Patents by Inventor Stephen T. Sullivan

Stephen T. Sullivan 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: 10173097
    Abstract: An adjustable rehabilitation and exercise device, including a rotary member rotatable about a hub and having an elongated slot defined thereon extending radially relative to the hub, the slot including a plurality of spaced apart and opposed fingers along the length of the slots, with a plurality of gaps defined between the fingers of each side of the slot; and a mount selectively and movably positionable on a selected location on the slot of the rotary member to select an angular location of the mount. The mount includes a sliding member movably positionable along the slot to a selected radial location along the selected slot to select a radial location of the mount relative to the hub of the rotary member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: ROM3 Rehab LLC
    Inventors: Sanford Gomberg, Peter Arn, Stephen T. Sullivan, Sean P. Allison
  • Publication number: 20180071571
    Abstract: An adjustable rehabilitation and exercise device, including a rotary member rotatable about a hub and having an elongated slot defined thereon extending radially relative to the hub, the slot including a plurality of spaced apart and opposed fingers along the length of the slots, with a plurality of gaps defined between the fingers of each side of the slot; and a mount selectively and movably positionable on a selected location on the slot of the rotary member to select an angular location of the mount. The mount includes a sliding member movably positionable along the slot to a selected radial location along the selected slot to select a radial location of the mount relative to the hub of the rotary member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Sanford Gomberg, Peter Arn, Stephen T. Sullivan, Sean P. Allison
  • Patent number: 5647268
    Abstract: An infusion apparatus for use with standard wine barrels to impart oak characteristics to a wine includes a permeable sleeve member consisting of one or more sleeve sections, each sleeve section containing a plurality of small oak staves, and terminating in a fastener for attachment to the wine barrel bung. The sleeve member sections are inserted through the bung hole of the wine barrel, and fastened to the bung for attachment. This enables the winemaker to achieve an oak extraction level of a new barrel with one load of the infusion sleeve over a reasonable period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Inventor: Stephen T. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 5481960
    Abstract: An infusion tube for use with standard wine barrels to impart oak characteristics to a wine. A quantity of small oak cubes are placed inside a section of perforated tube and the ends of the tube are sealed. The perforated tube is then inserted through the bung hole of the wine barrel, and the bung hole sealed with a bung member. This enables the winemaker to periodically replace the wood cubes by removing the infusion tube through the bung hole, replacing the wood cubes, and re-inserting the infusion tube back into the wine barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Inventor: Stephen T. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 5174461
    Abstract: A wine barrel provides a stainless steel barrel body having at least one removable end, with at least one circumferential stave holder member secured to the barrel inside surface. This stave holder bears a plurality of stave receiving portions for releasable capture of oak stave elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Inventor: Stephen T. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 5064310
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for containing a contaminant in the vicinity of a water vehicle. The system comprises a barrier apparatus detachably coupled to the vehicle for operating in a deployed mode to erect a barrier at a perimeter around the vehicle to contain the contaminant, and a deploying subsystem operatively coupled to the barrier apparatus and to the vehicle for transporting the barrier apparatus from the vehicle to the perimeter during the deployed mode. The method comprises storing a barrier apparatus on the vehicle during a stored mode, transporting the barrier apparatus from the vehicle to a perimeter around and spaced from the vehicle during a deployed mode, and erecting a barrier at the perimeter to contain the contaminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Inventor: Stephen T. Sullivan