Patents by Inventor Edward M. Makovic

Edward M. Makovic has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4492228
    Abstract: An air warming device to facilitate breathing comprising a thin wall air warming chamber having a plurality of cells which extend vertically when the device is worn and placed against the chest region of the user. Each cell has a relatively large opening at the bottom and a relatively smaller opening at the upper end. A first manifold extends across the bottom having an upwardly facing open wall in communication with the large openings at the bottom of each cell and having a small opening to admit outside air into the first manifold. A second manifold extends across the top having a downwardly facing open wall in communication with the small openings at the top of each cell, and having a small opening for warmed air to pass from the second manifold through a tube to a breathing mask over the nose of the user. The breathing mask includes an exhaust valve for exhaled air to escape. A layer of insulating material is placed over the outwardly facing wall of the air warming chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1985
    Inventor: Edward M. Makovic
  • Patent number: 4443012
    Abstract: A combination card and dice game, comprising a quantity of chips, a deck of cards and a pair of dice, the deck of cards comprising a plurality of cards of like kind or suits, and a plurality of different suits, the number of suits corresponding to the possible combinations of numbers which can be rolled by an ordinary pair of game dice except for the number seven, each plurality of suits having for example six identical cards, the deck of cards thus comprising six cards corresponding to the number two (the lowest combination of numbers possible with a pair of dice), six cards corresponding to the number three, six corresponding to the number four, six corresponding to the number five, six corresponding to the number six, six corresponding to the number eight and so on through the number twelve (the highest combination of numbers possible with a pair of dice).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Inventors: Edward M. Makovic, Dorothy I. Makovic