Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Wendy Buskop
  • Patent number: 6725590
    Abstract: The invention is a personal identification panel for vehicles having at least one wheel with at least two spokes made of a rigid personal identification panel area with a thickness of {fraction (1/32)}th having a first side, a second side, a first attachment end for folding over the first spoke, a second attachment end for folding over the second spoke, a first adhesive strip and a second adhesive strip disposed on the first side and on the first attachment end, wherein the first adhesive strip is proximate to the second adhesive strip and the first adhesive strip secures to the second adhesive strip, and a third adhesive strip and a fourth adhesive strip disposed the first side and on the second attachment end, wherein the third adhesive strip is proximate to the fourth adhesive strip and the third adhesive strip secures to the fourth adhesive strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventor: Mike Slusher
  • Patent number: 6718116
    Abstract: The invention is a safety panel for a bicycle and a bicycle and safety panel combination made of rigid display area with a thickness of {fraction (1/32)}th, a first side, a second side, a first attachment end for folding over the first spoke, a second attachment end for folding over the second spoke, a first adhesive strip and a second adhesive strip disposed on the first side and on the first attachment end, wherein the first adhesive strip is proximate to the second adhesive strip and the first adhesive strip secures to the second adhesive strip, and a third adhesive strip and a fourth adhesive strip disposed the first side and on the second attachment end, wherein the third adhesive strip is proximate to the fourth adhesive strip and the third adhesive strip secures to the fourth adhesive strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Inventor: Mike Slusher
  • Patent number: 6704749
    Abstract: An integrated hangtag production system with an order analysis program for receiving an electronic order file from a customer and outputting an analyzed customer data file in which the order analysis program including means for generating a first plurality of documents from the electronic order file which are useful for evaluating the integrity of the customer order; and a hangtag automation program for receiving the analyzed customer data file in which the hangtag automation program file including means for generating a second plurality of documents from analyzed customer data file which are useful for coordinating the production of hangtags ordered by the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: AW Printing, Inc.
    Inventors: Trang S. Palmer, Wai C. Ricky Chan
  • Patent number: 6688248
    Abstract: A submersible catamaran made of two parallel submergible floats, each having a triangular bow, a float midsection, a tail, and stern, a solid support surface forming a top to the two submergible floats adapted for supporting heavy loads, two movable columns disposed on the solid support surface, a fixed column on each submergible float, a ballast system disposed in each submergible float to raise and lower the catamaran with respect to the waterline, a horizontal positioning system with maneuvering winches and maneuvering lines connected to the winch and an object at sea, a controller for orienting the catamaran relative to the object at sea, and a vertical positioning system with two lines secured substantially vertically to the object at sea, two motion compensation systems disposed for monitoring the line tensions, and a control system to control the tension between the two motion compensation systems and the object at sea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Itrec B.V.
    Inventor: Joop Roodenburg
  • Patent number: 6679330
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a subsea well including a bore, wherein the apparatus has a tubing hanger body having an annulus therethrough, a ball valve in the annulus adapted for opening and closing the annulus, comprising a ball valve body within a valve chamber in the tubing hanger body which forms a continuation of the tubing hanger passageway at one end and is closed at its opposite end; a tubular valve housing for the ball valve; the ball valve body having a ball valve closure member substantially in the form of a spherical ball defining two annular valve seats concentric with the annulus for the ball valve; the spherical ball being longitudinally movable and rotatable extending transversely in alternating positions between spherical upstream and downstream valve seat preventing flow through the passage; and a remote source for hydraulically moving the spherical ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Kvaerner Oilfield Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Dewey Craig Compton, Edwin R. Knerr
  • Patent number: 6675516
    Abstract: The invention is a display device for a vehicle with wheels having a first spoke and a second spoke made of a rigid display area with a first side and a second side and a thickness of {fraction (1/32)}th inch, a first attachment end for folding over the first spoke, a second attachment end for folding over the second spoke, a first adhesive strip and a second adhesive strip disposed on the first side and on the first attachment end, and a third adhesive strip and a fourth adhesive strip disposed the first side and on the second attachment end, wherein the first adhesive strip is proximate to the second adhesive strip and secures to the second adhesive strip and the third adhesive strip is proximate to the fourth adhesive strip and secures to the fourth adhesive strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Mike Slusher
  • Patent number: 6675808
    Abstract: A system for use in patient comprising, a first mouthguard and a second mouthguard, each mouthguard having a front, a back, an internal channel and an external surface, wherein each internal channel has an occlusal surface for engaging the patient's teeth, and where the first mouthguard has disposed on the external surface opposite the occlusal surface a first base, and the second mouthguard has disposed on the external surface opposite the occlusal surface, a second base, with the first base connected to a first and second tube and the second base is connected to a third and fourth tube; and wherein the first and second tubes are positioned opposite each other on the first base; and the third and fourth tubes are positioned opposite each other on the second base, and all tubes are located the same distance from the front of the mouthguard; a right wedge with an right upper wedge surface and a right lower wedge surface, wherein the right wedge further comprises (i) an upper right connector extending from
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Brian Lee Karasic
  • Patent number: 6660308
    Abstract: The invention is a beverage made of a fluid and a one time daily dosage amount in an ingestible amount for treating an inflammatory tissue or arthritic condition in a mammal involving tissue that is underperfused tissue, inflamed joints, and inflamed muscle, wherein said dosage is a rapid absorbing large amount made of a glucosamine sulfate, a glucosamine hydrochloride, and an n-acetyl glucosamine and combinations thereof, a chondroitin sulfate, a chondroitin hydrochloride and combinations thereof, a vasodialating sulfonate with at least one methyl group, and a buffer to reduce adverse symptoms from large amounts of glucosamine and chondroitin selected from the family of araliaceae and a B3 vitamin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Martin, Teresa Leigh Barr
  • Patent number: 6653352
    Abstract: A composition containing capsicium extract together with other ingredients to neutralize the discomfort resulting from the application of capsicium extract to the skin enabling treatment of many types of discomforts, including arthritis pain, neuropathy, post surgical scarring, hemorrhoid pain and itching, and pruritis without the discomfort normally associated with the topical application of capsicium extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Medical Merchandising, Inc.
    Inventors: Teresa Leigh Barr, Stephen D. Holt
  • Patent number: 6644410
    Abstract: A modular control system having independently and separately retrievable parts for use on subsea equipment, including subsea Christmas trees, and subsea manifolds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher John Lindsey-Curran, Earl V. Schultz, Jr., John C. MacNeill
  • Patent number: 6644411
    Abstract: A tubing hanger including a tubing hanger body having a tubing string which is adapted to be supported in the bore of the wellhead housing wherein the apparatus comprises a flapper valve disposed in or below the tubing hanger, wherein the valve further comprises a flapper valve having a flapper valve closure member substantially in the form of a concave spherical segment defining an annular valve seat concentric with the tubing for the flapper valve; a flapper plate disposed in the valve chamber for rotatable movement from a valve position in which the flapper plate is removed from the annular valve seat to a valve position in which the flapper plate extends transversely across the flow passage for the flapper valve and forms a sealing engagement with the annular valve seat and the sealing surface is substantially in the form of a convex spherical segment, wherein the convex spherical segment is disposed intermediate between the first and second planar surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Kvaerner Oilfield Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Dewey Craig Compton, Edwin R. Knerr
  • Patent number: 6644679
    Abstract: A trailer hitch stinger assembly for a towing vehicle, wherein the tow vehicle has a frame, a stinger and a trailer hitch, comprising: a trailer hitch stinger having a hitch, and a retainer wherein the retainer is slidably mounted around the trailer hitch stinger and further comprises a central slot is adapted to engage the trailer hitch stinger, a right slot adapted to receive a first chain from a trailer, and a left slot adapted to receive a second chain from the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: Brad A. Warren
  • Patent number: 6644401
    Abstract: The invention relates to a slip type casing hanger assembly, having a hanger body with an annulus, a casing head disposed around casing for supporting and transferring weight of the casing string to the casing head. The slip type casing hanger assembly further includes (a) an adjustable isolation plate for sealing the annulus, further including a lower plate landing on a load shoulder, an upper plate adjoining the annulus, and a spacer separating the lower plate from the upper plates; (b) a plurality of fasteners for securing the spacer to the upper plate and the lower plate; (c) at least two slip segments, each comprising a plurality of teeth for engaging and suspend the casing string, with each slip segment having a top step and bottom step for engaging the hanger body; (d) at least one alignment ring for aligning the slip segments, and (e) locking apparatus for securing the isolation plate against the load shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Kvaerner Oilfield Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Miller
  • Patent number: 6637074
    Abstract: Safety glasses holders and eye glass holders for securing to hats or fabric comprising a clip on design and a fastening design, wherein said clip design has an adjustable height design and fastening design which allows the clip to either be temporarily attached to a hat by way of the clip or sewn into the hat and/or comprises a frame secured to the insides of a hat with pins attached to and extending from said frame and penetrating said hat to attach to and engage the adjustable height clip for holding the arm of a pair of safety glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Inventor: Russell Earl Morris
  • Patent number: 6628992
    Abstract: Apparatus for communication for a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, the SCADA system comprising: an enterprise server; at least one intelligent electronic device (RTU), wherein the RTU measures a physical process and stores digital data representative of the measurement in a memory area for transmission; a configuration tool (AES) linking the SCADA server with the RTU; a connection device (TAC) for installing the SCADA system on related software program; a gel encapsulation layer (GEL), the method comprising the steps of: (1) communicating a command from the enterprise server to said RTU via the AES to configure said RTU; (2) permitting said RTU to receive data input and to store said data; and (3) transmitting said data back from the RTU to the enterprise server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Automation Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas C. Osburn, III
  • Patent number: 6618907
    Abstract: Safety glasses holders and eye glass holders for securing to safety hats or fabric comprising a clip on design and a nonremovable fastening design, wherein the fastening design in one embodiment comprises a removeable frame secured to the sides of a safety hat; and in the second embodiment, a nonremoveable design which may be either a first and second elastic cord or pin penetrating the hat and secured to the frame, and a strip disposed between the first and second elastic cords or pins for holding the arm of a pair of safety glasses or, in a second embodiment of the permanently fixed holder, comprises a planar member attached to the safety hat by a spring which serves to hold the clip in place and provide a securing force to engage the arm of a pair of eyeglasses between the clip and safety hat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Inventor: Russell Earl Morris
  • Patent number: 6619223
    Abstract: A hawser system for connecting a semisubmersible tender to a deep draft caisson vessel comprising: a first winch and a second winch disposed on the first end of the tender; a first hawser connected to the first winch and a second hawser connected to the second winch; a first sheave and a second sheave disposed on a second end of the tender opposite the first end of the tender, the first sheave for engaging the first hawser and the second sheave for engaging the second hawser; a first hawser fairlead disposed on a first side of the tender for receiving the first hawser and a second hawser fairlead disposed on the second side of the tender for receiving the second hawser and wherein the first hawser crosses the second hawser three times as each is reaved to each fairlead and wherein the first and second hawsers pass beneath the deck of the tender to the deep draft caisson vessel; at least one connector or joining the first and second hawsers at a position n the deep draft caisson vessel, after the hawsers pass
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Drillmar, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Louis Beato
  • Patent number: 6618999
    Abstract: A safety apparatus for a lifting structure having a crown and at least one traveling block, and an oil derrick having a crown bumper, wherein the safety apparatus comprises at least two support beams attached to crown of the lifting structure; a plate secured between the support beams; a bumper pad secured to the plate and adapted to be positioned at the crown of the lifting structure to cushion any impact with the traveling block if the traveling block is lifted towards the crown without stopping and the oil drilling rig apparatus, comprises: a derrick having a lower end for mounting on a platform, an upwardly projecting frame, and an upper, crown end; a traveling block suspended from the upper crown end within the derrick frame; drive means linked to the traveling block for driving the traveling block up and down the frame in a predetermined travel path; and a crown bumper comprising: at least two support beams attached to the derrick; a plate secured between said support beams; a bumper pad secured to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: JM Clipper Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Joe Reynolds
  • Patent number: 6612847
    Abstract: A slip plate assembly (40) for supplying electrical current under rotational and translational force applications, includes a housing (39) and at least one draw unit (70). While subjected to rotational and translational forces, each draw unit (70) disposed within the housing (39) supplies electric current from a power source (not shown) to a receiving system (90). Each draw unit (70) includes a first electroplate (71), a second electroplate (72), and a plurality of rolling members (76) positioned within a gap (85) formed between the first and second electroplates (71, 72). In traversing this gap (85), each rolling member of the plurality of rolling members (76) contacts the first and second electroplates (71, 72) to create an electrical circuit path therebetween. Each draw unit (70) further includes a support spacer (78) and a resilient element (77).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventor: Florencio Canizales, Jr.
  • Patent number: D484414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Inventor: W. Park Kerr