Patents Examined by Tejash D Patel
  • Patent number: 5829371
    Abstract: A buttonhole or eyelet sewing machine includes a housing. A machine head is slidably mounted on the housing and moves between a home position and a sew position. A bed plate is slidably mounted on the housing. A needle mechanism is mounted on the machine head and is movable in a reciprocal manner with respect to the housing. A first motor is mounted on the housing. The first motor directly drives the machine head between the home position and the sew position. A second motor is mounted on the housing. The second motor directly drives the needle mechanism. The second motor directly drives the bed plate to permit stitching about a buttonhole or eyelet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Clinton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter K. Schueler, Pedro Silva
  • Patent number: 5819311
    Abstract: An eye shading device includes a mounting block, a pivot frame and a lens member. The mounting block has opposite sides which are formed respectively with a pivot hole, vertical and horizontal retaining grooves that extend from an insert end of the pivot hole, and a protuberance that is defined by the vertical and horizontal retaining grooves. The mounting block further has a top side provided with a planar fastening member. The pivot frame is generally U-shaped and includes a pair of resilient arm portions and an intermediate retaining portion that interconnects the arm portions. The arm portions have bent distal sections that extend pivotally and respectively into the pivot holes in the opposite sides of the mounting block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Inventor: Jackson Lo
  • Patent number: 5809673
    Abstract: A display device comprising a first base panel comprising a first and a second slot, and a second base panel above the first base panel. The second base panel comprises a third and a fourth slot. The display device further comprises an opening member comprising a first opening face connecting at a first axis to a second opening face. The opening member further comprises a back face parallel to the second opening face. The opening member is connected to the first base panel at second axis, and the opening member is connected to the second base panel at a third axis. The device further comprises an elastic device cooperatively engaged between the first slot, the second slot, the third slot, and the fourth slot. The elastic device slides the first base panel along the second base panel, and the first opening face rotates along the second axis, the second opening face rotates along the first axis, and the back face rotates along the third axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: American Slide-Chart Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Johnson, Judy M. Studenski, James J. Jacisin
  • Patent number: 5797171
    Abstract: A waist belt with a first end having a hook, and a second end having an inner surface with a series of engagement wires. The hook engages one of the wires, and the second end of the belt overlaps the first end, covering and hiding the hook mechanism from the front view. This provides a smooth, fashionable appearance. A spring-loaded sliding lock on the first end of the belt blocks the hook entrance, retaining the engagement wire without reliance on constant belt tension. The hook, loops, and sliding lock are designed for minimal thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Inventor: Constantinelli R. Nelson
  • Patent number: 5787504
    Abstract: A foldable bag attached to a fabric article mainly including a fabric article, such as a coat, and small and larger bag sewn at one edge to the fabric article, such that the fabric article can be easily folded and received in the small bag via an opening of the small bag, and the small bag with the fabric-made article received therein can be easily contained in the larger bag by turning the big bag inside out. The larger bag also has an opening through which many other articles can be put into the larger bag along with the small bag and the folded fabric article packed in the small bag for convenient carrying and managment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Inventor: Jiao-Yih Wu