Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Camoriano and Associates
  • Packing material and method
    Patent number: 8011511
    Abstract: A packing material is made of a thin plastic bag with compressible beads inside, and with the pressure inside the bag being sufficiently less than the ambient pressure outside the bag to keep the beads in a non-free-flowing state, the packing material being generally flat, with a generally constant cross-sectional thickness and having at least one trough of lesser cross-sectional thickness to serve as a bend line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Simpak International LLC
    Inventors: Max D. Oyler, William Kennet Oyler, III, Michael J. Lyons, Ron Smith, Charles W. Woods, II
  • Clothing with special access
    Patent number: 7966672
    Abstract: A garment includes a special access mechanism to enable the inseam to be opened and the legs to be fastened to the main body portion in a raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Inventors: Monica Hagerman, Dora Kathleen Haughn
  • Apparatus and method for adding securement means to a pointe shoe
    Patent number: 7921579
    Abstract: An insert for a pointe shoe or other shoe provides a simple, efficient way to secure ribbons, elastic, and loops to the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Inventor: Janet S. French
  • Selective tilting for blinds—variable radius wrap double pitch
    Patent number: 7913738
    Abstract: A tilter system for a window blind permits the slats of the blind to be tilted open or closed in a number of different configurations, including a double pitch configuration, depending on the routing of tilt cables or actuator cords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Fraser, Richard Anderson
  • Method of using a device for measuring the back pressure in chemical reactor tubes
    Patent number: 7913543
    Abstract: A device and method for measuring the back pressure in chemical reactor tubes includes many automated features. Inflatable tube seals may be automatically inflated. The device may measure several tubes at once. It may transmit data electronically to a remote computer for analysis and graphic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Tubemaster Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford L. Johns, Daniel D. Sympson
  • Shopping cart device
    Patent number: 7895777
    Abstract: A display mounted on a shopping cart handle allows shoppers to find information, to obtain coupons, to refer to in-store audio or video programs, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Cart-TV, LLC
    Inventor: Bryan Crum
  • Drive for coverings for architectural openings
    Patent number: 7886803
    Abstract: A cord drive mechanism to convert linear motion to circular motion for use in coverings for architectural openings. Various controls are used to provide a braking force on the cord. Some of the embodiments incorporate a capstan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Anderson, Steven R. Haarer, Donald E. Fraser, Robert E. Fisher, II
  • Method for storing garden trimmers
    Patent number: 7866490
    Abstract: A method for storing and protecting a garden trimmer includes mounting the trimmer horizontally on a rack and enclosing the power head of the trimmer in a rigid box enclosure at the forward end of the rack with the shaft and trimmer head projecting rearwardly outside of the box enclosure and being open and accessible from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventor: William B. Bellis, Jr.
  • Seal for tube
    Patent number: 7861875
    Abstract: A seal for sealing against the interior of a tube includes upper and lower rigid plates with flexible plates between them, which are compressed to form a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: TubeMaster, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford L. Johns, Daniel D. Sympson, August M. Dattilo, III, Munaf Najmuddin Chasmawala, Manfred Schmidt
  • Backpack blower rack
    Patent number: 7849557
    Abstract: A backpack blower rack for supporting and securing a backpack blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventor: William B. Bellis, Jr.
  • Single cord drive for coverings for architectural openings
    Patent number: 7836937
    Abstract: A shade for architectural opening incorporating a single cord drive featuring automatic braking of the shade when the user releases the drive cord. In a preferred embodiment, an automatic tilt-open mechanism is provided to tilt the shade open when the shade is in the fully extended down position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard N. Anderson, Steven R. Haarer, Donald E. Fraser, Robert E. Fisher, II
  • Device for loading chemical reactor tubes
    Patent number: 7836919
    Abstract: A device and method for loading pellets into chemical reactor tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Tubemaster Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford L Johns, Daniel D. Sympson, August M. Dattilo, III, Munaf Najmuddin Chasmawala, Manfred Schmidt
  • Tie-down mechanism
    Patent number: 7837421
    Abstract: A tie-down arrangement uses a draw-string bag to provide securement to a wide variety of loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Inventor: Ronny Joe Rowe
  • Device for measuring back pressure in open-ended chemical reactor tubes
    Patent number: 7818995
    Abstract: A device and method for measuring the back pressure in chemical reactor tubes includes many automated features. Inflatable tube seals may be automatically inflated. The device may measure several tubes at once. It may transmit data electronically to a remote computer for analysis and graphic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Tubemaster, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford L. Johns, Daniel D. Sympson
  • Snap-together design for component assembly
    Patent number: 7819603
    Abstract: A snap-together assembly mechanism includes a first body having a projection defining a reduced diameter portion and a shoulder. The assembly mechanism also includes a second body defining a trough which receives the projection, the trough including a web spanning the sides of the trough, wherein as the pin enters between the web and the trough, it momentarily stretches the web until the shoulder passes the web, wherein the web snaps back once it is aligned with the reduced diameter portion of the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventor: Steven R. Haarer
  • Drivable trailer
    Patent number: 7810590
    Abstract: A trailer which can be used to tow a vehicle and which can be towed by the same vehicle while that vehicle is inside the trailer and lowered down to ground level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventor: William B. Bellis, Jr.
  • Modular transport system for coverings for architectural openings
    Patent number: 7802608
    Abstract: A modular blind transport system for a window blind application. The complete system may be assembled from a relatively small number of individual modules to obtain working systems for a very wide range of applications, including especially a category of counterbalanced blinds wherein a relatively small external input force may be used to raise or lower the blind, and/or to open or close the blind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Anderson, Wendell B. Colson, Steven R. Haarer
  • Device and method for identifying the row number on a tubesheet
    Patent number: 7765948
    Abstract: A device and method for identifying the tubes in a tubesheet, including locating a support element along a portion of the tubesheet with at least one means for identifying the location or condition of the adjacent tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: TubeMaster, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford L. Johns, Guillermo Camoriano, Munaf Najmuddin Chasmawala, Manfred Schmidt, Samuel Richard Gates, Wayne Howard Franklin
  • Hybrid metal pole
    Patent number: 7762041
    Abstract: A hybrid metal pole includes a substantially circular cross-section thin-walled base portion, a multi-sided upper portion, and a multi-sided transition portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Valmont Newmark, Inc.
    Inventor: John H. Wawrzeniak
  • Method for assessing chemical reactor tubes
    Patent number: 7748255
    Abstract: A device and method for measuring the back pressure in chemical reactor tubes includes many automated features. Inflatable tube seals may be automatically inflated. The device may measure several tubes at once. It may transmit data electronically to a remote computer for analysis and graphic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: TubeMaster Inc
    Inventors: Clifford L. Johns, Daniel D. Sympson