Patents by Inventor Ralph E. Paulson

Ralph E. Paulson 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: 4796783
    Abstract: There is described a Dental Floss Dispenser located in a unique holder capable of acting as a cap for a conventional tube of tooth paste. The cap contains an internal cylindrical member preferably having threads capable of mating with the threads on a tube of tooth paste. The lower end of the internal cylindrical wall has a shoulder and a disc is slipped over the internal wall and over the shoulder in order to hold the disc in a rotatable relationship. Conventional dental floss is located on the disc and is caused to exit through a small hole in the face portion of the cap. The user of the tube of tooth paste thus has a new cap capable of holding a supply of dental floss. The dispenser not only acts as a cap for a tube of tooth paste but also is capable of being inserted in the bottom end of a conventional pump type tooth paste dispenser thereby allowing the user to have a supply of dental floss contained as part of the pump type tooth paste dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Inventor: Ralph E. Paulson
  • Patent number: 4623367
    Abstract: A smoke-free working area is described in connection with a table having a recirculating air system. The table base comprises a sealed air chamber pressurized by a motor and filter system. Openings located on the surface of the table allow air to be dispensed at a controlled rate which travels up and is collected by a network of air ducts that support a canopy. A return path for the air is fed through a hollow support member that is connected at one end to the air ducts and at the other end to the motor and filter assembly thereby completing the flow path. Smoke and other pollutants are carried into the system and filtered in a continuous fashion, thereby providing a continuous smoke-free environment for other persons located adjacent the smoke-free table area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Inventor: Ralph E. Paulson
  • Patent number: D271624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Inventor: Ralph E. Paulson