Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Goldstein & Lava, P.C.
  • Patent number: 6539550
    Abstract: A set of three driving gloves, each having a different length to be worn by a driver. Each glove has a varying length with finger portions cut away to allow for greater flexibility when driving. The set includes a full length glove, a medium length glove, and a short glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventor: Barbara Flores
  • Patent number: 6541738
    Abstract: A portable food container with incorporated heaters including a container portion. The container portion includes a first cover member hingeably coupled with the back wall for covering the open upper end. The container portion includes a second cover member hingeably coupled with the back wall for covering the first cover member and the open upper end. The second cover member contains a thermos bottle therein. A pair of heating elements are disposed within the closed lower end of the container portion. Three insulated receptacles are removably positioned within the container portion including two hot food receptacles and one cold food receptacle. The hot food receptacles are each in contact with one of the heating elements. A control panel allows independent control of a duration and activation time of day for heating by each of the heating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventor: Louis Casasola
  • Patent number: 6540070
    Abstract: A water bottle attachment with releasable concentrated flavor whereby a liftable spout is provided with a plunger portion. The plunger portion includes a cylindrical upper portion engaged by the cylindrical collar whereby upward movement of the liftable spout will not move the plunger portion and subsequent downward movement of the liftable spout will move the plunger portion downwardly. The plunger portion includes a lower plate, portion whereby the downward movement of the plunger portion will cause the lower plate portion to force a quantity of concentrated flavoring against a breakable seal to such a degree that the breakable seal will break allowing the concentrated flavoring to mix with water within a water bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventor: Christopher J Conwell
  • Patent number: 6540040
    Abstract: A vehicle safety system requiring seat belt use including a car seat positioned within the vehicle. The car seat has a seat portion and a back portion. A seat belt is coupled with respect to the car seat. The seat belt is comprised of a shoulder harness and a waist belt together joined with a belt buckle. The seat belt includes a buckle receptacle secured to the seat portion for receiving the belt buckle in a locked orientation. The buckle receptacle includes a release button for releasing the belt buckle from the buckle receptacle in an unlocked orientation. A sensor system is disposed within the vehicle. The sensor system includes a main sensor in communication with the transmission of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventor: Dilip Patel
  • Patent number: 6539655
    Abstract: A holiday display including a base portion including a body portion having an upper end, a lower end, and side walls extending therebetween. The base portion includes a pair of arms extending outwardly from the upper end of the body portion. The base portion includes a head portion swively secured to the upper end of the body portion. An outer decorative portion is provided that is adapted for removably covering the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventor: Paula Earle
  • Patent number: 6536725
    Abstract: A table leg leveling device including a base member having an upper end and a lower end. The upper end is adapted for coupling with a free lower end of a table leg. The lower end of the base member has an internally threaded aperture extending upwardly therein. An extension member is adapted for being adjustably received within the internally threaded aperture of the lower end of the base member. The extension member includes a threaded rod having an upper end and a lower end. The upper end is adjustably positioned within the internally threaded aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventor: Todd Fisher
  • Patent number: 6535137
    Abstract: A child seat alarm including a car seat portion adapted for being positioned within a motor vehicle. The car seat portion includes child engagement straps. The child engagement straps include a male buckle and a corresponding female receptacle. The male buckle is lockably received within the female receptacle in a locked orientation. An alarm is disposed within the car seat portion. The alarm includes a pair of speakers for broadcasting an audible alarm. The alarm is in an activated orientation when the male buckle is lockably received within the female receptacle. The alarm is in a deactivated orientation when the male buckle is removed from the female receptacle. The alarm is in communication with an electrical system of the vehicle whereby a shut down of the motor vehicle's engine or an opening of a driver's door will sound the alarm when the alarm is in the activated orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Janet Lee Ryan
  • Patent number: 6532618
    Abstract: A floor mat with incorporated vacuum system including a permeable mat portion having an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface is defined by a plurality of upwardly extending bristles. A vacuum assembly is coupled with respect to the permeable mat portion. The vacuum assembly includes a pipe circuit disposed below the lower surface of the mat portion. The pipe circuit has a main outlet pipe extending outwardly therefrom. The main outlet pipe has an open outer end disposed beyond the mat portion. The pipe circuit has a plurality of air intakes extending upwardly therefrom in a spaced relationship. The air intakes have open upper ends in contact with the lower surface of the mat portion. The vacuum assembly includes an intake housing positioned adjacently to the mat portion. The intake housing has a hollow interior defining a debris collection chamber. The intake housing receives the open outer end of the main outlet pipe therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 6533485
    Abstract: A combination toothbrush and toothpaste dispenser with incorporated remaining use counter including a toothbrush portion comprised of an elongated hollow handle having an incorporated head portion. The elongated hollow handle includes an internal channel. The head portion has a plurality of openings in communication with the internal channel. The head portion has a plurality of bristles extending outwardly thereof. The handle holds a quantity of toothpaste within the internal channel. An internal plunger is disposed within the internal channel of the elongated hollow handle. The internal plunger will force the toothpaste out of the plurality of openings of the head portion and onto the bristles. A counter is disposed within the elongated hollow handle of the toothbrush portion. The counter is in communication with the plunger for determining a remaining amount of toothpaste disposed therein, and displaying the same on a rotary dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Bland
  • Patent number: 6533835
    Abstract: A supplemental filter for an electronic component including a frame portion having a generally U-shaped configuration. The frame portion has a pair of vertical supports having upper and lower ends. The lower ends have a horizontal support extending therebetween. The pair of vertical supports and the horizontal support define a receiving channel. The frame portion is securable to an electronic component with the receiving channel positioned over the vent thereof. A foam filter is dimensioned for being slidably received within the frame portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Wilson, Bruce Griggs
  • Patent number: 6530479
    Abstract: A housing for suturing tools including a cylindrical housing having an upper end, a lower end, a cylindrical side wall therebetween, and a hollow interior. The cylindrical housing has a central dividing wall disposed within the hollow interior extending between the upper and lower ends. The central dividing wall equally divides the cylindrical housing into a first section and a second section. The cylindrical side wall of the first section has an opening therethrough positioned intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof. The cylindrical side wall of the second section has at least one opening therethrough adjacent to the lower end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Inventor: Alejandro Hernandez
  • Patent number: 6526863
    Abstract: A protective face shield with incorporated laser light including a handle portion having an inner end and an outer end. The outer end has a frustoconical collar extending outwardly therefrom. The frustoconical collar has an open outer end. A laser-generating device is disposed within the frustoconical collar of the handle portion. The laser-generating device has an activated orientation whereby a ray of light is directed outwardly through the open outer end of the frustoconical collar. A protective shield is disposed within the frustoconical collar of the handle portion in a retracted orientation. The protective shield extends outwardly of the collar in a deployed orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventor: Arturo Torres
  • Patent number: 6523227
    Abstract: A shoulder mounted cord retaining clip including a shoulder pad portion positionable on a shoulder of a user. The shoulder pad portion has a forward end and a rearward end. A forward length of line adjustably extends outwardly of the forward end of the shoulder pad portion for attaching to a segment of the cord of the electrical appliance. A rearward length of line adjustably extends outwardly of the rearward end of the shoulder pad portion for attaching to a segment of the cord of the electrical appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventor: Lance Goodall
  • Patent number: 6523903
    Abstract: An adjustable armrest assembly for attachment to an armchair. The armrest assembly includes a flat work surface, an upper horizontal support member, and a lower horizontal support member. A vertical support member extends diagonally between the lower horizontal support member and the underside of the work surface, at the outer edge of the surface. The vertical support member has a mid point crease. A mid point hinge is attached to the vertical support member at the mid point crease. The vertical support member further comprises a top hinge extending between the top edge of the vertical support and the underside of the work surface. The bottom edge of the vertical support member rests on the front surface of the lower horizontal support member, and is wedged between the member and a block attached to the front surface of the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventor: Alfred Rabenhorst
  • Patent number: D470708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventor: Robert W. Young
  • Patent number: D470979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventors: Richard Banton, Joe White
  • Patent number: D471049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventor: Josie Dale
  • Patent number: D471845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: James Lewis Mighell
  • Patent number: D472058
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventor: Gerald Weichert
  • Patent number: D472063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventor: Gerald Weichert