Timothy E Hopkins

US Patent:

7802828, Sep 28, 2010

Filed:

Mar 13, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/381545

Inventors:

Timothy Paul Hopkins - Round Rock TX, US
Daniel Russ Dykstra - Augusta GA, US

Assignee:

Outpace Innovations, LLC - Round Rock TX

International Classification:

E05C 19/18
E05B 3/00

US Classification:

292288, 292348, 292DIG 2, 70209, 70416, 70472

Abstract:

Various embodiments of the present invention are illustrated. A first embodiment is a safety cover for a deadbolt of a door. The cover includes a housing having a first open end and a second open end. The housing is mounted to the door and positioned to substantially surround the deadbolt with the first open end and to contain a deadbolt actuator knob of the deadbolt within a cavity formed from the housing. The safety cover includes a cap mountable, via the second open end, into snug mating engagement with the interior of the housing. The cap is positioned such that upon actuation the cap slides axially within the housing until an inner wall of the cap meets the deadbolt actuator knob and wherein upon further actuation the inner wall grips and rotates the deadbolt actuator knob.

US Patent:

20060158871, Jul 20, 2006

Filed:

Jun 29, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/169414

Inventors:

Timothy Hopkins - Round Rock TX, US
Daniel Dykstra - Atlanta GA, US
Gregory Sirmans - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

B25B 23/18

US Classification:

362119000

Abstract:

Systems, methods, and devices for better manicuring a patient's nails are disclosed. A representative embodiment is a system that includes a lighting element for transilluminating the nail, a power supply for powering the lighting element, and a switch for activating the lighting element.

US Patent:

20130103039, Apr 25, 2013

Filed:

Oct 25, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/280537

Inventors:

Timothy E. Hopkins - San Angelo TX, US
Larry T. McBride - Memphis TN, US

Assignee:

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. - Warsaw IN

International Classification:

A61B 17/88

US Classification:

606104

Abstract:

A bone screw extender reattachment system including an elongated reattachment rod having a proximal and a distal end. The distal end of the elongated reattachment rod includes a tip configured to attach to a head of a bone screw. The elongated reattachment rod is configured so that a screw extender assembly having an inner sleeve, an outer housing and an extender head can slide over the reattachment rod. The bone screw extender reattachment system also includes a tension plunger having a plunger-type head and an elongated shaft configured to slide over the reattachment rod so as to communicate with the screw extender assembly.