Patents Represented by Attorney Allan M. Shapiro

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  • Tent stake
    Patent number: 4432382
    Abstract: Tent stake has a straight wire shank and has a head formed of the same material. The head has a hook under the side thereof for engagement by a tent rope, has a driving surface on the top thereof, and has an opening therethrough to serve as a handle for the pulling of the tent stake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1984
    Inventor: Jerrold M. Wolf
  • Ground surface drainage apparatus
    Patent number: 4419231
    Abstract: In the ground surface drainage apparatus, a monolithic catch basin has a side outlet sleeve for the positioning therein of a subterranean drainage tube. An adaptor bushing engages against a stop in the sleeve and has its own stop lip for use with a smaller sized drainage tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Inventor: Edward L. Friedl
  • Snap closure
    Patent number: 4401230
    Abstract: Housing has a top and bottom and has a living hinge joining them so that the top and bottom are of monolithic construction of a thermoplastic polymer composition flexible material. The top and bottom are configured so that opposite the hinge an edge on the top with a catch thereon enters between a flange and latch on the bottom so that the latch resiliently engages over the catch to detachably hold the top and bottom in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1983
    Inventor: John L. Hall
  • Animal amusement apparatus
    Patent number: 4391224
    Abstract: An animal amusement device wherein a radio transmitter of limited range is carried by the animal. A ball, or other type of movable structure is to be located upon the ground or other supportive surface in close proximity to the animal. Upon the animal moving to within a short distance of the ball, the ball will become randomly movable by being activated by the radio signal mounted within the collar of the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1983
    Inventor: Harold A. Adler
  • Strut clamp and temporary support
    Patent number: 4387887
    Abstract: The strut tool has a frame with a pair of clamp faces on the front thereof and a pair of clamp hooks extending therebetween. A screw pulls the clamp hooks towards the clamp faces so that the strut clamp can engage on and clamp on a slotted strut to temporarily support structure with respect to the strut while the structure is being secured to the strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Inventor: James C. Gentry
  • Cooking time control system
    Patent number: 4362094
    Abstract: This system controls the cooking time of foods such as french fried potatoes that are cooked in a medium, typically hot fat that may change in temperature during cooking. A platinum resistance temperature transducer senses the temperature of the medium and is connected to circuitry that produces a voltage indicative of the cooking rate of the food at the sensed temperature. This voltage controls the frequency of a train of cooking rate pulses that are counted, starting when cooking is begun. When a preset number of pulses have been counted, an indicator goes on to show that cooking is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Inventor: Louis S. Polster
  • Closed fluid loop solar thermodynamic system
    Patent number: 4353212
    Abstract: Thermodynamic unit comprised of a pair of vessels which alternately raise and lower pressure in thermodynamic fluid is connected in a closed system to an engine, which utilizes the fluid in its gas phase, with the vessel raising pressure having a gas outlet connected to the engine and with exhaust therefrom being connected to the vessel lowering the fluid pressure. The vessels are alternately heated and cooled so that each alternately acts as a fluid pressure raising and lowering vessel, and each operates at the function opposite from the other vessel. Heat for the pressure raising vessel is any conventional terrestrially available heat source such as nuclear, geothermal, waste heat, electrical, solar, fossil fuel, and the like. The pressure lowering vessel delivers its heat to any conventional terrestrial sink. The gas engine is preferably a turbine, but may be another conventional gas-expanding engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Inventor: Harold A. Adler
  • Adjustable cleat
    Patent number: 4352336
    Abstract: Cleat has a base for mounting on deck or dock, with cleat head pivotably mounted to rock on the base. The horns on the head coact with the base to reliably and releaseably clamp line therebetween for secure cleating of the line. The spacing between the horns and the base is adjustable by adjustment of the pivot axis of the head on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1982
    Inventor: Ramon Tostado
  • Cover for watercooler bottles
    Patent number: D266056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1982
    Inventor: Magda C. Lear
  • Puzzle
    Patent number: D266339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Inventor: Dennis B. Dunstan
  • Combined industrial diver's underwater light and ultraviolet inspection light
    Patent number: D267819
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1983
    Inventor: Jack Birns
  • Mirrored handle for closet doors or the like
    Patent number: D269062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1983
    Assignee: Monarch Mirror Door Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Oscar Kain
  • Table for artists or the like
    Patent number: D270025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Inventor: Thomas Koves
  • Mat for an automotive dashboard
    Patent number: D271481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Inventor: Gerald Y. Sugai
  • Boat
    Patent number: D272060
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Inventor: Fred A. Tremiti, Jr.
  • Machine for stretch film wrapping of palletized loads
    Patent number: D272540
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Inventor: Joseph Goldstein
  • Inflatable foldable cushion
    Patent number: D273166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Inventor: Thomas Koves
  • Adjustable table
    Patent number: D273741
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1984
    Inventor: Thomas Koves
  • Physical exerciser
    Patent number: D274171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Inventor: Pericles Gabrielidis
  • Physical exerciser
    Patent number: D274172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Inventor: Pericles Gabrielidis