Patents by Inventor Gordon H. Curtiss

Gordon H. Curtiss 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).

  • Therapeutic rehabilitative apparatus
    Patent number: 7303513
    Abstract: A therapeutic rehabilitative apparatus is provided. The therapeutic rehabilitative apparatus is adapted to be removably attached to a standard chair or standard wheelchair in order to provide user with a means for providing physical therapy to a medically afflicted knee. The apparatus includes a bracket adapted to engage the seat portion of the standard chair. The bracket includes a fulcrum pin connector to which a lever is rotationally mounted. A tightener mechanism tightly secures the bracket against the outer ledge portion of the standard chair. The lever includes a handle mounted to an upper end and a rotatable pedal mounted to a lower end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Inventor: Gordon H. Curtiss
  • Device for and method of displaying messages
    Patent number: 7080474
    Abstract: A message display device is provided which includes a portable control unit having electric power supplied externally. A timing device is provided which controls opening and closing of a hinged member, for example a car hood. The hinged member is attached with a visual display. A lifting device elevates the hinged member away from a lower surface to stretchably reveal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Inventors: Gordon H. Curtiss, David A. Tomlin
  • Cord storage device
    Patent number: 7048222
    Abstract: A lightweight, portable cord storage device is provided which is adapted to store and organize a cord member in a manner which prevents twisting, tangling, or crimping of the cord by wounding a selected cord around a pair of cord wounding posts utilizing a figure-eight wrapping method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventor: Gordon H. Curtiss
  • Device for and method of displaying messages
    Patent number: 6785990
    Abstract: A device for and method of displaying messages is provided which includes a portable control cabinet having electric power supplied externally. A timing device is provided which controls opening and closing of a hinged member, for example a car hood. The hinged member is attached with a visual display. A lifting device elevates the hinged member away from a lower surface to stretchably reveal display. A method of displaying a message is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Inventors: David A. Tomlin, Gordon H. Curtiss
  • Device for and method of displaying messages
    Publication number: 20020017044
    Abstract: This invention is a device for displaying messages which comprises a portable control cabinet with electric power supplied externally, a timing device for controlling opening and closing of a hinged member, such as a car hood, a lifting device, such as air pillows and a visual display attached to said hinged member. This invention includes a method of displaying messages which uses the device or similar devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: David A. Tomlin, Gordon H. Curtiss