Patents Represented by Attorney E. Michael Combs
  • Patent number: 5327651
    Abstract: A folding lock knife includes a handle member having a handle cavity arranged to receive a lock blade therewithin, wherein the lock blade includes a first end, the first end including an arcuate array of ratchet teeth arranged for selective cooperation with a lock lever having a lock lever foot received between a plurality of such teeth to selectively secure the blade member in a preselected orientation relative to handle portion of the knife assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Inventor: Henry E. Favreau
  • Patent number: 5325558
    Abstract: A wheelchair ramp structure is arranged to include first and second U-shaped tracks hingedly mounted relative to one another cooperative and parallel to third and fourth U-shaped tracks, wherein the first and third U-shaped tracks include an adjusting connector link directed therebetween to provide for adjustment and maintaining such adjustment in a spatial relationship of the first and second tracks relative to the third and fourth tracks. The first and second tracks are arranged for hinged mounting relative to one another, as well as the third and fourth tracks permitting ease of storage of the organization during periods of non-use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Inventor: Brent J. Labreche
  • Patent number: 5326196
    Abstract: A pilot drill bit includes a shank, with an abutment flange mounted fixedly to the shank, and coaxially aligned relative to the shank and the abutment flange are a plurality of drill sections of decreasing diameter terminating in a tip, with the sections arranged and sized for drill taps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Inventor: Robert R. Noll
  • Patent number: 5326117
    Abstract: A hospital cart structure is arranged to include a flexible support container suspended from the support frame structure of the cart, with the support container mounted within a rigid container loop, and the container loop having a lid member hingedly mounted to the loop in biased communication with the container hoop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Inventor: Florence H. Cook
  • Patent number: 5326001
    Abstract: A syringe structure is arranged for use in application of a stream of paint onto a support surface for use by artisans and the like in application of a viscous paint fluid onto various surfaces. The syringe structure includes a tubular body and plunger, with a forwardmost end of the tubular body including removably mounted applicator tips of various sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Inventors: Kimberly K. Holmquist, Martin Hand
  • Patent number: 5325620
    Abstract: A fishing pole support for securement to a chair leg member is arranged such that the support includes an elongate body, having a body leg oriented at an acute angle relative to the body to support a fishing pole thereon. The body is arranged to include an arcuate flange arranged for reception within a receiving cup cavity permitting ease of assemblage of the shaft body and leg relative to the receiving cup. The receiving cup is integral with a split cylindrical sleeve secured to the chair member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Inventors: Bernard L. Reed, Nannie S. Reed
  • Patent number: 5324061
    Abstract: A gooseneck hitch structure is arranged in accommodating a trailer with a conventional bumper hitch to a gooseneck type mount in a "fifth wheel" arrangement relative to an associated tow vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Inventor: Larry L. Lay
  • Patent number: 5323943
    Abstract: Parallel support tubes mount first and second hook members at their upper distal ends for securement about an individual's shoulders, wherein a cross shaft extending orthogonally between the first and second tubes orthogonally and fixedly mounts a plurality of support tubes therefrom, wherein each of the support tubes includes a row of hooks, wherein adjacent hooks of each row of hooks are arranged to position a lawn chair for ease of transport and support of the lawn chairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Inventor: Donald G. Elledge
  • Patent number: 5324130
    Abstract: A support base includes a housing tube, with the housing tube arranged to receive a reservoir tubular member having a fluid permeable tip at one end thereof and a removable cap at a second end thereof permitting replenishment of water within the reservoir, wherein the tip permits moistening of water activated glue portions of an envelope and permitting the moistening of stamps and the like positioned on the envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Inventor: Justin F. DeJean, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5323493
    Abstract: A helmet includes a band member mounted integrally to the helmet, with the band member having first and second end portions extending below the helmet, with each end portion including a generally U-shaped deflector structure arranged for positioning in adjacency relative to each ear of an individual bicyclist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Inventor: Frank M. Ogiba
  • Patent number: 5324058
    Abstract: A bicycle seat frame having a seat post receiving a cylindrical first tube reciprocatably and slidably mounted within a second tube, with the first tube arranged to receive an adjustor rod and valve dampening structure that extends from the second tube into the first tube, with the adjustor rod having a valve plate operative within a fluid oil bath to dampen impact directed through the bicycle frame to the associated bicycle seat. A spring is interposed between the first tube and the second tube floor to bias the second tube relative to the first tube in a projected relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Inventor: Bruce A. Massaro
  • Patent number: 5324129
    Abstract: A toothbrush having an elongate support shaft includes a brush head arranged for rotation and latching in a plurality of orientations relative to the support shaft to permit ease of access to various portions of an individual's teeth during a brushing procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Inventor: Todd J. Root
  • Patent number: 5323787
    Abstract: An apparatus for protecting and treating teeth including a mouthpiece and storage container is disclosed. The mouthpiece has an arcuate or U-shaped body and is molded from a thin layer of soft, absorbent, and pliable elastomeric material. A continuous U-shaped channel is dimensioned for receiving the upper teeth of a user and is formed in the body in a location adjacent its periphery for a length coextensive with the U-shaped periphery of the body. The body has an integral center portion which arches upwardly from the U-shaped channel to conform to the similarly upwardly arched or convex form of the roof of the mouth or palate of the mouthpiece user. The U-shaped channel may be enclosed and filled with encapsulated setting materials to form a permanent, form-fitting dental impression for the upper teeth of the user. A medicated pad may be adhesively positioned over the enclosed channel to relieve sore gums and teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Inventor: Andrea P. Pratt
  • Patent number: 5322083
    Abstract: An elongate body includes a first fixed jaw fixedly and orthogonally mounted to the body, having a second sliding jaw, with the fixed jaw and the sliding jaw arranged to secure a pipe therebetween, such as the first jaw includes a piercing head. The piercing head includes a conduit structure in pneumatic communication with further conduit structure directed through the first jaw and body extending through the body, such that the body includes a further projection portion arranged for securement to conductive tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Inventor: Rick A. Olivier
  • Patent number: 5322492
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus includes a reciprocating body reciprocatably mounted between spaced and parallel first and second guide plates having respective first and second slots, with the first and second slots arranged to slidably receive first and second U-shaped locks arranged to lock and secure the reciprocating body relative to a central lock plate, that in turn is reciprocatably mounted within a second tube received within a first tube within the reciprocating body, such that the first and second tubes include respective first and second springs positioned on opposed sides of the central lock plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Inventor: Bob L. Pearson
  • Patent number: 5322048
    Abstract: An arrow rest is arranged for permitting overdrawing of an archery arrow employing a guide block having spaced first and second plates, including confronting bearing inserts to effect support and guidance of the arrow for flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Inventor: Christopher T. Baker
  • Patent number: 5322053
    Abstract: A cooking panel member formed of a plurality of individual panel reflector plates includes first and second inner rows of individual panel plates hingedly mounted together, with first and second outer rows of panel plates interconnected to the inner rows of plates to provide a completed arcuate member having a concave surface to reflect heat to a cooking vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Inventor: Otto H. Leicht
  • Patent number: 5322097
    Abstract: A funnel body includes an exit tube, wherein a mesh web pocket is arranged for securement to a lowermost end of the exit tube secured to an annular groove, with the pocket including a buoyant sphere arranged for projection into the exit tube exit opening for curtailing fluid flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Inventor: Terry M. Wright
  • Patent number: 5321976
    Abstract: A resiliency and relative hardness of a golf green is tested by the apparatus having a support base mounting a measuring rod orthogonally oriented relative to the support base and coaxially aligned with a support base bore. A golf ball sphere slidably directed through the bore and its resistance effected by contact with an underlying golf green is measured by relative projection of the sphere within the golf green and simultaneous deflection of a dial indicator foot measuring projection of the golf ball sphere into the golf green.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Inventor: Donald D. Dalrymple
  • Patent number: 5321937
    Abstract: A flexible web formed of a shape retentive material includes a convex head web having a first end spaced from a second end, with the second end including a convex snout web extending from the second end canted relative to the second end for positioning about the facial portion between a horse's eyes, with strap members arranged to secure the head and snout web about the horse's head. The head web and the snout web each include individual strap portions for securement of the primary flexible web about a horse's head to prevent injury to the horse during loading and unloading of the horse relative to trailers for transport of the horse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Inventor: James H. Hamilton