Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Drinker Biddle & Leath LLP
  • Patent number: 6568569
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser for a sink is disclosed which includes a pump assembly with a reciprocatable pump head and a dispensing nozzle. A mounting fixture is adapted to be attached to the sink and configured to support the pump assembly. A fluid line is attached to the pump assembly and adapted to channel a fluid from a dispenser bottle to the dispensing nozzle. The fluid line has a length that permits the dispenser bottle to be located on the base of a cabinet supporting the sink. A check valve is positioned within the fluid line and adapted to inhibit fluid flow along the fluid line in a direction toward the dispenser bottle when the fluid line is attached to a dispenser bottle. A kit is also disclosed for modifying a standard liquid dispenser to permit use of conventional soap or lotion bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Inventor: Jonathan P. Betz
  • Patent number: 6505093
    Abstract: A method of automatically picking items to fill a purchase order. A purchase order is received and information about the identity and quantity of items ordered in the purchase order is extracted from it. A pick list is created from the extracted information a pick list, and the pick list is associated with a receptacle for receiving picked items. A determination is made whether ordered items are of a first type or a second type. If no item of the second type is ordered, the receptacle is directed to a first location where items of the first type are stored and ordered items stored at the first location are automatically picked and placed in the receptacle. If at least one item of the second type is ordered, the receptacle is first directed to a second location where items of the second type are stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: SI Handling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Thatcher, Allen Easterling
  • Patent number: 6360372
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shirt which has a lower adjustable sleeve segment that is capable of being removably attached to an upper fixed segment. The shirt includes first and second indexing mechanisms which, when aligned, provide desired circumferential orientation of the lower section with respect to the upper section. The indexing mechanism may embody patches affixed to the upper and lower segments. The indexing mechanism may also be incorporated into the attachment mechanisms, such as distinctly colored buttons or distinctly colored thread which secure the buttons or form the button holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: Joseph Oster