Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Buras

Kenneth J. Buras 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: 7254848
    Abstract: An emergency eye wash system having a support panel and a pair of brackets for holding two bag assemblies containing sterile and sealed eye wash solution. The bag assemblies are connected by hoses to a pair of nozzles mounted on a pivotal tray assembly. When the system is dormant, the tray assembly is in a vertical closed position. When there is an emergency, a user pulls on a pivotal handle to puncture membranes in the hoses and to lower the tray assembly to cause flow from the bags to the nozzles to the user's face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: ENCON Safety Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert James Johnson, David G. Key, Kenneth J. Buras, Jr., Troy A. Della Fiora, Jim R. Dulaney
  • Patent number: 5559672
    Abstract: A door apparatus for a portable computer memory card international association (PCMCIA) aperture formed in a surface of a portable computer having a molded housing structure. The aperture has opposing edges and is configured to receive a PCMCIA card therethrough. The door apparatus includes a first and second doors having inner and outer sides. The outer sides are hingedly coupled via journal members and bearing supports to the opposing edges of the aperture to separately rotate between a closed position wherein the inner sides of the first and second doors are adjacent to one another and an open position wherein the inner sides of the first and second doors are rotated in opposing directions when a PCMCIA card is inserted through the aperture. The door apparatus further includes a biasing member coupled to the first and second doors to thereby pivotally rotate the first and second doors toward the closed position when the PCMCIA card is removed from the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Buras, Jr., Neil L. Condra