Patents by Inventor Robert M. Schwartz

Robert M. Schwartz 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: 11963833
    Abstract: A tooth cleaning device has a handle portion. An imitation lipstick bullet is disposed on the handle portion. The imitation lipstick bullet has a tooth cleaning implement protruding from an outer surface of the imitation lipstick bullet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: G and E INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Margo Brilliant, Jo Anne Brilliant, Robert M. Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20210296906
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for saving power and electricity in a charging device including external power supplies and battery chargers having a primary circuit and a secondary circuit where a switch is located in the primary circuit and a current sensing device in the secondary circuit to sense when there is a drop in current in the secondary circuit or no current in the secondary circuit because the load such as a cell phone or tablet is charged and when this occurs the switch in the primary circuit is opened and the primary circuit no longer draws power from the source of power until the switch in the primary circuit is closed by either a user activating a switch to reenergize the charging device, where the switch may be powered by an on-board battery to close the primary circuit, or where a control circuit is activated by a program in the load or device to be charged, such that the charging device will cycle on and off according to an external app program residing on the device to be charged or some
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: ROBERT M. SCHWARTZ
  • Patent number: 11002650
    Abstract: A soil shear testing device having a frame with a first plate and a second plate spaced apart from the first plate and fixed with respect to the first plate for defining a gap therebetween, the first plate having a first plate aperture formed therein and the second plate having a second plate aperture formed therein and being coaxial with the first plate aperture. A movable plate being insertable into the gap, having a movable plate aperture formed therein, the moveable plate being insertable into the gap into a receiving position where the moveable plate aperture is coaxial with the first and second plate apertures for allowing the device to accept a soil sample column, the gap having a depth for permitting the movable plate to be displaced past the receiving position for shearing the soil sample column at two separate shearing planes defined by opposite sides of the moveable plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventor: Robert M. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 10992142
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for saving power and electricity in a charging device including external power supplies and battery chargers having a primary circuit and a secondary circuit where a switch is located in the primary circuit and a current sensing device in the secondary circuit to sense when there is a drop in current in the secondary circuit or no current in the secondary circuit because the load such as a cell phone or tablet is charged and when this occurs the switch in the primary circuit is opened and the primary circuit no longer draws power from the source of power until the switch in the primary circuit is closed by either a user activating a switch to reenergize the charging device, where the switch may be powered by an on-board battery to close the primary circuit, or where a control circuit is activated by a program in the load or device to be charged, such that the charging device will cycle on and off according to an external app program residing on the device to be charged or some
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Robert M. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 10376344
    Abstract: A tooth cleaning device has a handle portion. An imitation lipstick bullet is disposed on the handle portion. The imitation lipstick bullet has a tooth cleaning implement protruding from an outer surface of the imitation lipstick bullet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: G and E International LLC
    Inventors: Margo Brilliant, Jo Anne Brilliant, Robert M. Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20190140464
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for saving power and electricity in a charging device including external power supplies and battery chargers having a primary circuit and a secondary circuit where a switch is located in the primary circuit and a current sensing device in the secondary circuit to sense when there is a drop in current in the secondary circuit or no current in the secondary circuit because the load such as a cell phone or tablet is charged and when this occurs the switch in the primary circuit is opened and the primary circuit no longer draws power from the source of power until the switch in the primary circuit is closed by either a user activating a switch to reenergize the charging device, where the switch may be powered by an on-board battery to close the primary circuit, or where a control circuit is activated by a program in the load or device to be charged, such that the charging device will cycle on and off according to an external app program residing on the device to be charged or some
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventor: Robert M. Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20190137375
    Abstract: A soil shear testing device having a frame with a first plate and a second plate spaced apart from the first plate and fixed with respect to the first plate for defining a gap therebetween, the first plate having a first plate aperture formed therein and the second plate having a second plate aperture formed therein and being coaxial with the first plate aperture. A movable plate being insertable into the gap, having a movable plate aperture formed therein, the moveable plate being insertable into the gap into a receiving position where the moveable plate aperture is coaxial with the first and second plate apertures for allowing the device to accept a soil sample column, the gap having a depth for permitting the movable plate to be displaced past the receiving position for shearing the soil sample column at two separate shearing planes defined by opposite sides of the moveable plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventor: Robert M. SCHWARTZ
  • Patent number: 10104924
    Abstract: A support element including a padding structure constructed of a plurality of interconnected spherical shaped structures together defining a pliable support element. The spherical shaped structures are interconnected to one another with a connection defining flexible interconnectors for enabling the padding structure to be flexibly bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventors: Alfred K. Dassler, Robert M. Schwartz, Albert J. Hofeldt
  • Patent number: 10050459
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for saving power and electricity in a charging device including external power supplies and battery chargers having a primary circuit and a secondary circuit where a switch is located in the primary circuit and a current sensing device in the secondary circuit to sense when there is a drop in current in the secondary circuit or no current in the secondary circuit because the load such as a cell phone or tablet is charged and when this occurs the switch in the primary circuit is opened and the primary circuit no longer draws power from the source of power until the switch in the primary circuit is closed by either a user activating a switch to reenergize the charging device, where the switch may be powered by an on-board battery to close the primary circuit, or where a control circuit is activated by a program in the load or device to be charged, such that the charging device will cycle on and off according to an external app program residing on the device to be charged or some
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventors: Robert M. Schwartz, Peter M. Hockman, Gregg M. Connary, Richard A. Berkowitz
  • Patent number: 9627903
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for saving power and electricity in a charging device including external power supplies and battery chargers having a primary circuit and a secondary circuit where a switch is located in the primary circuit and a current sensing device in the secondary circuit to sense when there is a drop in current in the secondary circuit or no current in the secondary circuit because the load such as a cell phone or tablet is charged and when this occurs the switch in the primary circuit is opened and the primary circuit no longer draws power from the source of power until the switch in the primary circuit is closed by activation of a user of the charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Inventor: Robert M. Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20160199162
    Abstract: A tooth cleaning device has a handle portion. An imitation lipstick bullet is disposed on the handle portion. The imitation lipstick bullet has a tooth cleaning implement protruding from an outer surface of the imitation lipstick bullet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Margo Brilliant, Jo Anne Brilliant, Robert M. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 9035604
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for saving power and electricity in a charging device such for external power supplies and battery chargers having a primary circuit and a secondary circuit where a switch is located in the primary circuit and a current sensing device in the secondary circuit to sense when there is a drop in current in the secondary circuit or no current in the secondary circuit because the load or a cell phone is charged and when this occurs the switch in the primary circuit is opened and the primary circuit no longer draws power from the source of power until the switch in the primary circuit is closed by activation of a user of the charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Inventors: Robert M. Schwartz, Peter M. Hockman, Gregg M. Connary
  • Publication number: 20140320073
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for saving power and electricity in a charging device including external power supplies and battery chargers having a primary circuit and a secondary circuit where a switch is located in the primary circuit and a current sensing device in the secondary circuit to sense when there is a drop in current in the secondary circuit or no current in the secondary circuit because the load such as a cell phone or tablet is charged and when this occurs the switch in the primary circuit is opened and the primary circuit no longer draws power from the source of power until the switch in the primary circuit is closed by either a user activating a switch to reenergize the charging device, where the switch may be powered by an on-board battery to close the primary circuit, or where a control circuit is activated by a program in the load or device to be charged, such that the charging device will cycle on and off according to an external app program residing on the device to be charged or some
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Robert M. Schwartz, Peter M. Hockman, Gregg M. Connary, Richard A. Berkowitz
  • Patent number: 8807371
    Abstract: A drinking cup lid for attachment to a disposable drinking cup, the lid having a surface with a drinking hole opening, a peripheral wall for engaging and removably sealing the lid to the drinking cup, and a plug disposed outside the peripheral wall connected to the peripheral wall by a pair of flexible support arms, the plug engaging the drinking hole opening in a friction fit relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel J. Zuares, Robert M. Schwartz, Tony Licari
  • Publication number: 20130300348
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for saving power and electricity in a charging device including external power supplies and battery chargers having a primary circuit and a secondary circuit where a switch is located in the primary circuit and a current sensing device in the secondary circuit to sense when there is a drop in current in the secondary circuit or no current in the secondary circuit because the load such as a cell phone or tablet is charged and when this occurs the switch in the primary circuit is opened and the primary circuit no longer draws power from the source of power until the switch in the primary circuit is closed by activation of a user of the charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Robert M. Schwartz, Peter M. Hockman, Gregg M. Connary, Richard A. Berkowitz
  • Publication number: 20130285622
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for saving power and electricity in a charging device such for external power supplies and battery chargers having a primary circuit and a secondary circuit where a switch is located in the primary circuit and a current sensing device in the secondary circuit to sense when there is a drop in current in the secondary circuit or no current in the secondary circuit because the load or a cell phone is charged and when this occurs the switch in the primary circuit is opened and the primary circuit no longer draws power from the source of power until the switch in the primary circuit is closed by activation of a user of the charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Robert M. Schwartz, Peter M. Hockman, Gregg M. Connary
  • Patent number: 8456137
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for mechanically breaking a circuit in a battery charging device when the charger is determined to be in a standby or idle mode of operation, after which the circuit must be manually reset in order to further use the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: Robert M. Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20120312827
    Abstract: A unitary splash-proof beverage lid for engagement with a cup rim having a well with a drinking hole, a plug, optionally with a drinking hole, whereby said plug is rotatably connected by a pair of support arms to the lid in a friction fit relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel J. Zuares, Robert M. Schwartz, Tony Licari
  • Patent number: D866065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: G and E International LLC
    Inventors: Margo Brilliant, Jo Anne Brilliant, Robert M. Schwartz
  • Patent number: D1035131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: G AND E INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Margo Brilliant, Jo Anne Brilliant, Robert M. Schwartz