Patents by Inventor Richard A. Leichter

Richard A. Leichter 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).

  • Publication number: 20160015561
    Abstract: A heatable and coolable therapeutic device provides a soothing sensation to areas of pain on a person's body. The device includes a first ball. The first ball is spaced from a second ball. Each of the first and second balls has a hollow interior. A spacer is coupled to and extends between the first ball and the second ball. The first ball, the second ball and the spacer define a cohesive unit. A heat-retentive material is positioned in the hollow interior of each of the first ball and the second ball. The heat-retentive material maintains a selectable one of an elevated temperature and a decreased temperature relative to ambient temperature over an extended period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Leichter
  • Patent number: 7527168
    Abstract: A manually operated dispenser for medicated or non-medicated orally dissolving strips provided in roll form cuts portions of the roll to a predetermined size in the manner of the strips currently available in single sheets and housed in the vial shown in patent Des. 423,302. The roll of orally dissolving strips is stored in one portion of a disposable cassette. Manually operable spring loaded means causes the roll in the cassette to advance thereby peeling the medicated or non-medicated portion of the strip form a carrier layer and presenting the portion of predetermined strip length to a cutting blade, then slicing the strip from the roll. The waste carrier layer is stored in another portion of the disposable cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Inventors: Richard A. Leichter, William S. Blake
  • Publication number: 20060180599
    Abstract: A manually operated dispenser for medicated or non-medicated orally dissolving strips provided in roll form cuts portions of the roll to a predetermined size in the manner of the strips currently available in single sheets and housed in the vial shown in patent Des. 423,302. The roll of orally dissolving strips is stored in one portion of a disposable cassette. Manually operable spring loaded means causes the roll in the cassette to advance thereby peeling the medicated or non-medicated portion of the strip form a carrier layer and presenting the portion of predetermined strip length to a cutting blade, then slicing the strip from the roll. The waste carrier layer is stored in another portion of the disposable cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Leichter, William Blake
  • Patent number: 7040503
    Abstract: A manually operated dispenser for medicated or non-medicated orally dissolving strips provided in roll form cuts portions of the roll to a predetermined size in the manner of the strips currently available in single sheets and housed in the vial shown in patent Des. 423,302. The dispenser includes spring-loaded structure rotating the roll and presenting material of a predetermined strip length to a cutting blade, then slicing the strip from the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventors: Richard A. Leichter, William S. Blake
  • Publication number: 20050092766
    Abstract: A manually operated dispenser for medicated or non-medicated orally dissolving strips provided in roll form cuts portions of the roll to a predetermined size in the manner of the strips currently available in single sheets and housed in the vial shown in patent Des. 423,302. The dispenser includes spring-loaded structure rotating the roll and presenting material of a predetermined strip length to a cutting blade, then slicing the strip from the roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Leichter, William Blake