Patents Represented by Attorney Kajane McManus

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  • Bucket elevator construction bolt
    Patent number: 5879119
    Abstract: The bucket elevator construction bolt comprises a flat head and a threaded shaft, the bolt further incorporating a collar adjacent the head, the collar including a plurality of elongate, radially arrayed spline teeth which engage within the material of the elevator belt, maintaining the bolt position against radial torque or vibratory forces applied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: 4B Elevator Components Limited
    Inventor: Christopher James Robinson
  • Bicycle seat pack
    Patent number: 5878930
    Abstract: The bicycle seat pack comprises a clam shell structure wherein a top portion includes a releasably locking bicycle seat engaging assembly including a release lever. A zipper extending almost completely around a periphery of the pack allows for a drop down bottom portion to drop away from the top portion, allowing for easy access to the interior space, with enhanced accessibility allowing for compartmentalization of the inner space, if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Inventor: Charles Martin Schwimmer
  • Game for perfecting basketball arc
    Patent number: 5833556
    Abstract: The game for perfecting the arc of a basketball as it travels toward a hoop includes a vertically oriented ring which is positioned a predetermined height above and distance away from the basketball, the ring defining a target area through which the basketball must pass to ensure passage through the hoop. Play of the game includes the awarding of points for each basketball shot, with the greatest number of points awarded for a shot wherein the basketball passes through the ring and hoop without contact and no points awarded where the basketball does not at least pass through the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Inventor: Philip F. Ferrari
  • Angularly accessible head for threaded connector
    Patent number: 5833419
    Abstract: The angularly accessible head for a threaded connector comprises a spherical structure having a centered slot therein, the slot having a bottom surface or wall in the shape of an inverted V, with a center point thereof extending toward and terminating below the center of the sphere. The head is functionally accessible from a plurality of planes which are not coplanar with a center plane of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Inventors: Mark Franciskovich, Steve August Masnjak
  • Balloon support apparatus for hot air balloon ride
    Patent number: 5813627
    Abstract: The balloon support apparatus for a hot air balloon ride comprises a doughnut shaped sleeve engaged within a crown area of an envelope of the hot air balloon. The sleeve contains a lighter than air substance, such as helium, in an amount sufficient to elevate the balloon envelope, the sleeve having a volume which will accommodate expansion of the lighter than air substance when heated to approximately 350.degree. F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Inventor: Mary K. Huntington
  • Device for unattended simultaneous heating and agitating of a bottle of infant formula
    Patent number: 5808276
    Abstract: The formula preparation device comprises a housing within which a reciprocating semi-cylindrical closed ended sleeve is located. The sleeve, in conjunction with a semi-cylindrical concavity in a cover of the device, produces a cylindrical cavity within which a formula bottle is horizontally agitated, while being heated to provide a warmed, agitated bottle of formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Inventor: Ted A. Padilla
  • Shoe belt
    Patent number: 5785220
    Abstract: The shoe belt of the present invention includes an adjustable strap engageable about a wearer's waist and which includes two shoe engaging pouches depending therefrom. The belt may also incorporate an identification/money purse which also depends from the strap. A person engaged in an activity such as rollerblading uses the belt to carry a pair of shoes along in a non-restricting, unencumbering manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Inventor: Paul Leddy
  • Bicycle towable collapsible cart
    Patent number: 5785334
    Abstract: A bicycle towable collapsible cart comprises a framework engageable to a rear bike wheel hub and expandable to stretch a fabric basket into container form. The framework engages removable wheels and, when the cart is in its collapsed state, a small package for storage or transport is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Inventor: Russell S. Robinson
  • Simulative sports cap kit
    Patent number: 5781934
    Abstract: The sports cap kit includes a sports cap with a primary symbol representing a favored sports team attached to the cap above a visor thereof. The primary symbol has a normally open mouth including a movable jaw. At least one smaller, removable, secondary symbol representing an opposing team engages within the open mouth and the lower jaw is moved to create a chewing action, the interaction between the two symbols sending a message that the favored team will "chew up" or dominate the opposing team.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Inventor: Terrance P. Pauley, Jr.
  • Block blanket erosion control system
    Patent number: 5775838
    Abstract: The erosion control blanket of blocks comprises a plurality of concrete blocks having a preselected configuration and being joined to adjacent blocks of the configuration by at least one of a plurality of embodiments of a reinforcing lattice structure. Individual blankets may be joined together to create a desired configuration for a substrate covering. Provision of the blocks in a blanket configuration provides a process of laying the blocks with attached lattice which is time and labor saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Inventor: Gary K. Pettee, Sr.
  • Removable-resuable fibrous scrubbing pad for use in wet power orbital scuffing applications
    Patent number: 5775984
    Abstract: The fibrous scrubbing pad is proposed for use in wet orbital power scuffing of a damaged portion of a painted surface for enhancing paint color blending and adhesion during repair. It is particularly suited for use in auto collision repair. The pad most preferably incorporates three layers, a top layer comprising a sheet of loops mechanically engaged by a hooked surface of a power device disc pad used for driving the fibrous scrubbing pad, and a wet acid based scuffing medium impermeable layer of material engaging the sheet of loops to one surface of a fibrous pad layer used to scrub a wet acid based scuffing medium against the painted surface, to cause scuffing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Inventors: Jim C. Olson, Leroy H. Rogers
  • Combination hauler for vehicle and trailered boat
    Patent number: 5772388
    Abstract: The combination hauler for hauling a vehicle and a loaded boat trailer comprises a wheeled horizontal flatbed to which a horizontal trailer engaging cradle is pivotably mounted. The cradle pivots from a predetermined elevated position above a front end of the flatbed to a lowered position where the cradle rests on a rear end portion of and extends beyond a rear end of the flatbed. The cradle at all times maintains a position parallel to the flatbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Inventor: Richard J. Clark
  • Personalized needleless puppet blank kit
    Patent number: 5738559
    Abstract: The personalized needleless puppet kit includes at least two puppet blanks which are joined together using a yarn lace having a collared lead end for ease in threading of the lace through cooperating holes in the blanks, without requiring use of a needle. The blanks may then be decorated, as desired to produce a one or two character hand puppet, the blanks including generic ear portions which are trimmable to enhance features of the character(s) chosen for the puppet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Inventor: Leah Beth Levin Ostrar
  • Method and apparatus for applying adhesive
    Patent number: 5723185
    Abstract: The method of applying adhesive to a substrate is performed by an installer donning a pair of shoes having pins extending from the undersurface thereof and using a notched spreading edge squeegee having an elongate handle to push adhesive from the configuration of a puddle to a configuration of parallel spaced apart lines of adhesive, the installer being capable of walking forwardly being the squeegee and further being capable of walking across the lines of adhesive without adversely affecting desired quality of adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Inventors: Michael Beier, Michael Ulane
  • Belt mounted tool hanger
    Patent number: 5687892
    Abstract: The belt mounted tool hanger comprises a base member having a slot therein through and within which a portion of a workman's belt can be engaged and a hook which extends from a end edge of the base member, across same, and to a level above the height to which the base member extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Inventor: Gary A. Johns
  • Enzyme-modified soy and soy/casein combination healing compositions
    Patent number: 5681586
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising an improved modified protein sol is used for treating and enhancing the healing of arthritis and cutaneous acne. Prior to being modified, a protein is solubilized and neutralized by an alkali solution containing a molar weight percent ratio of 95:5 KOH/NaOH. Neutralization is allowed to continue for about 5 minute, allowing for complete neutralization of the protein. The neutralized protein is then hydrolyzed by enzymatic digestion. The improved modified protein sol may be then mixed with stabilizing and preserving agents, such as polyvinyl pyrrolidone, if desired. Uses for the improved modified protein composition includes treatment of arthritis and cystic acne.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Inventor: Arthur L. Gordon
  • Steel calypso pan clock
    Patent number: D382489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Inventor: Patricia Baptiste
  • Punching bag
    Patent number: D384378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Inventor: Rita M. Sigler
  • Adhesive applicator
    Patent number: D390075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Inventors: Michael Beier, Michael Ulane
  • Portion of a display screen with icon
    Patent number: D395651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Stirling Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Viresh Bhatia, David M. Lapp