Patents Represented by Attorney Allan M. Shapiro

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  • Fishing line system
    Patent number: 4547991
    Abstract: A fishing line system is provided for attachment onto a fishing rod having a mounting member with front and rear carriers thereon. A plurality of line guide wheels are mounted in each of the front and rear carriers. Line from the conventional reel on the rod passes around the line guide wheels on its way to the tip of the rod. Inertial energy of the rotating guide wheels with the line tends to smooth out line velocity, and line stretch over the longer length of line tends to reduce peaks in line tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1985
    Inventor: Albert P. Searcy
  • Truck trailer brake airline lock
    Patent number: 4543984
    Abstract: Highway trailer for hauling cargo has air actuated brakes. Valve mounted on the trailer connected in the air line maintains brake-on air pressure in the line while trailer is parked. Valve has locking handle to inhibit trailer theft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1985
    Inventor: John M. Murray
  • Basket and tray attachment for wheelchair
    Patent number: 4526419
    Abstract: Basket is mounted on slides which detachably and adjustably mount the basket on a wheelchair for convenient utilization by a person having strength in only one arm. A tray is detachably positionable within the top of the basket for use as a writing top or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Inventors: Albert M. Bowman, Roy W. Wodtke
  • Apparatus for closing toilet seat cover
    Patent number: 4519105
    Abstract: Handle guard is positioned with respect to the cover of a toilet seat so that when the toilet seat cover is raised, the handle guard is positioned adjacent the flush handle on the toilet tank to inhibit access to the flush handle. In order to achieve access to the flush handle, the user must pull the handle guard away, which causes closure of the toilet seat cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Inventor: James R. Blanck
  • Shortening management method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4506995
    Abstract: In deep fat frying, the shortening breaks down to be unuseable. The shortening management method and apparatus of this invention evaluates the effect of temperature, time and the kind and amount of product cooked in the deep fat fryer and utilizes look up table means in a computing circuit to signal when the shortening is becoming unuseable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Inventor: Louis S. Polster
  • Deep fat cooking temperature control system
    Patent number: 4503320
    Abstract: An elongated temperature-sensing probe is positioned in a deep fat cooking vessel and is positioned so that a portion of the probe extends adjacent the electric heater submerged in the deep fat adjacent the bottom of the vessel, and a portion extends upward in the fat into the cooking zone in the vessel. The temperature-sensing probe is connected to control the power to the heater. The heater is thermally connected to the probe so that the probe receives direct conduction heat from the heater as well as senses the heat adjacent the heater and in the cooking zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Inventor: Louis S. Polster
  • Solar panel handling and mounting device
    Patent number: 4498822
    Abstract: The device is formed with flanges at right angles to each other which can engage the edge and side of a solar panel and be secured thereto. The device has a handgrip thereon for manual handling of the solar panel during transportation and installation. The device has openings therein for securing the solar panel in place during transportation and at installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Solir Corporation
    Inventor: Keyvan T. Diba
  • Anti-theft lock for pedal operated apparatus
    Patent number: 4493198
    Abstract: First and second stop bodies are arranged to clamp around the lever of a pedal which operates an apparatus. When the stop bodies are locked in place, the pedal cannot be operated and, thus, the apparatus is restrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1985
    Inventor: William B. Brown
  • Stretch-wrap film dispenser with single digit tension control
    Patent number: 4484717
    Abstract: Stretch-wrap film on a roll is utilized by manual grasp on handles mounted on each end of the roll and freely rotatable thereon. A brake ring under at least one index finger can be clamped by that finger onto the spindle running with the stretch-wrap film roll, to apply braking and consequent stretch-wrap film tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Inventor: Joseph Goldstein
  • Portable folding chair
    Patent number: 4482184
    Abstract: Chair support pivotably carries parallelogramic support arms which are pivoted to seat rails. One of the support arms continues above the seat rail to become an arm support and adjacent the top thereof carries one end of a telescoping unit. The other end of the telescoping unit is pivoted to the seat rail. The telescoping unit is of such length that, when the support arms are in the erected position, the telescoping unit bottoms out to become a rigid compression member and provide a firm, erected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Inventor: Christopher D. Mincey
  • Stretch-wrap film dispenser
    Patent number: 4477037
    Abstract: Stretch wrap film is wound on a mandrel or core which is longer than the roll of film to extend out of both ends. A rotatable handle is mounted on the core outboard of the film. Relative braking between the handle and core is adjusted by means of a screwthread which tightens a friction brake. The dispenser is carried around an article to be wrapped and the tension of the film is controlled by adjusting the brake by rotating its controlling nut. With a large core, an extension can be attached to a plug therein. Furthermore, instead of a spiral surface as on a nut and stud, a spring may be used to control brake force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Inventor: Joseph Goldstein
  • Process for laminating mirror with protective backing and product resulting therefrom
    Patent number: 4469737
    Abstract: A protective backing is laminated onto the back of a mirror to inhibit scattering of broken glass pieces should the mirror be broken. The process comprises layering an open-weave scrim on the back of the mirror, with a paper coated with adhesive layered onto the scrim to adhesively attach the scrim and paper onto the back of the mirror. The article produced has the paper adhesively attached both to the scrim and the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Monarch Mirror Door Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Don S. Kain
  • Motion picture system for single strip 3-D filming
    Patent number: 4464028
    Abstract: Lens system for 3-D filming comprises a pair of negative achromatic lenses horizontally spaced substantially on the interpupillary distance. Behind these front lenses, a pair of tilted rhomboid prisms fold the optical paths to be closely positioned one above the other. On these paths, rear lens systems focus the images onto the film plane in upper and lower frame halves. The forward negative achromatic lenses are adjustable fore and aft for focus adjustment, and the rear lens systems are laterally adjustable for convergence control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Inventor: Chris J. Condon
  • Tent peg
    Patent number: D274451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1984
    Inventor: Jerrold M. Wolf
  • Pull tab can opener
    Patent number: D274688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1984
    Inventor: Frank A. Escalante
  • Mud guard for inside of wheel of off-road vehicle
    Patent number: D277746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Inventor: Gary B. Hunsaker
  • Storage rack for computer equipment
    Patent number: D278196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1985
    Inventor: Thomas Koves
  • Rocker
    Patent number: D278293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Inventor: Mark J. Strang
  • Hand-held gripping tool for cooking utensils
    Patent number: D279161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Inventor: Mel J. Gould
  • Combined top and support unit for a table
    Patent number: D279444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Inventor: John E. McDonald