Patents Examined by Christophe Ellis
  • Patent number: 7475885
    Abstract: A device for mounting on a shopping cart that holds small items being purchased which otherwise could fall through openings in the shopping cart while shopping. The device includes a basket member made from a predetermined material and having a predetermined configuration. There is at least one aperture formed through a wall of the basket member. There is also a mechanism connectable through the at least one aperture and an opening between bars of a sidewall of the shopping cart for mounting the basket member one of inside and outside such shopping cart on one of the bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Inventor: Jeanne Kovath
  • Patent number: 5271580
    Abstract: A aircrew controllable sunlight filter for preventing sunlight washout of aircraft instruments comprises as part of an otherwise conventional laminated aircraft transparency an additional ply or layer of photosensitive material positioned near the inside of the transparency. An ultraviolet light source aimed by an aircrew member at a part area of the transparency will cause the transparency to darken and reduce the amount of visible sunlight striking the aircraft instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Inventor: Ralph Speelman