Patents Represented by Attorney Dale J. Ream

Find this attorney in the Justia Lawyer Directory

  • Mail delivery alert system
    Patent number: 7843340
    Abstract: A mail delivery alert system includes a mailbox housing that encloses an interior space that defines an open front. A door is pivotally coupled to the housing and is movable between open and closed configurations relative to the open front. A first sensor is positioned in the housing so as to detect an opening of the door and a second sensor is positioned so as to detect the presence of an article, such as mail, in the open space of the housing. The system includes a transmitter and a processor. The processor includes programming for actuating the transmitter to transmit an alert signal through the air upon the first sensor detecting an opening of the door and the second sensor detecting the presence of an article in the open space of the housing. The system includes a receiver remote from the housing for receiving the alert signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventor: Willis Noland Davis
  • Motorcycle safety device
    Patent number: 7832911
    Abstract: A motorcycle safety device includes a housing and a mount for coupling the housing to a motorcycle. A light assembly is removably coupled to the housing, the light assembly including a casing, a light positioned inside the casing, a lens coupled to the casing, and a battery positioned inside the casing. An input is in communication with the light to selectively cause the light to illuminate an area in front of the housing. A processor, tilt sensor, timer, and speaker are coupled to the housing, the tilt sensor and timer being in data communication with the processor. The processor includes programming to actuate at least one of the light and speaker upon the tilt sensor detecting a tilt event for a predetermined amount of time measured by the timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventor: Jesse L. James
  • Exercise system
    Patent number: 7833137
    Abstract: An exercise system includes a flexible attachment member sized for positioning between a shoe's tongue and laces that extends beneath a majority of the laces. The attachment member includes opposed first and second faces, the first face having hook and loop coupling elements of a first configuration, the second face having hook and loop coupling elements of a second configuration. The exercise system includes a plurality of weight members, each having a first face with hook and loop coupling elements of the first configuration and a second face with hook and loop coupling elements of the second configuration. The hook and loop coupling elements of the first and second configurations are complementary to one another to couple at least one weight members to the attachment member first or second face and couple at least one the weight members atop a respective weight member coupled to the attachment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventor: Shawn Garnuette
  • Easy open portable easel
    Patent number: 7832701
    Abstract: A portable easel includes a cap plate defining a first leg receiving area and a second leg receiving area spaced apart from the first leg receiving area. The easel includes first and second legs each having a coupling member at an upper end that is pivotally coupled to the cap plate at a respective receiving area. Each coupling member includes a flange extending from a terminal end thereof. Each receiving area defines a cavity configured to receive a respective flange therein, each flange being movable therein between opposed stops such that each of the first and second legs are movable between open and closed configurations. Gas springs are operatively coupled to respective legs. The easel includes support structures for holding an artist's canvas. A ground stake is pivotally coupled to lower ends of each leg for selectively anchoring the easel to a ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventor: Bobby M. Barnes
  • Stove knob timer device
    Patent number: 7816818
    Abstract: A stove knob timer device for use with a stove prompts a user to monitor a cooking event through a series of increasingly aggressive audible prompts. The timer device includes a main housing for engaging a stove operational shaft and which, when rotated to activate a respective stove burner, actuates a timer. After a predetermined time, a speaker is activated to emit an audible alarm to prompt a user to monitor the stove and to require a reset button to be pressed. If the reset button is not pressed in a predetermined time, the speaker is actuated to emit a more aggressive alarm so as to more urgently or even awaken a user. If the timer is reset, the original predetermined time is restarted. The timer device may include programming to adjust between timer modes and have structures enabling universal fit on various stove configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Vincent Sellecchia
  • Fold down loft bed with modular furniture
    Patent number: 7774872
    Abstract: A loft bed includes a framework including head and foot portions, each having front and back upstanding posts and connector members therebetween. Each portion includes a connector member defining a roller guide channel, each channel extending substantially between respective upstanding posts of the head and foot portions. Each front upstanding post defines a pin guide channel extending vertically therealong between upper and lower guide channel ends. An upper bed frame includes opposed end rails with opposed side rails extending therebetween. A pair of rollers is attached to the end rails of the upper bed frame and receivable in the roller guide channels. A pair of pins is attached to respective ends of the bed frame for receipt in the pin guide channels. Movement of the roller and pins in the channels enables movement of the bed frame between a sleep configuration and selectable folded out configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Inventor: James Sanders, Jr.
  • Hair styling device
    Patent number: 7772526
    Abstract: A hair styling device includes a hand unit having an air inlet, an outlet, and a blower between the inlet and outlet. The device further includes a storage case having a water reservoir and being configured to receive the hand unit. Tubing connects the water reservoir to the hand unit. A pump is included that selectively connects the water reservoir to the hand unit liquid inlet. A heater is situated between the water reservoir and the hand unit outlet to vaporize the contents of the water reservoir. The hair styling device includes controls in communication with the pump and blower, for actuating the pump and blower, respectively. The device may be used to selectively deliver hot hair, steam, or mist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Inventor: Kenny Chuong
  • Drain-clearing device
    Patent number: 7765626
    Abstract: A drain clearing device includes a first hollow tube having opposed first and second ends and a plunger head coupled to the first end. A second hollow tube includes a first end operatively coupled to the first end of the first tube, the first and second tubes being configured for telescoping movement between extended and retracted configurations. A snaking member is situated in the first and second tubes for movement between storing and operating configurations when the tubes are moved between extended and retracted configurations, respectively. A crank handle connected to the snaking member enables a user to rotate and extend the snake as needed. A plug is included for separating an inner tube area from an inner area of the plunger head and to prevent water spillage from the tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Inventor: Franco Sapia
  • Greeting card display
    Patent number: 7765729
    Abstract: A greeting card display includes a sleeve having transparent front and rear walls, first and second ends, a top, and a bottom. The front and rear walls are unitary at the first and second ends and at the top but are separable at the bottom to define a weatherproof receiving area accessible only adjacent the bottom. The receiving area is configured to receive a greeting card. A mounting rod includes a first portion coupled to the sleeve and a second portion configured to attach to one of a flower urn and a ground surface. The front and rear walls have first and second lateral portions that converge at a spine, the first lateral portion being angularly biased relative to the second lateral portion. The front and rear walls collectively define an access opening the first lateral portion and an access opening the second lateral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Inventor: Nancy Anne Thurston
  • Edible candle
    Patent number: D621576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Inventor: Gregory T. Quick
  • Child's cup
    Patent number: D621658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Inventor: Janel B. Rice
  • Portable stair platform
    Patent number: D621959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Inventor: Alan Klockler
  • Flag football jersey
    Patent number: D622933
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Inventors: Jack R. Baun, II, Detlev F. Smith
  • Batting training device
    Patent number: D623708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventor: John A. Masters
  • Swimming pool platform
    Patent number: D623713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventor: Susan L. Lamberty
  • Concave disc
    Patent number: D624938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventors: Shane P. Kelly, Peter L. L. Kelly
  • Baseball catching and throwing system
    Patent number: D624976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventors: Kevin S. McBride, Francis P. Mullenbach
  • Restaurant kiosk
    Patent number: D625304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventor: Mark Armstrong
  • Locker insert
    Patent number: D626769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Amy T. Rogers
  • Golf club container
    Patent number: D627966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventor: Bret R. Brown