Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm David A. Lingbeck
  • Patent number: 6984087
    Abstract: A writing & candy utensil for giving a user something sweet to chew on rather than the end of the writing utensil. The writing & candy utensil includes an elongate tubular member having open front and back ends; and also includes a writing tip being disposed at the front end of the elongate tubular member; and also includes a candy support assembly being removably attached to the elongate tubular member; and further includes a piece of hard candy being removably supported by the candy support assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Inventors: Paul Reinbold, Shane Weber
  • Patent number: 6296290
    Abstract: A portable loading ramp for a pickup truck including an elongate hitch mount which is removably attached to a hitch on a pickup truck, and further including first and second ramp members which are hingedly mounted upon the elongate hitch mount, and also including a vehicle support which includes a sleeve support member, a sleeve member attached to the sleeve support member, and a support arm lockably extendable in the sleeve member and having an end which either attaches to the small vehicle to secure the vehicle on the truck box or securely supports the back end of the small vehicle above the floor of the truck box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Inventor: Nathan Wolf
  • Patent number: 6247864
    Abstract: A paper dispensing note pen includes an elongate spool support member having a threaded back end and a bore therethrough and further includes a conical nose piece and an endcap which is removably threaded on the back end of the elongate spool support member, and also includes a tubular casing having an open back end and a longitudinal slot extending through the side of the casing and being adapted to receive sheets of paper therethrough and being removably engaged to the nose piece and to the endcap, and further includes a spool having a bore extending therethrough and being adapted to rotatably mount about the elongate spool support member and being removably disposed inside the casing and also includes a plurality of sheets of paper formed into a roll about the spool, and a cap member for removably closing about the writing tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Inventor: Daniel M. Walsh
  • Patent number: 6230698
    Abstract: An engine pollutant filter system for providing cleaner exhaust and more massive power strokes. The engine pollutant filter system includes an engine having a positive crankshaft ventilation, a container member containing water and having a sealed cap with an intake port and an outlet port extending therethrough, and also includes a first hose member extending into the water container member and connected to the positive crankshaft ventilation of the engine, and further includes a second hose member connected to the outlet port and connected to the carburetor/fuel injector body. Steam mixture from the container member is drawn into the engine thus producing a cleaner burn, a cleaner exhaust and a massive power stroke due to the buildup of pressure effected by the heating of the steam mixture. In addition, a third hose is connected to the second hose and extends into the manifold or extends into the gas tank of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Inventor: D. Robert Shaw
  • Patent number: 6213519
    Abstract: A repositionable securement strip with message for business and courtesy cards includes a strip of paper having a front side and a back side and further having a first narrow band of repositionable adhesive disposed transversely on the back side for removably attaching the strip of paper to an object. The repositionable securement strip further includes a second narrow band of repositionable adhesive disposed transversely and intermediate on the front side for removably securing the card thereon and also includes a special message being informational or courtesy imprinted near the bottom edge on the front side of the strip of paper. This repositionable securement strip allows the user to neatly arrange and removably secure the card to an object to substantially prevent the loss of the card before the receiver even receives it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Inventor: Michael C. Bosch
  • Patent number: 6214753
    Abstract: A layered composite construction material includes a pair of outer layers of material including essentially continuous strand fiberglass mat which are separated by a pair of intermediate sandwich layers of material each being adjacent to a respective outer layer of material and including essentially eighteen ounce woven roving fiberglass mat and which are further separated by at least one internal layer of material which essentially includes spun fiberglass blanket which has fiberglass strands longitudinally disposed perpendicular to the other layers of material for facilitating even dispersal of a foam throughout all the layers of material to effectively secure and bind the layers of material. The internal layer of material can also include multiple layers of spun fiberglass mat each of which are separated by a pair of layers of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Inventors: Stephen E. Brenot, Arnold G. Althoff, Randy M. Schneider
  • Patent number: 6209235
    Abstract: A snow blocker attachment for a device used to move snow including a snow blocker having a wall member with a hole through central portion and near a bottom edge thereof, a frame to strengthen the wall, and at least one brace member formed about the hole. The snow blocker is pivotally mounted about a horizontal axis and upon a hub member which is securely attached to a bracket member which is securely attached to the snow moving device. A stop member is also securely attached to the bracket member and is used to limit the rotation of the snow blocker. In a second embodiment, the snow blocker attachment includes three plate-like members, two of which are securely attached along one side of the snow moving device and the other of which is attached across the top of the snow moving device. Instead of snow spilling over both sides of the snow moving device, the snow blocker attachment limits the snow spilling to just one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Inventor: Boyd D. Schiltz
  • Patent number: 6193583
    Abstract: An improved apparatus for horizontally uncapping wax from both sides of a honeycomb. The improved apparatus includes a pair of flail elements, a first and second roller conveyors, and a height adjustable feeder roller member spaced above the first roller conveyor for feeding the honeycombs at an even rate of speed between the flail elements to decap the honeycombs more evenly, and a height adjustable extractor roller member spaced above the second roller conveyor for removing the flailed honeycombs. The upper and lower flail elements are also height adjustable and the first and second roller conveyors are removably mounted to the apparatus. The pair of flail elements are located in a gap defined between the first and second roller conveyors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Inventor: Donald B. Gunness
  • Patent number: 6190252
    Abstract: A rotor used for a combine-harvester includes a cylindrical member having a front end and rear end with a plurality of rub bar members spacedly disposed thereupon and extending outwardly therefrom and with a plurality of outwardly projecting spiral members which are disposed about the rear portion of the cylindrical member and which effectively shed the vines and stalks of the crop plants from about the rotor and with a plurality of short threshing members which are mounted to and project outwardly from the cylindrical member at the rear end thereof for removing any grain left on the vines and stalks before they are removed off the rear end of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Inventor: Russell Makeeff
  • Patent number: 6182780
    Abstract: A multiple wheel drive assembly including front and wheel axles and four independent gear boxes one for each wheel axle and two intermediate gear boxes each of which is connected to a pair of front and rear wheel axle gear boxes. Each of the gear boxes has a ring gear disposed therein and is capable of effectively reducing the inputted rpms up to eight times and also allows the user to easily adjust the wheel bases to any width and length without having to effect the gear boxes including the ring gears. Each pair of front and rear wheel axles are actuated independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventor: Ernie Brookins
  • Patent number: 6183237
    Abstract: A cement slab surface beveling device including a plate-like support member having a second end, a bottom surface, a first exposed flat portion of the bottom surface, and a second exposed flat portion of the bottom surface; and further including a handle member attached to the support member, and a tapered beveling member attached to the bottom surface of the support member and having an end spaced from the second end of the support member and having a bottom edge and a flat bottom surface extending at an angle from the bottom edge to the bottom surface of the support member. The first exposed flat portion is placed upon a cement slab frame used to form the cement slab and the second exposed flat portion is placed upon the cement slab surface with the beveling member disposed in the semi-harden cement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventors: David A. Blanchard, James Johnson
  • Patent number: 6161341
    Abstract: A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement includes a building structure shaped like a dome and having outer side walls hingedly connected to a roof, inner side walls spaced from the outer side walls and forming display chambers therebetween, a ceiling supported by a simulated engine which is a transparent column resting upon a floor and supporting a dining table; multiple seating members disposed about upon the floor; multiple overhead display modules suspended from the ceiling and floor display modules both of which having image/sound producing equipment, lighting members and memorabilia disposed therein for simulating travel through various time periods; feet members and wheels for supporting and moving the building structure; and communications system for operating the image/sound producing equipment and for communicating to the host and for selecting the time period desired for a unique dining and entertainment arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Inventor: Kent G. Anderson
  • Patent number: 6119384
    Abstract: The display sign assembly comprises a trailer having a flatbed thereon, sign frame supports mounted upon the flatbed, a sign frame formed into a quadrilateral configuration and having a plurality of channel members each having a U-shaped cross-section with the open sides of the channel members directed inwardly of the quadrilateral configuration, and a wall having edges which are received in the open sides of the channel members and which are sealed to the channel members so that moisture cannot seep between the wall and the channel members. The sign frame also includes a pair of reinforcement channel members fixedly attached back-to-back to one another and traversing through the quadrilateral configuration and attached to at least two of the other channel members which form the quadrilateral configuration to stabilize the wall and essentially prevent the wall from wobbling back and forth as the trailer is moved upon a road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: KRK Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry D. Fischer
  • Patent number: 6116622
    Abstract: A steerable and brakable sled comprises a body member having a passenger compartment and being mounted to a frame and upon a pair of skis each having a duckbill-shaped forward portion, and further comprises steering and braking controls, the steering controls including a steering member, a pair of steering arms connected to the skis for pivoting the skis on their edges which turn the sled in the desired direction, and the braking control including a braking arm connected to the steering member which is accessibly disposed inside the passenger compartment and connected to a plate-like braking member hingedly attached to the bottom side of the body member at the rear end thereof and having a corrugated edge for engaging the ground once the user pulls back on the steering member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Inventor: Robert R. Gibbons
  • Patent number: 6035489
    Abstract: A hingeable and separable coupling device for coupling two objects together includes a first connectable member having a pair of holes, a shaft having an end which is slidably and biasedly extended through one of the holes of the first connectable member, a sleeve having a stub which is slidably and biasedly extended through another of the holes of the first connectable member, a pair of flanges one of which is mounted to the sleeve for the movement thereof and the other of which is mounted to the shaft for the movement thereof, a second connectable member having a pair of holes one for receiving the end of the shaft and another for receiving the stub of the sleeve, and a lever being pivotally attached to the first connectable member and having a pair of tapered projecting members for engaging and moving the flanges which in turn retracts the stub and the end of the shaft from the holes of the second connectable member and which uncouples the two connectable members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: Thomas J. Adams
  • Patent number: 6035921
    Abstract: A gate control apparatus includes a gate support member, an arm pivotally mounted thereto and having gate members connected to the arm, a flexible line connected to the arm, a line takeup for carrying the flexible line, and an actuator for actuating the line takeup. The gate is opened and closed by the arm either being pivotally lowered to open the gate or pivotally raised to close the gate. A radio transmitter is used to send a signal to a radio receiver which energizes a motor to either rotate a shaft and spool one way or another which either takes up the flexible line to pivotally raise the arm which closes the gate or lets out the flexible line to pivotally lower the arm which opens the gate. The user can operate this gate control apparatus without ever having to leave one's vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: Darrel J. Minow
  • Patent number: 6022083
    Abstract: A skid steer wheel mechanism including wheel axles rotatably disposed through axle housings which are securely mounted to the body or frame of the skid steer, and also including hub members which are cylinders with annular flanges centrally-disposed about the circumference of the hub members, and which is balanced upon pairs of bearings to equally distribute the weight and substantially abnormal wear to the bearings during the use thereof, each pair of bearings being spaced-apart inside the cylinder. The hub members are coupled to the wheel axles with disc-shaped coupler members having an internally-splined slot centrally-disposed in one side thereof and being adapted to receivably engage an end portion of the wheel axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Inventor: Ernie Brookins
  • Patent number: 6017595
    Abstract: This invention relates to a mixed composition for making structural building materials or articles; wherein the composition comprises a prepared or reprocessed solid or sludge waste material such as impure lime obtained, in particular, from water treatment plants, and further comprises a reinforcing material such as fiberglass, metal material, sisal fiber, or plastics, and also comprises a polymeric material which preferably includes polyurethane foam. A coloring agent is added the composition to give a distinctive color to the structural building materials or articles such as shingles, panels, sidings, walls, and logs, all replicating products made especially from wood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Inventors: Stephen E. Brenot, Arnold G. Althoff, Randy M. Schneider
  • Patent number: 5993333
    Abstract: A swing trainer device includes a laser beam mechanism having a laser beam light source and batteries for emitting a laser beam, and further includes a laser beam attachment member which is essentially a flexible sleeve having an open first end which is removably engaged about the end of either the handle of a golf club or the barrel of a bat, and further having an open second end which is securely engaged about the end of the back portion of the laser beam mechanism. A laser beam is directed away from and in the same plane as the handle of the golf club or the barrel of the bat. This swing trainer device is swung in a single plane to help the user maintain a consistent swing each and every time through muscle memorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Inventor: Thomas W. Heckaman
  • Patent number: 5984565
    Abstract: A spring-loaded coupling mechanism includes a tubular housing having an internal cavity, a forward end, a rearward end, and a tapered forward portion and further includes a catch member which is connected to a first elongate support member and is biasedly seated in said tapered portion of said housing, the first elongate support member being attached to an object, and also includes a connecting member which is attached to a second elongate support member and which is extendible and releasably securable inside the housing with the second elongate support member being substantially taut and being attached to another object. This spring-loaded coupling mechanism easily and conveniently ties at least two objects together such as a boat being moored to a dock or on a trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventors: Benjamin T. Dwyer, Karen K. Dwyer, Aaron P. Dwyer