Patents Represented by Attorney Dowell & Dowell, P.C.

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  • Spray bottle
    Patent number: 7055722
    Abstract: A spray bottle having a screw neck to which a manual trigger type spray dispenser having a dependent flexible suction tube can be secured. The bottle is provided with a vertical internal wall to divide it into two interconnecting compartments, and the free end of the suction tube is directed into the smaller of the two. A substantially horizontal internal wall is also provided to form a second wall of the smaller compartment to facilitate retention of liquid therein when the bottle is inverted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Inventor: Marc Ouellette
  • Hinged closure device and a container
    Patent number: 7051888
    Abstract: A closure device comprising a plastic lid which is articulated to a skirt that is designed to surround a neck of a container. A majority of the surface of the lid is made up of an external convex surface that is provided with a concave recess which is disposed more or less opposite an area in which the lid is articulated to the skirt. One section of the lid can rest against a heel which is provided close to an upper edge of the skirt so as to lock the lid in a position in which the device is completely open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Gregory Antier, Niels Damkjaer
  • Device for filling vehicle tank with liquid fuel
    Patent number: 7048020
    Abstract: The device according to the invention comprises a connector on-board the vehicle, connected to the fuel tank via a pouring conduit and provided with a closure valve, and a filling element adapted to be connected to this connector. The filling element is provided with at least one member for detecting the abutment of the filling element on a fixed part of the connector, this member being adapted to control the displacement of a hook for locking the aforementioned element on the connector, between a first position where the hook is disengaged with respect to the connector and a second position where the hook is in engagement on the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Staubli Faverges
    Inventors: Christophe Durieux, Alain-Christophe Tiberghien
  • Illuminating apparatus using full-color LEDs
    Patent number: 7045971
    Abstract: An illuminating apparatus according to the present invention comprises a controller, a power supply cable and a plurality of light-emitting units. The plurality of light-emitting units shown are a first light-emitting unit, a second light-emitting unit, a third light-emitting unit, a fourth light-emitting unit, a fifth light-emitting unit, a sixth light-emitting unit, a seventh light-emitting unit and an eighth light-emitting unit. Each light-emitting unit is provided with a red LED, a green LED and a blue LED. A diode is connected to the red LED whose forward voltage is lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Toki Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Goto
  • Quick connection for removably joining two pipes and use of such a connection
    Patent number: 7044161
    Abstract: A quick connect coupling including male and female elements that are adapted to fit axially in each other and each includes a valve that is displaced to an open position by engagement by a fixed pusher part of each element when they are being fitted together. The female element is provided with a locking member in which a part of the male element is received and which is reciprocally movable in a radial direction with respect to an axis of fit of the elements between two positions in which the locking member respectively allows or opposes the separation of the male and female elements and wherein the engaging surfaces of the valves and pusher parts is such that no open volumes or voids are created therein in which a liquid may collect during assembly or disassembly of the male and female elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Staubli Faverges
    Inventor: Alain-Christophe Tiberghien
  • Weave system of Jacquard type, weaving loom equipped with such a system and methods for assembly and dismantling of such a system
    Patent number: 7040352
    Abstract: A weave system comprises a plurality of electric rotary actuators each of which is adapted to drive a pulley for winding a cord element controlling the position of at least one heddle, and wherein a removable cover is provided to isolate and protect a group of pulleys mounted on adjacent actuators. The cover is provided with means for releasably retaining at least one pulley in a position allowing it to be assembled on a corresponding actuator or dismantled with respect thereto as the cover is moved toward or away from a mounting position over the corresponding actuator and which releases the at least one pulley to freely rotate within the cover when the cover is completely seated in mounted relationship with respect to the actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Staubli Faverges
    Inventors: Claude Dagois, Patrick Iltis
  • Nozzle with safe functioning and filling installation incorporating such a nozzle
    Patent number: 7040358
    Abstract: A pressurized fluid filling nozzle provided with a ring for fastening on an adaptor connected to a container and with a controlled valve adapted to selectively control flow of fluid through a conduit. A sensor detects the fastening of the nozzle on the adaptor and makes it possible to render a kinematic link between a control member and the valve active to displace the valve from a position where it obturates the conduit towards a position where it leaves a passage free for fluid flow. The control member is a trigger provided with at least one profiled guide which comprises two parts which cooperate with a guide element of a lever articulated on the valve. Depending on a position of the guide element, a transmission of force between the trigger and the valve is, or is not, possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Staubli Faverges
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Lacroix, Maurice Ravaz
  • Container with primary closure and a secondary closure
    Patent number: 7040499
    Abstract: Capped containers for use on a residence counter have caps which swingably connect the cap to the container for closure. If the contents of the container is a thin or watery liquid the ordinary closure may not prevent leakage during vibration, travelling or pressure. There is here provided a container with an additional closure formed when a sleeve is arranged to move to an extended position and then to thread to both the cap and the container to provide a fluid tight connection to each.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Y. Reif
  • Verification protocol
    Patent number: 7036015
    Abstract: A digital signature verification protocol utilises a pair of signature components incorporating a pair of private keys, one of which is a long term key and the other of which is a short term key. The long term key is applied to one of the signature components to reveal the short term key. The short tern key is then used to compute a value of a signature component contained in the signature. If the computed value and received values agree then authenticity is verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Certicom Corp.
    Inventors: Scott A. Vanstone, Donald B. Johnson
  • Eyeglass device
    Patent number: 7033018
    Abstract: Eyeglasses comprise a pair of spectacles having primary lenses and an auxiliary lens assembly attached to the spectacles. The auxiliary lens assembly is secured by a subframe that includes at least one arm having a magnet at one end to co-operate with a magnet provided on the spectacles. A hinge is provided on the subframe at the opposite end of the arm to allow the auxiliary lens assembly to move from a position in which the primary lenses are covered to a position in which they are exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Chic Optic Inc.
    Inventor: Thierry Ifergan
  • Eyeglass device
    Patent number: 7033019
    Abstract: An eyeglass device comprised of a primary eyeglass frame and an auxiliary eyeglass frame, each containing lenses therein. The primary eyeglass frame includes a bridge and earpieces, which are connected to extensions on each side of the frame. The bridge may made of a flexible memory alloy, such as NiTi or CuAlBe. The extensions have magnets mounted on the undersides of them. The auxiliary eyeglass frame also includes a bridge and temporal extensions. These extensions have magnets mounted to the tops of them. The magnets engage magnetically with each other to connect the auxiliary eyeglass frame to the primary eyeglass frame. The flexible bridges of the primary and auxiliary eyeglass frames assist in preventing the auxiliary eyeglass frame from becoming dislodged from the primary eyeglass frame in case it jostled by the wearer because they can withstand slight distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Chic Optic Inc.
    Inventors: Thierry Ifergan, Jean Pierre Sam
  • Rotary combustion engine with lateral thrust between opposing and engaging combustion flywheels
    Patent number: 7032565
    Abstract: A modular revolving cylinder engine including at least two interdependent flywheels driven in rotation by a driving device (1) that rotates them in synchronization and in opposite directions. Each flywheel includes a plurality of equally spaced hollow pushrods that are reciprocally movable along stroke lines that are parallel and offset with respect to the central axis of rotation thereof and through which combustion gases from associated combustion chambers pass outwardly of the flywheels. End portions of the opposing pushrods engage during each rotation of the opposing flywheels during which time the oppositely directed combustion gases passing through the pushrods impinge on the outer end portion of the opposite pushrod to thereby provide thrust to drive the opposing flywheel in rotation in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventor: François Tagliafero
  • Shoulder or hip prosthesis facilitating abduction
    Patent number: 7033396
    Abstract: The prosthesis of this invention comprises a humeral or femoral component presenting a concave articulation surface, and an intermediate component presenting first and second convex articulation surfaces intended to cooperate respectively with said concave articulation surface of the humeral or femoral component and with a concave glenoid or cotyloid articulation surface. The locus of the instantaneous centers of rotation of the first convex articulation surface, with respect to the concave humeral or femoral articulation surface, and the locus of the instantaneous centers of rotation of the second convex articulation surface on the glenoid or cotyloid surface, are located on either side of the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Tornier
    Inventor: Alain Tornier
  • Shed forming device and weaving loom of the jacquard type equipped with such a device
    Patent number: 7017619
    Abstract: The shed forming device according to the invention for a weaving loom of Jacquard type comprises two series of knives actuated by a single input shaft animated by a continuous movement of rotation and extending between two plates which support oscillating shafts equipped with rocking levers kinematically connected to the series of knives. The input shaft is equipped, in the vicinity of each plate, with means for driving the rocking levers. The oscillating shafts extend in parallel between the plates and are each connected to the input shaft by a single rod and eccentric link, a link being respectively made in the vicinity of each plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Staubli Lyon
    Inventor: Dario Bassi
  • Shed forming mechanism and weaving loom equipped with such a mechanism
    Patent number: 7017618
    Abstract: Hooks for controlling movement of heddle cords in a Jacquard weaving loom are each displaced by a knife, between a position of top dead center, wherein each hook may be immobilized by a selection device, and a position of bottom dead center. Each hook includes a body provided with a catch that engages a corresponding knife and a metal blade that is relatively movable with respect to portions of the body adjacent the catch and that interacts with the selection device to selectively retain the hook in the top dead position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Staubli Lyon
    Inventors: Dario Bassi, Damien Bouchet
  • Armchair
    Patent number: D517822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Grosfillex SARL
    Inventor: Raymond Grosfillex
  • Reclining lounge chair
    Patent number: D518655
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Grosfillex Sarl
    Inventor: Raymond Grosfillex
  • Work light
    Patent number: D520164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Brasscorp Limited
    Inventors: Jack Brass, Sarah Dobbin, Bjarki Hallgrimsson, Lorne Hilts
  • Shelf
    Patent number: D520288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Grosfillex SARL
    Inventor: Raymond Grosfillex
  • Cleaner handle illumination housing
    Patent number: D522199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Cube Investments Limited
    Inventors: J. Vern Cunningham, Paul Arato, Tasneem R. Babul Rayani, Paul Charlebois