107993
    Abstract: An earplug composed of an injected molded resilient polymeric material for insertion into an ear canal by a fingertip of a user, including an elongated member having a nose portion formed as a curved front end. An open cup shaped rearward extending flange located at the end of the elongated member opposite to the nose portion and with the open cup shaped rearward extending flange configured to receive the fingertip of the user. The elongated member including at least one flange element located intermediate the nose portion and the open cup shape flange. The nose portion and the flange element having a generally curved shape to extend into and conform to the wall of the ear canal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Moldex-Metric, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Magidson
  • Ear plug
    Patent number: 6830124
    Abstract: An ear plug includes a first shelter for extending into an ear canal thereby preventing water from flowing into an inner ear a second shelter for accommodating with the ear canal thereby preventing water from flowing into the ear canal, and a connection portion is narrower than those of the first and second shelters connected between the first and second shelters. The first shelter has a flexible and thin peripheral flange. The second shelter has first and second walls that defines a hollow cylindrical. The first wall of the second shelter is connected with the connection portion. The second shelter and the connection portion are also hollow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Ear plug
    Patent number: D511381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D512141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Moldex-Metric, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Mishkin, Dan Dix
  • Personal filtration device
    Patent number: D519630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Breathe Safe, LLC
    Inventors: Alfred E. Pearson, Jr., Jeffrey T. Samson
  • Personal filtration device
    Patent number: D519631
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Breathe Safe, LLC
    Inventor: Alfred E. Pearson, Jr.
  • Ear plug
    Patent number: D521637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: All-Logic Int. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun-Tien Yang
  • Nose clip
    Patent number: D522650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Entenet Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Burrell E. Clawson
  • Hearing protection device
    Patent number: D524937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Doty, Richard Knauer
  • Ear piece
    Patent number: D524938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Neesim Health, LLC
    Inventor: Simeon B. Schreiber
  • Hearing protection device
    Patent number: D528204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Doty, Richard Knauer
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D529169
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Moldex-Metric, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred Ryan
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D536089
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Moldex-Metric, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Magidson, Norman J Smith
  • Earplug with integral handle
    Patent number: D538924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventor: Marc L. Doty
  • Flange earplug
    Patent number: D539415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Howard Leight Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas W. Fleming
  • Device for widening of the nasal passage
    Patent number: D540462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Prolex B.V.
    Inventor: Ruud Groeneveld
  • Ear plug
    Patent number: D541412
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: McKeon Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Devin Benner
  • Ear plug
    Patent number: D548325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: McKeon Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Devin Benner
  • Nostril clip for facilitating breathing
    Patent number: D550347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Inventor: Willard S. Norton
  • Ear plug
    Patent number: D553736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Just Plugs, LLC
    Inventors: James R. Butler, John J. Brown
  • Clip-in nostril expander
    Patent number: D554752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Inventor: Glen B. Reed
  • Semi-aural hearing protector
    Patent number: D479319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Co.
    Inventor: Robert Falco
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D559382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: R2 Development, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Kazuhiro Sanpei
  • Flame earplug
    Patent number: D480136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Myers, Kenneth F. Teeters
  • Flanged earplug
    Patent number: D560792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventor: Eric Miller
  • Nasal dilator
    Patent number: D561335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: BSA, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Pinter
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D481118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Doty, Richard Knauer
  • Flame
    Patent number: D485352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Myers, Kenneth F. Teeters
  • Breathing air filtration device
    Patent number: D571457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Dolezal Creative Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Dolezal, John D. Wilder, Daniel M. Gelfman
  • Breathing air filtration device
    Patent number: D572360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Dolezal Creative Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Dolezal, John D. Wilder, Daniel M. Gelfman
  • Nasal dilator
    Patent number: D572361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Inventor: Louis O. Noce
  • Handheld breastpump
    Patent number: D573249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Medela Holding AG
    Inventor: Jill Solberg
  • Nasal dilator
    Patent number: D576726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Inventor: Jefferson Scott Maxwell
  • Intra-auricular insert
    Patent number: D577432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Inventors: Roberto Polselli, Andrea Angeloni
  • Earplug stem
    Patent number: D577812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin James Zwart
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D578637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Falco
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D578638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Falco
  • Earplug stem
    Patent number: D578639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Falco
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D492765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Falco
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D492766
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Falco
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D492767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Knauer, Walter B. Herbst, Marianne B. Grisdale, Gary F. Prokop
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D492768
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Knauer, Walter B. Herbst, Marianne B. Grisdale, Gary F. Prokop
  • Earplug for swimmer
    Patent number: D492991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D493219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Cabot, Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Falco
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D494268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Bacou-Dalloz USA Safety, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas W. Fleming
  • Earplug with low angle flanges
    Patent number: D494269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Bacou-Dalloz USA Safety, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas W. Fleming
  • Nose clip
    Patent number: D494671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Stemmed earplug
    Patent number: D496722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventors: Robert N. Falco, Richard Knauer
  • Pair of ear inserts
    Patent number: D499162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Inventor: Robin Wernick