Patents Represented by Attorney Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

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  • Apparatus for mounting curved rod
    Patent number: 8146182
    Abstract: A mounting assembly is used to mount a curved rod to a mounting surface. The mounting assembly includes a base, a guide and a cover. The base is fixed to the mounting surface by inserting screws through holes in the base and into the mounting surface. The guide fits around the base and can move along a length of the base. The cover is placed over the base and secured to the guide, such that the cover can also move along the length of the base. The mounting assembly interfaces with an end of the curved rod that approaches the mounting assembly at a given angle. Movement of the cover allows the mounting assembly to interface with ends of curved rods approaching the mounting assembly over a range of angles. The mounting assembly can include a shaft that is connected to the base and interfaces with the end of the curved rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventor: Alan M. Bauer
  • Method and apparatus for making packages with internal headers from preformed bags
    Patent number: 8141329
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for making packages with internal headers from an elongated web of preformed interconnected bags. The packages with internal headers are made by inserting a product or a header into a bag. The bag is sealed to form a first compartment that contains the inserted bag or header. The other of the product and the header is inserted into the bag. The bag is sealed to form a second compartment that contains other of the product or header. The package is separated from the elongated web of interconnected bags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Automated Packaging Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek J. Zeedyk, Bernard Lerner, Kent McDonald, Michael Coleman, Gregg Martens
  • Method and apparatus for programming parameters of a power driven wheelchair for a plurality of drive settings
    Patent number: 8145373
    Abstract: A method of programming parameters of a power driven wheelchair for a plurality of drive modes comprises: displaying a menu image on an interactive display screen, the menu image including settings of a plurality of wheelchair parameters for a plurality of drive modes of the wheelchair; selecting a wheelchair parameter for a drive mode from the displayed menu image; and programming the setting of the selected wheelchair parameter to a desired setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Invacare Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce A. Jaenke, Gary E. Chopcinski
  • Method and device for producing a composite yarn
    Patent number: 8137094
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a composite yarn including continuous glass filaments intermingled with continuous organic thermoplastic filaments and an apparatus for implementing the process. The continuous glass filaments come from a bushing and are separated into plural sheets. The continuous organic thermoplastic filaments come from a spinning head and are separated into plural sheets. The thermoplastic filaments are thrown into the glass filaments so as to mingle them, in a ratio of at least one sheet of thermoplastic filaments in each sheet of glass filaments, the mingled filaments then being gathered into at least one composite yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Philippe Boissonnat, Daniel Richard
  • Color change for powder coating material application system
    Patent number: 8132743
    Abstract: A color changer has a common feed passage that is connected to two or more inlet passages. The common feed passage can be reverse purged in a direction that is opposite a direction of powder flow through the common feed passage. A valve element seals a supply port that connects the inlet passage to the common feed passage to eliminate dead space and form a near bore line seal. The valve element is an elastic material that expands in response to applied compressed air inside the valve element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Terrence M. Fulkerson, Terry John Thompson, Jeffery Edward Dailidas, Kenneth A. Kreeger, Joseph G. Schroeder
  • Lanthanum oxide-doped glass-ceramics
    Patent number: 8133828
    Abstract: Glass-ceramic compositions exhibiting high reliability and tensile strength are described. The compositions can include crystal phases including roedderite and/or potassium fluorrichterite. The glass-ceramic compositions are bioactive, and can be used as components of a wide variety of biomedical devices such as dental restorations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: The Ohio State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Isabelle L. Denry, Julie A. Holloway
  • Die cut insulation blanket
    Patent number: 8133568
    Abstract: An expandable insulation blanket includes a body of insulation material having a first edge and a second edge wherein the first and second edges are opposite one another. A first slit defines a first hinge point between a first end of the first slit and the first edge, a second hinge point between a second end of the first slit and the second edge and a third hinge point between a third end of the first slit and the first edge. A first hinge body is outlined by the first slit, the first hinge point and the third hinge point. A second slit extends across the first hinge body and defines a fourth hinge point between the second slit and the first slit. When expanded the insulation body includes a substantially triangular shaped opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony L. Rockwell
  • Apparatus for brewing and method for making the same
    Patent number: 8127663
    Abstract: Apparatus for brewing a brew substance with a liquid comprises: a container for storing the liquid, the container including at least one aperture for dispensing liquid therefrom; a sealed packet of filter paper containing the brew substance; and a layer of heat sensitive film encapsulating the sealed packet, the encapsulated packet disposed within the container at a position covering the at least one aperture, the container configured to sit on top of a drinking container to permit liquid to drain into the drinking container from the at least one aperture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nottingham Spirk Design Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Nottingham, John Spirk, Marc L. Vitantonio, Jeffrey Kalman, Kenneth Wulff
  • Sizing for high performance glass fibers and composite materials incorporating same
    Patent number: 8129018
    Abstract: A sizing composition containing an epoxy film former, a urethane film former, a silane package that includes an aminosilane coupling agent and an epoxy silane coupling agent, a cationic lubricant, a non-ionic lubricant, an antistatic agent, and at least one acid is provided. The epoxy resin emulsion includes a low molecular weight liquid epoxy resin and one or more surfactants. The epoxy resin preferably has an epoxy equivalent weight from 185-192. The sizing composition may optionally contain a methacryloxy silane. The sizing composition may be used to size glass fibers used in filament winding applications to form reinforced composite articles with improved mechanical properties, wet tensile properties, improved resistance to cracking, and improved processing characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: David R. Hartman, Luc M. Peters, Jeffrey L. Antle
  • Entry system with water infiltration barrier
    Patent number: 8127500
    Abstract: Entry systems that minimize water infiltration due to a wind driven rain. In one embodiment, the entry system includes a corner pad that includes an upper portion that seals against the weather strip when the door is closed and a lower portion that is spaced apart from the weather strip to form a gap between the lower portion and the weather strip. The lower portion seals against the door when the door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Therma-Tru Corp.
    Inventors: James W. Meeks, Michael Braun
  • Container
    Patent number: D655166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: The J. M. Smucker Company
    Inventors: Dale Steven Arand, Gregory Peter Dalea, Kathleen Mary Elsen, Darin Michael Pugne, Jonathan Edward Rathbone
  • Accessory post
    Patent number: D655546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventor: Christopher Jon Gilbert
  • Accessory post
    Patent number: D655547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventor: David George Domanski
  • Safe
    Patent number: D655885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Glenn P. Meekma, Scott B. Stevens
  • Accessory post
    Patent number: D655961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventor: Douglas A. Kemp
  • Wheelchair shroud
    Patent number: D656070
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Invacare Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Spalding, Daniel James Yee, Damon Jurkiewicz, Traian Mohan
  • Accessory post
    Patent number: D656349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventor: Jennifer P. Sedwick
  • Accessory post
    Patent number: D656350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventor: Jennifer P. Sedwick
  • Padlock cover
    Patent number: D656384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Ray Wojtak
  • Harness
    Patent number: D656682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Inventor: Brett Bruehler