Patents Represented by Attorney Max R. Kraus
  • Patent number: 3954208
    Abstract: A dispenser valve structure for use in combination with a container for dispensing liquids under pressure, in the form of whipping and shaving creams and the like, in which the container includes a closure having an opening therethrough. The dispenser valve structure has a resilient tubular plug extending through said opening and has a flange engaging the undersurface of said closure and an annular outwardly extending shoulder above said flange, with the underside of said shoulder engaging the container closure to secure the plug to the closure. The plug is provided with a valve seat on its inner side and the plug has a tubular portion which has an exterior annular recess or groove and in which the separate nozzle which fits over the plug has an inwardly extending annular member or ring which engages the groove in the plug to secure the nozzle to the plug. The outer or upper end of the nozzle is slotted to form finger-like tips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Inventor: Roy N. Brill
  • Patent number: 3954236
    Abstract: A wind actuated rotatable tubular device comprising a generally tubular member formed of a collapsible and flexible material having an inlet opening at one end and an outlet opening at the other end thereof with rigid rods secured to said tubular member to define the inlet and outlet openings and with a blade-like member secured across at least one of said openings. A flexible line is attached to the rods at the inlet opening centrally of said opening with the opposite end of the flexible line attached to an anchoring member so that the wind passing through the tubular member will strike and impinge against the blade-like member to cause the tubular member to rotate with respect to the anchoring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Inventor: Roswell F. Brown
  • Patent number: 3951517
    Abstract: A wide angled reflector unit for securement to the spokes of a bicycle wheel, the reflector unit comprising a pair of reflector elements, each of the reflector elements having a central planar section and an angled planar side section or wing extending outwardly at an angle from each side of the central section, all integrally formed, with each of the reflector elements having reflecting surfaces on the inside facing surface thereof on the central section and on the angled side sections or wings, with one of the reflector elements nesting within the other reflector element with the reflecting surfaces of each facing the other, the pair of reflector elements being secured together and forming a single unit, means for securing the reflector unit to the spokes of a bicycle wheel, and each of the reflector elements providing a reflecting surface on each side of the reflector unit of an arc of approximately 110.degree. which reflect laterally and forwardly and rearwardly of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Inventors: Leon M. Levy, David Lockett
  • Patent number: 3948192
    Abstract: A decorative stand which is formed of components so that it can be packaged and shipped in a knockdown and disassembled condition and can be readily assembled at the point of use. The stand comprises a pair of legs on each side formed of a plastic material, with each leg having outwardly and inwardly facing edges and shelf supporting ledges. The shelves are each integrally formed of plastic material and have hooking means on the opposite ends thereof. The outwardly and inwardly facing edges of the legs have recesses formed adjacent the shelf supporting ledges to permit the hooking means on the shelves to be inserted on the legs so that after insertion the hooking means engage the outwardly and inwardly facing edges of the legs to lock the shelves to the legs without the use of extraneous fastening means, yet permit removal therefrom through the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1976
    Inventor: Bernard Yellin
  • Patent number: 3945740
    Abstract: Means for detachably securing a plurality of supporting legs to a horizontal member, such as a table top or the like to support same, with the horizontal member having right-angled corners and with the legs positioned at the corners, the means comprising a diagonal connecting member positioned between adjacent sides of the corner and fixedly secured thereto, the diagonal connecting member supporting an adjustable member which is rotatable with respect to said diagonal connecting member. A pressure member is positioned between the adjustable member and the leg so that when the adjustable member is rotated inwardly in the direction of the leg, the pressure member applies pressure against the sides of the leg, opposite the sides positioned at the adjacent corner of same so that a uniform pressure is applied against all sides of the leg to detachably secure same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1976
    Inventor: Raywood C. Weiler
  • Patent number: 3945696
    Abstract: Means for converting an open-shelved unit or etagere to a closed cabinet with slidable drawers, the open-shelved unit comprising top and bottom horizontal members and spaced upright members which are detachably secured to the corners of said spaced top and bottom members to form an open-shelved unit or etagere, the top and bottom of said units being molded of a plastic material in the same or identical mold cavity, with all of the upright members also identical and being molded in the same or identical cavity, the invention herein comprising the means for converting said open-shelved unit or etagere to a closed cabinet with slidable drawers, the said means for each unit comprising a molded frame-like member having end channels or grooves and positioned against the underside of the top member, a pair of end panels on each of the opposite ends of the unit comprising an outer panel and an inner panel held in spaced relation to each other between said top and bottom horizontal members with the inner panel having
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1976
    Inventor: Bernard Yellin
  • Patent number: 3935963
    Abstract: A cap locking member for locking a cap in a closed position relative to the neck or spout of the can or container to prevent removal or unscrewing of the cap by a child and providing a safety factor whereby only an adult can unscrew the cap by using both hands. The said cap locking member is secured to the top of the can or container and has an upwardly extending portion which has a notch or recess with the transversely extending front edge thereof engaging the underside of the cap whereby the front edge is imbedded into the underside of the cap in such a manner as to prevent counterrotation or unscrewing of the cap unless the container is held with one hand and with one of the fingers of that hand applying sufficient manual pressure to depress the manually engageable portion of the locking means to effect disengagement with the cap while simultaneously rotating the cap in a counterclockwise direction with the other hand to unscrew same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1976
    Assignee: Lippy Can Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Elmer J. Knize
  • Patent number: 3935602
    Abstract: A trap for use in connection with sinks, laundry tubs, and the like, with the bottom wall of the dip portion of the trap having an elongated opening, a bottom or closure member detachably secured to the trap for closing the opening, and blocking means secured by said bottom or closure and having means extending into the trap and into the bottom or closure member for blocking the passage of foreign objects and the like without interfering with the flow of the water. The bottom or closure member is readily removable for access to the interior of the trap for cleaning same and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1976
    Inventor: Howard D. Kale