Vernon C Lenz

D464953, Oct 29, 2002

Aug 31, 2001

29/147604

Vernon C. Lenz - Union Gap WA
Chris Roose - Yakima WA

Golden West Communications, Inc. - Union Gap WA

1401

D14229

D464954, Oct 29, 2002

Aug 31, 2001

29/147606

Vernon C. Lenz - Union Gap WA
Chris Roose - Yakima WA

Golden West Communication, Inc. - Union Gap WA

1401

D14229

D464955, Oct 29, 2002

Oct 9, 2001

29/149342

Vernon C. Lenz - Union Gap WA
Chris Roose - Yakima WA

Golden West Communications, Inc. - Union Gap WA

1401

D14229

6904147, Jun 7, 2005

Jan 7, 2002

10/041235

Vernon C. Lenz - Union Gap WA, US
Chris Roose - Yakima WA, US

Golden West Communications, Inc. - Union Gap WA

H04M001/00

379430

A hardhat mount assembly () is provided for mounting a speaker device () on a hardhat (), that allows adjustment of the speaker device position to allow the worker to choose a comfortable position. The mount assembly includes an inner mount part () for mounting on the hardhat, a linkage () having an upper end pivotally connected to the inner mount part and a lower end pivotally connected to the speaker device, both pivot connections having pivot axes extending in forward and rearward directions. One inner mount device includes a pair of wings () with Velcro () on their inner surfaces that attach to Velcro pads () that have been mounted with contact adhesive on a side of the hardhat. Another inner mount device includes a pair of plates () with adjacent edges () hinged together and distant ends () that can be latched together to clamp a sweatband () of the hardhat lining between them. Another inner mount device () has a U-shaped part that straddles a thickened lip () at the side of a hardhat, and has at least one screw () that screws against the hardhat at a location adjacent to the stepped thickness of the hardhat lip.

54644135, Nov 7, 1995

Nov 15, 1993

8/152324

William Siska - Elma NY
Vernon C. Lenz - Union Gap WA

A61B 1704

606151

A nose clip is provided, which can be constructed at low cost and which can be smoothly operated to comfortably close noses of different sizes. The clip includes a frame (12, FIG. 1 ) with a pair of largely vertical bars (14, 16) having nose-squeezing lower ends (20, 22), middles (34, 36) that are pivotally connected, and upper ends (30, 32). A first bar has a pawl (52) on its upper end and the second bar carries a toothed beam (54) that is engaged by the pawl to prevent the upper ends from moving together to thereby keep the lower ends in the nose-squeezing position. The arm middles are connected by an integrally molded flexible and resilient crossbeam (40), and the pawl and toothed beam are integrally molded with the rest of the frame. A person uses the clip by placing pads (24, 26) lying on the lower ends of the bars, against opposite sides of his nose and squeezing the lower ends of the bars until his nose is comfortably closed, at which time one tooth of the multi-toothed beam will engage the pawl.

56970994, Dec 16, 1997

Jun 28, 1996

8/671839

William D. Siska - Elma NY
Timothy J. Sopko - Chaffee NY
Vernon C. Lenz - Yakima WA

A42B 304

2 5

A helmet is supplied with a personal alarm safety system (PASS) that detects the absence of motion by the wearer. This usually indicates that the user is unconscious or otherwise incapacitated. Also in the helmet is an automatic activation means which turns on the PASS system as soon as the wearer puts on the helmet. Other features such as visual alarm and inactivation means are included in the preferred embodiment.

63110520, Oct 30, 2001

Apr 13, 1999

9/291449

Vernon C. Lenz - Union Gap WA

Golden West Communications, Inc. - Union Gap WA

H04M 342

455305

A 2-way radio system for use by a driver of a vehicle such as a motorcycle, enables operation of the PTT (push-to-talk) switch to transmit voice communications, without requiring the driver to raise his/her hand to a PTT switch button on the 2-way radio and without requiring a cable connection. A self-contained separate PTT control unit (40) lies at the driver's finger for operation by the finger without taking the driver's hand off the steering bar (12). During operation, the unit transmits a short range radio signal (70) to a PTT receiver (90) on the 2-way radio to switch the radio to the transmit mode. The PTT control unit can be mounted on the driver's finger or on the steering bar.

51446782, Sep 1, 1992

Feb 4, 1991

7/650416

Vernon C. Lenz - Yakima WA

Golden West Communications Inc. - Union Gap WA

H04R 2502

381183

A headset is provided, of a type which includes a pair of earmuff devices at opposite ends of a head band, which automatically switches an electronic circuit on or off when the headset is placed on the head or taken off, in a simple and rugged construction. Each earmuff device is of the type that includes a largely rigid housing (24, FIG. 3) and a soft resilient cushion (30) mounted on the housing and designed to receive the ear of the wearer and press against the side of the wearer's head which surrounds his ear. A switch (54) connected to the circuit includes an actuating device (60) that is depressed and released along with the cushion. One type of switch (54) is a mechanical type whose actuator device (60) has a front end lying against a rear side (64) of the cushion to be deflected and operate the switch when the cushion is rearwardly deflected during placement on the wearer's head. Another switch includes an electrically conductive element (92, FIG. 5) lying on the forward surface of the cushion to directly contact the wearer's skin, and a detect subcircuit (96) which is responsive to the electrical potential of the wearer's body to switch the electronic circuit.