Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Donald J. Ranft
  • Patent number: 6754918
    Abstract: A design is provided for the construction of an insulating system for use in sleeping bags and other applications in which improved insulation and loft properties are sought. By bending the fibers or netting and attaching an anchor, additional compartments and increased loft are provided. The additional compartments created slow the thermal transfer rate to improve the insulation properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Inventor: Li Yick Lap
  • Patent number: 6745416
    Abstract: An improved means to position and secure a sink which is flush mounted with the worktop. It is designed to be used with sinks of variable thickness and materials including stainless steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Teka Industrial S.A.
    Inventor: José Gómez Albarrán
  • Patent number: 6741068
    Abstract: Voltage stabiliser for electrical energy transportation and distribution applications, which consists of one or several electromagnetic devices of transformer type which, at discrete intervals, regulates the output voltage that reaches the consumer, taking the form of a transformer with a dual or quadruple primary winding and a simple secondary winding, the simple winding being able to be positioned before or after the parallel branch, the performance of the equipment remaining the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Universidad Pontificia Comillas
    Inventors: David Soler Soneira, Rafael Chao Gómez
  • Patent number: 6732962
    Abstract: A waste treatment device includes a sealable chamber having an inlet for receiving waste to be treated and an outlet through which the treated waste is discharged. A cutting mechanism within the sealable chamber shreds the waste and delivers the shredded waste to the chamber outlet. The cutting mechanism includes a planetary gearbox carrying two or more rotating cutting heads which are in close proximity to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Medivac Technology Pty Limited
    Inventor: Mark H. Butler
  • Patent number: 6626158
    Abstract: A MIXING DEVICE OF GAS FUEL WITH AIR FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES, apt to be inserted in an air supply conduit towards the carburetor, in coaxial arrangement and in direct communication with the air inlet opening of the same carburetor, of the type that comprises a cylindrical and hollow external body inside which a hollow body in the form of a truncated cone is seated, the open base of smaller diameter of the same faces the air inlet opening that defines said external cylindrical body, while its open bigger base corresponds with the outlet opening of the same external cylindrical body, the assembly being completed with a lateral connector pick that projects itself outwards from the same external cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Inventor: Ricardo Cayetano Algeri
  • Patent number: D478496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Swatch AG (Swatch SA) (Swatch Ltd)
    Inventor: Daniel Gratiot
  • Patent number: D479442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Agricola Garcia Bergas S. A.
    Inventor: Luis Garcia Bergas
  • Patent number: D479572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Inventor: Bruce Adams
  • Patent number: D481960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Montres Breguet SA
    Inventor: Vincent Laucella
  • Patent number: D482340
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Swatch AG (Swatch SA) (Swatch Ltd.)
    Inventor: Marco Cianfanelli
  • Patent number: D487229
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Omega SA (Omega AG) (Omega Ltd.)
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Monachon
  • Patent number: D488392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Rado Watch Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Barbara Tschumi
  • Patent number: D489272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Hamilton International AG (Hamilton International SA) (Hamilton International Ltd.)
    Inventor: Stephan Messmer
  • Patent number: D492506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Swatch AG
    Inventor: Francesco Mendini
  • Patent number: D492842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventors: Hans Hoogenbos, Marishka Caroline Swane
  • Patent number: D493729
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Monachon
  • Patent number: D493730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Monachon
  • Patent number: D495133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Inventors: Hans Hoogenbos, Marishka Caroline Swane
  • Patent number: D497805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Swatch AG (Swatch SA) (Swatch Ltd.)
    Inventor: Daniel Gratiot
  • Patent number: D498949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Numas Murettin USTA Mobilya Ve Imalat Sanayi Anonim Sirketi
    Inventors: Fritz Frenkler, Anette Ponholzer