Patents by Inventor Robert E. Burridge

Robert E. Burridge 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: 5255822
    Abstract: An automatically operated soap dispenser for use in washing the hands of a user is provided in a housing. Enclosed in an intermediate portion of the housing is a horizontally disposed transparent cylindrical chamber having an open front end and an opening in the upper wall thereof. Residing in the upper portion of the housing is a disposable liquid soap container having extending from the bottom thereof a resilient elongated tubular member with a self-sealing nipple valve on the lower end thereof which is positioned in the opening on the upper wall of the cylindrical chamber. A cyclically operated actuating means located in the housing above the cylindrical chamber is controlled to automatically squeeze the tubular member and supply a single quantity of liquid soap through the nipple valve in response to an upturned palm of a hand of the user being inserted into the open front of the cylindrical chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: M & D International Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Mease, Robert E. Burridge
  • Patent number: 5186360
    Abstract: An automatically operated soap dispenser and hand dryer are provided in a single housing. The housing encloses a horizontally disposed transparent cylindrical chamber having an open front end and an opening in the upper wall thereof opposite which a self-sealing nipple valve on the end of a tubular member of a disposable liquid soap container resides. A cyclically operated actuating means located in the housing above the cylindrical chamber is controlled to automatically squeeze the tubular member and supply a single quantity of soap through the nipple valve in response to an upturned palm of a hand of the user being inserted into the cylindrical chamber The automatic hand dryer located in the housing below the cylindrical chamber provides for automatically discharging warm air through an outlet thereof in response to the hands of the user being positioned adjacent thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: M & D International Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Mease, Robert E. Burridge
  • Patent number: 4526457
    Abstract: A bouyant hanger unit comprises an elongated body molded of plastic to provide a clip on the bottom end thereof for holding a dental film chip in the plane of the hanger unit. The hanger unit has a circular projection on one face thereof axially aligned with a circular recess on the opposite face thereof. Such a construction enables a plurality of hanger units to be assembled face-to-face while permitting any of the hanger units to be pivoted away from the remaining hanger units in the assembly for the purpose of examining the dental film chip clipped on the bottom thereof. When the individual hanger units or an assembly of the hanger units with dental film chips clipped on the bottom thereof are placed in a solution they float in an upright position with the upper end thereof extending above the surface of the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: M&D International Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Mease, Robert E. Burridge
  • Patent number: D244520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Assignee: Contourpedic Corporation
    Inventor: Robert E. Burridge
  • Patent number: D244521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Assignee: Contourpedic Corporation
    Inventor: Robert E. Burridge
  • Patent number: D249601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: Contourpedic Corporation
    Inventor: Robert E. Burridge
  • Patent number: D292135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Assignee: Avitare
    Inventors: John W. Grube, Robert E. Burridge
  • Patent number: D332831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Belport Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Burridge
  • Patent number: D332998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Belport Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Burridge