Patents Represented by Law Firm Bruce & McCoy
  • Buffer straddle crane for cargo container handling operations
    Patent number: 6652211
    Abstract: A buffer crane for supplementing a quay crane operation and formed to operate thereunder with a landing deck for supporting a multiple of cargo containers above dockside cargo transport operations and for moving cargo containers therebetween by means of a straddle crane mounted on rails on said landing deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Paceco Corp.
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Philip Alexander Tam, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Method for buffer crane operation in cargo container handling
    Patent number: 6604904
    Abstract: A method for buffer crane operation for supplementing a quay crane operation and formed to operate thereunder with a landing deck for supporting a multiple of cargo containers in buffer operation above dockside cargo transport operations and for moving cargo containers therebetween by means of a dedicated crane engaged with said landing deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: PACECO Corp.
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Philip Alexander Tam, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Buffer bridge crane for cargo container handling operations
    Patent number: 6602036
    Abstract: A buffer crane for supplementing a quay crane operation and formed to operate thereunder with a landing deck for supporting a multiple of cargo containers above dockside cargo transport operations and for moving cargo containers therebetween by means of a bridge crane mounted on framework rails which extend past the lateral edges of said landing deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Philip Alexander Tam, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Inter-box connector (IBC) installation and removal system
    Patent number: 6554557
    Abstract: An inter-box connector (IBC) installation and removal system for a buffer crane formed to operate under a quay crane for supplementing operation thereof by semi-automating the previously “by hand” IBC installation and removal procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Paceco Corp.
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Universal electrocardiogram sensor positioning device and method for four sizes including extra large
    Patent number: 6553246
    Abstract: A universal disposable ECG sensor positioning device and method for use with electrocardiogram diagnostic equipment in which the mask has ten sensors, six of which can be used at any one time to provide four different sizes to accommodate varying sized human torsos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Unilead International, Inc.
    Inventor: William K. Wenger
  • Flow through drain filter for a stormwater or wastewater catch basin
    Patent number: 6533941
    Abstract: A flow through drain filter for removing trash, sediment, liquid hydrocarbons, and metal ions comprised of at least four concentric screens having a deionizing filter material disposed between an exit screen and a second middle inner screen and hydrophobic and liquid hydrocarbon absorbent material disposed between first and second middle screens and a sediment capture space between the first middle screen and a trash exclusion intake screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: George R. Butler
  • High volume low pressure air pump
    Patent number: 6497560
    Abstract: A high-volume low pressure hand operated air pump comprised of a tube body with a plunger shaft inserted into one end thereof and a check valve at the other end thereof with a floating seal secured to the internal end of the plunger shaft comprised of a captured double sided annular disk having a closed cell foam plastic seal on one side thereof and a plastic stiffener of the same plastic material integrated thereto for supporting the foam sealing side thereof
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Inventor: Robert T. Carlson
  • Adjustable channel installation bracket
    Patent number: 6494642
    Abstract: An adjustable channel installation bracket for supporting pre-cast drain channels on rebar studs with a support member securable thereto by set screw receptacles formed in the support member and having biased engagement plates engaged to the support member which capture the drain channel therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Inventor: Timothy J. Daly
  • Electronic fishing lure
    Patent number: 6457275
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for attracting fish by means of electronic fishing lure having a steel ball enclosed in a metal tube and having a piezoelectric crystal enclosed therewith as one end thereof which generates an electric voltage that is transmitted to the surrounding water when the ball strikes an end of the tube as a result of the motion of the lure in the water oscillating the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Pro-Troll, Inc.
    Inventor: Cecil R. Spurgeon
  • Universal electrocardiogram sensor positioning device and method
    Patent number: 6400977
    Abstract: A universal disposable ECG sensor positioning device and method for use with electrocardiogram diagnostic equipment in which the mask has nine sensors, six of which can be used at any one time to provide three different sizes to accommodate varying sized human torsos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Unilead International Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Kelly, William K. Wenger
  • Lighted mask for underwater divers
    Patent number: 6390640
    Abstract: A lighted mask for underwater divers utilizing a monochromatic blue-green LED light source secured to the mask directing light to the front of the face plate of the mask and having a push button control mounted on the mask for actuating the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: American Underwater Products Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Wong, Ralph Osterhout
  • Method and apparatus for locating cargo containers
    Patent number: 6356802
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for locating containers in a container storage area and identifying the containers by means of their ID tags and identifying the address of the repository location of the containers in the container storage area and wirelessly transmitting the ID and address of the containers to the container terminal management system for verification that the container is deposited at the proper repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Paceco Corp.
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Thomas Ng
  • Integrated balanced wire rope reeving system for cargo container handling cranes
    Patent number: 6250486
    Abstract: An Integrated Balanced Wire Rope Reeving System for Cargo Container Handling Cranes wherein the same ropes perform both load hoist and trolley traversing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventor: Masamitsu Enoki
  • Buoyancy compensator and method of constructing the same
    Patent number: 6244784
    Abstract: A method and construction for a buoyancy compensator air chamber bellows utilizing a single side coated fabric having air passages for gas communication between the air chambers formed by annular disks which are welded together around and through the air passages to interlock the air chambers into a bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: American Underwater Products Inc.
    Inventor: John Yeats Gordon
  • Scuba air device computer
    Patent number: 6201478
    Abstract: A SCUBA air diver computer having an analog gauge with an IR switch mounted thereon which is actuated by a mirror attached to the pointer of the gauge to indicate a preselected pressure reading and actuate an aural alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: American Underwater Products Inc.
    Inventor: Michael S. Hollis
  • Personal hygiene appliance
    Patent number: 6158077
    Abstract: A personal hygiene appliance extension handle for persons having limited hand reach or body mobility which has a grasping means for holding toilet tissue and functions as a hand extension to permit cleansing of the perineal area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Inventors: William K. Wenger, Sandra T. Pierre
  • Adjustable position harness buckle system
    Patent number: 6098859
    Abstract: An adjustable position harness buckle system which employs a captured track secured to a backpack apparatus along a predetermined path and a clamp mechanism which is engaged with said track and can be clamped thereto by a lever arm actuated cam at any position therealong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Inventor: R. Blake Bortner
  • Personal hygiene device
    Patent number: D439977
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Inventors: William K. Wenger, Sandra T. Pierre
  • Tool caddy
    Patent number: D441161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Inventor: Thomas H. Shetterly
  • Hand-held personal hygiene instrument
    Patent number: D428147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Inventors: William K. Wenger, Sandra T. Pierre