Patents Examined by Rachel Healey
  • Patent number: 4969821
    Abstract: The combination novelty and sanitation device and method is designed to promote health awareness in such a manner as, for example, to be fun or entertaining, to learn how to substantially prevent AIDS and venereal disease, or the prevention of unwanted pregnancy. The device comprises a box like container with a group of of figurines affixed atop the cover, a set of instructions and a plurality of condoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Inventor: Maureen Smith
  • Patent number: 4961416
    Abstract: A leg brace usable after knee ligament surgery utilizing first and second members which are held to the femoral and tibial portions of the leg. A hinge mechanism is also included in the brace for permitting pivotal rotation between the first and second members with the bending or flexion of the knee. A bar is extended across a selected portion of the leg. The bar is biased against the leg by a spring to prevent translation between the tibia and femoral for a particular angular range of extension of the knee portion of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Orthopedic Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Moore, Steven Lamb
  • Patent number: 4957102
    Abstract: A lumbar frame is arranged, movable up and down, in a lower frame through second air mats which is attached to the seat back frame of a seat to correspond to the lumbar of a person who is seated on the seat, support brackets are attached, movable forward and backward, to both ends of the lumbar frame through link mechanisms and first air mats, a lumbar support member such as the zigzag or wave-formed spring is stretched between the support brackets, and an air supply and discharge means is used to supply and discharge air to and from the air mats to adjust the lumbar support member upward, downward, forward and backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Tan, Shoji Mizuno