Patents Represented by Attorney Charles R. Fay

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  • Vertical traction harness
    Patent number: 4396012
    Abstract: A thoracic belt which comprises two separate sections with adjustable connections at the ends thereof to adjust the belt to many sizes of torsos. Each section of the belt is provided with a flexible supporting member, one near the front of the body and one at the back, and having hooks for supporting the belt and user on any kind of support whereby the user can suspend himself and upon flexing the knees, place an upwardly directed or vertical traction force on the thorax relieving pressure on the lower spinal area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1983
    Inventor: John Cobiski
  • Handle interlock for a trash can lid
    Patent number: 4390110
    Abstract: A lid for a plastic trash can having interlocking structures therewith at diametrically opposite sides thereof, each said structure including an inverted rim on both lid and can, a handle spaced from the container but integral therewith, and a pair of spaced vertical walls for each handle, a slot in each wall, the rim of the lid being lodged in the slots with the lid in place to close the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1983
    Assignee: Cosco, Inc. (Tucker Housewares Div.)
    Inventor: Armand Pirro
  • Pressure and fluid flow activated, simplified proportioning system
    Patent number: 4388184
    Abstract: Continuously operating batch system for proportioning concentrate for blood treatment through the use of a proportioning tank and means for filling and emptying the same dependent upon pressure and flow in the mixing tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Inventors: Donald Brous, Robert H. Cox
  • Trailer hitch cycle rack
    Patent number: 4380344
    Abstract: A cycle rack for a trailer hitch the construction being such as to easily mount and dismount the cycle rack at the same time allowing for the normal function of the trailer hitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1983
    Inventor: Frederick H. Abbott
  • Folding scissor frame wheel chair
    Patent number: 4380343
    Abstract: A wheel chair having novel features for more comfort and easier operation by the occupant, with reference to the chain drive and tension adjustment therefor, a guard for the chain, a variable tension brake system, swing away foot rests, and swing away (and removable) arm rests, whereby the user can enter from the side of the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1983
    Inventors: Walter Lovell, Richard Lawrence
  • Fly tiers' vise
    Patent number: 4375284
    Abstract: A fly tying device including relatively heavy resilient steel bars which are provided with a supportive means and also concave edges which face each other to space the bars for a major portion of the length thereof together with a cam to temporarily spread the free ends of the bars apart to accept the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1983
    Inventor: Gerald J. Doiron
  • Hydraulic heat generator
    Patent number: 4372254
    Abstract: A hydraulic heat generator including a reservoir, a pump, a heating area and a medium giving off heat at a remote location wherein the heating element includes a relatively zigzag, very thin passage for the hydraulic material received from the reservoir and including thermostatically controlled means for varying the thickness of this path when called upon to do so, depending upon the setting thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Inventor: Edmund Hildebrandt
  • Mixing waste with oxygen in a wet oxidation process
    Patent number: 4369115
    Abstract: A safe method for mixing pure oxygen, or an oxygen enriched gas, at high pressure, with waste liquor in a wet oxidation system, such that intermittent drying conditions are avoided, thereby preventing possible spontaneous combustion, fire or explosion; comprising adding the oxygen to pure liquid water before it is mixed with the waste liquor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: Sterling Drug, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald L. Bauer
  • Device improving solubility of solid material in a closed system
    Patent number: 4365362
    Abstract: A container having a disc, plate or the like located therein part way between the top and bottom of the container. In this disc there are provided a plurality of conical or similar structures, some extending above and some extending below the disc. These structures act as funnels. Structures extending generally below the device have their larger ends uppermost, and others of the structures that extend above the device have their smaller ends uppermost. Water or other fluid that is to act on the material in the container below the disc enters the wider ends of the dependent funnels or hollow structures to mix with the material under the disc, and the solution rises to exit through the inverted funnels or structures having their smaller ends uppermost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1982
    Assignee: Sterling Drug Inc.
    Inventor: Garland G. Corey
  • Foot rest and actuator for chairs for patients and invalids
    Patent number: 4358156
    Abstract: A chair comprising a relatively elevated seat with an adjustable pivoted foot rest which can be positioned in useful or out-of-the-way positions, including easily operable manual means for the occupant to move the foot rest, for the purpose of providing a comfortable foot support for invalids, particularly arthritics, and to allow them to more easily enter and leave the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1982
    Inventor: Harold M. Sharff
  • Safety latch cover for a hinge joint
    Patent number: 4356593
    Abstract: A hinge construction comprising two members, a plate on each member, an offside out-of-the-way hinge, and a substantially recess and aperture free pivoted channel safety cover to protect the area of abutment of the two members when in such position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Gem Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Heininger, Benjamin K. Burnham
  • Plastic box hinge
    Patent number: 4349120
    Abstract: An all plastic box and cover therefor including snap-in hinge-forming parts having associated therewith tabs that prevent misassembly and also acting as stops preventing the cover from opening past a 180.degree. relation with the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Assignee: Bay State Plastics Corp.
    Inventor: Richard DiNardo
  • Hair lift comb
    Patent number: 4345608
    Abstract: A hair lifting comb having teeth with raised portions alternating at the two sides of the comb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1982
    Inventors: Joseph N. Cavaioli, Joseph R. Cavaioli, James N. Cavaioli
  • Adjustable sleeve flex wrench
    Patent number: 4327611
    Abstract: A double end wrench having an elongated handle with a pivoted wrench head at each end, and a sliding sleeve which may be positioned to leave both wrench heads unaffected or may be slid to one end or the other of the wrench to lock the respective head in position, so that each wrench head is angularly adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1982
    Inventors: Salvatore S. Catanese, Carmine A. Marchetti
  • Die rolling machine
    Patent number: 4322961
    Abstract: A machine for the rolling of cylindrical forms such as threads, worms, serrations, and annular forms, using two cylindrical dies whose axes are parallel or slightly skewed with respect to the axis of rotation of the workpiece, wherein the dies are supported on pivoting arms whose pivot points are cooperatively adjustable about a fixed horizontal centerline to provide for work diameter and die size changes. Workpiece size adjustment is achieved by a micrometer drawbar which can be either fixed for thru-feed work or hydraulically or mechanically actuated for infeed work. The dies are cooperatively driven by a central gearbox consisting of a hollow distributor gear flanked by two spindle drive gears, said drive gears being connected to the ends of the die spindles by universal joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: Kinefac Corp.
    Inventor: Howard A. Greis
  • Fly tyer's vise
    Patent number: 4322065
    Abstract: A fly tyer's vise comprising a pair of hardened spring members rigidly adjacent one end of the pair and having a cam operated device for spreading the opposite ends to accept hook, the members including a relatively small transverse slotted member for receiving and holding the hook at the point in front of the barb, the members also holding the hook in the area of the bend thereof, the vise being able to firmly clamp hooks from size 28 to size 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Inventor: Gerald J. Doiron
  • Swivel construction
    Patent number: 4309121
    Abstract: A swivel construction for a pair of superposed relatively rotatable plates having a ball bearing race therebetween and comprising a bolt fixed to the top plate and extending through the bottom plate centrally thereof, a cylindrical plastic bearing sleeve between the bolt and the bottom plate, a flange on the sleeve, and a nut on the bolt exerting variable pressure on the sleeve flange and on the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1982
    Inventor: Edward J. Salame
  • Tongue cleaner
    Patent number: D267508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1983
    Assignee: Denteco Inc.
    Inventor: Subhash R. Gupta
  • Two foot warmer
    Patent number: D268298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1983
    Inventor: Clarence J. Goguen
  • Dish pan
    Patent number: D268959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Assignee: Cosco, Inc. (Tucker Housewares Div.)
    Inventor: Gary J. Troy