Patents Represented by Attorney Eugene E. Renz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6832686
    Abstract: A package for medicaments comprising a cover and a base connected along one edge by a living hinge, at least two spaced pivotable latching members on one of the members, complementary openings in the other member engagable by the latching member to secure the cover in a closed position, pivoting of one of said latching members to release it from its opening part permitting slight pivotable movement of the cover toward an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Inventor: Michael Patrick Donegan
  • Patent number: 6802079
    Abstract: A mouth protector assembly comprising a grid-like mouth protector, defined by a top bar contoured to engage the area above the upper lip and below the nose of a user, a series of spaced bars depending from the upper bar and a pad which underlies the chin of a user, a strap system for supporting the grid over the mouth including straps connected to the grid and encircling the head to support the grid over the mouth of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Inventor: David Bush
  • Patent number: 6784946
    Abstract: An arrangement in which the light emitted by a source of light (44) is directed by means of illumination optics (12) onto a surface (25) by which an image can be generated that can be projected by means of projection optics (4), onto a screen, wherein the illumination optics (12) have an optical device (28) arranged following the source of light and a prism (10) positioned between the surface (25) and the optical device (28), and the light coming from the optical device (28) is deflected without reflection by means of the prism (10) herein the optical device (28) has a first optical axis (29), and wherein said projection optics comprises a first and a second partial optics (22, 24) having a shared second optical axis (20) and in that the surface (25) is reflective, whereby the first optical axis (29), together with the second optical axis (20), includes an angle that is smaller than 90°, and whereby the optical device (28) lies outside of an area that is traversed from the second partial optics (24) to th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Gudrun Schröter, Christfried Symanowski
  • Patent number: 6728448
    Abstract: In a device for generating a quadrangular illuminating field, having a light mixing rod, which has a quadrangular cross-section as well as a quadrangular inlet area and a quadrangular outlet area and guides light coupled in via the inlet area to the outlet area, in order to generate therein the quadrangular illuminating field, the outlet area is limited by four rectilinear sides, of which two each meet in one of the corners of the outlet area at an angle which is not equal to 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Dietrich Schmidt, Christfried Symanowski, Gudrun Schroeter
  • Patent number: 6719150
    Abstract: A frame device for supporting batteries during seismic stress, comprising: a pair of end frame members, each end frame member being formed of a single sheet material shaped to define vertical columns of confronting c-shaped cross section and a web extending between the vertical columns directly confronting batteries placed on the shelves and providing a guide for same; channel support members secured at opposite terminal ends to the vertical columns of the end frame members to position them in upstanding spaced apart relation; shelves for supporting batteries spanning the channel support members and defining a plurality of compartments for the batteries; a pair of anchors; means for securing the end frame members to the anchors; and means defining a plurality of openings in the web of each end frame generally aligned with the compartments formed by the shelves to provide ventilation of batteries mounted in the compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Kim Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Andrew Marraffa
  • Patent number: 6706031
    Abstract: A needleless access system adapted to be mounted on a vial comprising a generally elongated tubular housing having an interior dividing wall, flexible hooks projecting upwardly from the dividing wall which are diametrically opposed, a pair of confronting splines projecting upwardly from the interior dividing wall, a hub insert having a piercing tip normally supported in an armed position by hook elements, a series of outwardly projecting teeth which engage and are guided in the splines during axial displacement of the hub insert relative to the splined housing, and said hub insert having means for mounting a syringe assembly whereby the hub insert maybe activated axially guided by the splines so that the piercing tip engages the stopper in a vial aligned therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Comar, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Manera
  • Patent number: 6681984
    Abstract: The invention is a cash management slip and method of using the slip in casino operations. The cash management slip and method applies particularly to the process of paying a jackpot awarded by a gaming machine, such as a slot machine, and to the filling with cash of a gaming machine. The present invention provides machine-readable indicia on casino cash management slips and further provides for the automated checking and reconciliation of those slips at the end of the gaming day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Currency Counting Consultants, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronld F. Brunner
  • Patent number: 6669022
    Abstract: A child resistant pill package assembly comprising a base member and a top member spaced apart to define a hollow interior. A dial is mounted on a platform for an annular pill pack assembly having a lower portion. The dial projects through an opening in the top. A plurality of radially outwardly circumferentially spaced teeth are formed on the lower portion of the dial. A series of complementary teeth which project radially inwardly from the circular opening in the top and mesh with the teeth on the lower portion of the dial when aligned therewith. Flexible spring fingers normally bias the dial outwardly so that the dial teeth and top teeth are in meshing relationship. Application of pressure on the dial downwardly displaces the spring fingers so that the teeth are disengaged and confront the upper portion to permit rotation of the dial and pill pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Comar, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Patrick Donegan
  • Patent number: 6625380
    Abstract: In a method of producing a hollow mixing rod having a hollow space of quadrangular cross-section, the following steps are carried out: producing a first and a second side part, each of which has a T-shaped cross-section comprising a crossbar and a central bar protruding therefrom, which central bar comprises a reflective end surface averted from the crossbar and, viewed in cross-section, a first and a second side surface extending from the end surface to the crossbar, wherein, at least in the first side part, the end surface and the first side surface, viewed in cross-section, converge at an angle which is not equal to 90°, producing a third and a fourth side part, each provided with a reflective, planar inner side, assembling the four side parts such that the end surfaces of the first and second side parts face each other and that the reflective inner sides of the third and fourth side parts, viewed in cross-section, extend parallel to each other and have their edge portions resting on the side surfaces
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventor: Bernhard Wagner
  • Patent number: 6615672
    Abstract: The invention is an apparatus and method for testing the residual seal force of the closure of a container, particularly a container for parenteral pharmaceutical products. An automated and instrumented press collects stress and strain data for a closure of a container for parenteral pharmaceutical products. An algorithm is automatically applied to the resulting data set, determining candidate residual seal forces for several data smoothing spans. Confidence levels are determined for each of the candidate residual seal forces. The candidate residual seal force corresponding to the highest confidence level is selected. The process is repeated and the results averaged to determine a final residual seal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Genesis Machinery Products
    Inventors: Thomas A. Stalnaker, Bruce Smith
  • Patent number: 6594424
    Abstract: In a light mixing rod comprising an inlet area and an outlet area, which guides light coupled in via the inlet area along a light guiding direction to the outlet area, two mixing rod portions are provided, which are successively arranged in the light guiding direction and optically coupled with each other, a first of which is in the form of a hollow portion into which the second mixing rod portion extends at least partially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Dietrich Schmidt, Christfried Symanowski
  • Patent number: 6578999
    Abstract: In a device for generating a quadrangular illuminating field, having a light mixing rod, which has a quadrangular cross-section as well as a quadrangular inlet area and a quadrangular outlet area and guides light coupled in via the inlet area to the outlet area, in order to generate therein the quadrangular illuminating field, the outlet area is limited by four rectilinear sides, of which two each meet in one of the corners of the outlet area, and, in one or two corners, the sides meeting therein converge at right angles while, in the other corners, the sides meeting therein converge at an angle, which is not equal to 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Dietrich Schmidt, Christfried Symanowski, Gudrun Schroeter
  • Patent number: D502282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Herbert Waldmann GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Gerhard Waldmann
  • Patent number: D482813
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Herbert Waldmann GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Gerhard Waldmann
  • Patent number: D485635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Lighting Innovation Center AG
    Inventors: Ottokar Schuetz, Ralph Wichmann
  • Patent number: D486938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Porsche Design GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Waldmann
  • Patent number: D487598
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Lighting Innovation Center AG
    Inventors: Ottokar Schuetz, Ralph Wichmann
  • Patent number: D490553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Herbert Waldmann GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Gerhard Waldmann
  • Patent number: D496750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Herbert Waldmann GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Gerhard Waldmann
  • Patent number: D497025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Herbert Waldmann GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Gerhard Waldmann