Patents by Inventor Robert Boraca

Robert Boraca 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: 7604137
    Abstract: A fillable dispensing receptacle having a portion formed for containing a liquid to be dispensed subsequent to dispensing of another liquid. The receptacle has first and second reservoirs in series, with a normally closed, suction-activated, one-direction valve communicating between the first and second reservoirs. The valve is operable upon a predetermined suction in the first reservoir to open to permit expulsion of liquid from the second reservoir into the first reservoir after the liquid in the first reservoir has been consumed. The receptacle can be in the form of a flexible, disposable pouch or a container having an opening at one end for engagement of a removable nipple and having a filling implement for introducing cleansing agent into the second reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Boraca, Frances M. Van Puymbrouck, legal representative, Bianca Kesler
  • Patent number: 5046876
    Abstract: A pencil and a shrapener for forming the pencil with a safety tip comprising a curved, circular surface. In cross-section, the curved surface appears as two intersecting circles. The tip is thus a curved, circular surface of revolution with a sufficient radius to the surface of revolution such that the pencil has a relatively blunt writing tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Inventor: Robert Boraca