Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Philip M. Weiss
  • Patent number: 6585393
    Abstract: A light fixture uses printed circuit boards and is adapted to be modularly connected to other similar light fixtures to allow for any configuration of a light fixture to be provided. The light fixture may include a plurality of printed circuit boards which are removably provided in the light fixture and which simplify the manufacturing, substantially reduce the cost and size of the lighting system. More specifically, the light fixture includes a housing having first and second ends, electrical endcaps located at the first and second ends of the housing and at least one printed circuit board disposed inside of the housing and electrically connected to at least one of the electrical endcaps, the printed circuit board including a socket containing a lamp contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Satco Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Brandes, Stephen E. Blackman
  • Patent number: 6569287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method of making paperboard and paperboard corrugation that negates the steps of winding rolls of containerboard on machine reels of separate paper machines, subsequent rewinding and slitting of paperboard and unwinding rolls of containerboard on separate corrugators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: The Hoffman Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: Roger P. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 6562326
    Abstract: A method of treating skin includes applying a topical composition to an affected area of skin, such as a burn, irritation, blister, rash or other similar skin condition. The topical composition has as the active ingredients an anesthetic and a surfactant. The anesthetic is preferably tetracaine in a concentration of from about 1% to 2% by weight and the surfactant is preferably sodium lauryl sulfate in a concentration of from about 0.5% to about 5.0% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Inventor: Bruce W. Miller
  • Patent number: 6560335
    Abstract: Disposable sanitary covers for the earpiece mouth piece and handle of telephone handsets. The covers are designed to provide universal fit to the earpiece or mouth piece, regardless of its shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Phone Guard, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Zohn, Robert A. Marks, Joseph M. Herzog, David Cowan, Jochen Schapers, Allen Bonder
  • Patent number: 6526603
    Abstract: An improved system that allows a disabled person in a wheelchair to automatically empty the contents of a urinary waste from a leg bag, without the aid of an attendant. The system comprises a pump mounted on the wheelchair, with the pump having an inlet port and a discharge port. The inlet port is connectable to the drain tube of the leg bag, and a discharge line is connected to the discharge port of the pump. The discharge line is connected to a receptacle for collecting fluid flowing through said discharge line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Quality Assistive Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin D. Murphy
  • Patent number: 6434752
    Abstract: A covering (2) for a portion of a human head (16) and its method of use is disclosed. The covering (2) is an envelope formed from a flexible material and provided with a mouth, the material defining the mouth of the envelop. The length of the edge (6) of the material defining the mouth being at least partially elastically extendable. The envelope and the mouth are dimensioned to allow a first portion (8) of the envelope to be placed over the top and back portion of a head (16) and a second portion (10) of the envelope to extend forwards of the head (16), such that on twisting of the second portion (10) of the envelope through at least 180° about an axis (18) extending forwards from the head, part of the second portion (10) of the envelope may be caused to overlie the first portion (8) of the envelope on the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Inventor: Margaret Malvina Adams
  • Patent number: 6413562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to healthy bread crumbs and particularly bread crumbs made from whole wheat flour, rye flour, whole grain flour; low fat and/or baked blue tortilla chips, potato chips and tortilla chips; any type of nuts; pretzels made from whole grain and any type of oat or bran product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventors: George Conforti, Eugene Turner
  • Patent number: 6241848
    Abstract: A single plant for making corrugated sheets out of recycled paper and a method for making the same. The plant includes a recycling pulper a board machine and a corrugator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: The Hoffman Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: Roger Hoffman
  • Patent number: 6228215
    Abstract: An aqueous slurry containing dissolved solids and a high concentration of suspended solids is positioned as a mat between a pair of porous endless belts to provide a composite structure. The composite structure is moved through a treating zone and subjected to alternate stages of compression and relaxation. In a preferred mode, the compression and relaxation are achieved by passing the composite structure over a series of spaced rolls in a manner such that a first belt of the pair is in direct contact with one of the rolls and a second belt of the pair is in contact with the next adjacent roll. A liquid stream containing a high concentration of dissolved solids is cascaded over the mat in a countercurrent fashion, with the result that dissolved solids of the liquid stream are dissolved in the aqueous phase of the mat when the mat is subject to relaxation. The mat containing the increased concentration of dissolved solids and suspended solids can then be compacted and the solid residue can be landfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Hoffman Enviornmental Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger P. Hoffman, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6209259
    Abstract: This invention pertains to combination seed capsules wherein each seed capsule includes both moieties of at least one soil conditioner and at least one seed, and optionally, one or more inorganic chemical fertilizer, growth enhancer, binder, and/or anti-fungal agent. The combination seed capsules are made by physically combining the respective soil conditioner and seed with one other, in the absence of any requirement for chemical reactions in the process of so combining the respective materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Encap, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Madigan, Michael Dennis Krysiak, Ronald Dean Eichhorn, Glen H. Wesenberg
  • Patent number: 6207242
    Abstract: A laminated paperboard package is produced by initially printing graphics by high speed printing on a sheet of clay-coated publication paper. The printed paper is then continuously bonded to a surface of cellulosic base layer, to provide a laminated product. The cellulosic base layer consists of at least one base ply of unbleached fibers and at least one ply of bleached or dyed fibers. Alternatively, instead of a ply of bleached or dyed fibers, a second layer of paper may be laminated to the base ply. The laminated product is then die cut to the desired shape, folded and glued into the configuration of a box or container. The substrate may be either coated, or a ply is provided, to prevent moisture or oil from the contained product from seeping through the base layer to the printed paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Hoffman Environmental System, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger P. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 6099674
    Abstract: A laminated paperboard package is produced by initially printing graphics by high speed printing on a sheet of clay-coated publication paper. The printed paper is then continuously applied to a surface of cellulosic substrate and bonded to the substrate, preferably through use of starch as an adhesive, to provide a laminated product. The laminated product is then die cut to the desired shape, folded and glued into the configuration of a box or container. A layer of water absorbent, cellulosic fiber material can be bonded to the inner surface of the substrate to prevent moisture from the contained product from seeping outwardly through the substrate to the printed paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Hoffman Environmental Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger P. Hoffman
  • Patent number: D442083
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Waterhill, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Hoffman, Roger P. Hoffman
  • Patent number: D442084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Waterhill, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Hoffman, Roger Hoffman
  • Patent number: D442486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Waterhill LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Hoffman, Roger P. Hoffman
  • Patent number: D442863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Waterhill, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Hoffman, Roger Hoffman
  • Patent number: D474686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventor: Gunter Woog