Patents Represented by Attorney Howard I. Podell

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  • Telephone privacy device
    Patent number: 4074078
    Abstract: A device for installation to a telephone which prevents the telephone from ringing except for incoming calls from selected individuals who have been furnished a key device. The key device emits an audible tone into the mouthpiece of the calling telephone which signals the installed device at the called telephone location to accept the call and actuate the called telephone bell or signal. The installed device is connected to the telephone wire of the installed telephone with electronic circuitry that disconnects the ringing current circuit to the installed phone immediately upon the appearance of the ringing current on the phone line, thus preventing ringing of the called telephone bell. The device then sends an electrical signal, which is recognizable as an audible tone, in the receiver of the calling telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernard L. Jansen
  • Collapsible guitar
    Patent number: 4073211
    Abstract: A guitar, the neck of which is hinged to the guitar body so as to be foldable into a shaped recess in the back of the body. The strings of the guitar are individually attached at one end to the neck and at the other end to a common bridge unit. The bridge unit is attached to a first clamp on the face of the body in the erect position of the neck and to a second clamp recessed below the face side of the body in the folded neck position. Grooves are formed in the guitar body to individually retain each guitar string in the folded neck position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Allen C. Jorgensen
  • Attachable pipe tee
    Patent number: 4073515
    Abstract: A pipe tee unit which may be mounted to a pipe for attachment of an extension tube to the pipe. The tee unit is formed of a pair of clamp members which are each formed with a circular concave recess of less than semi-circular section on their respective inner faces for clamping about a cylindrical pipe. One of the clamp members is externally fitted with a threaded nipple formed with a through hole for use in guiding a drill so as to cut a hole in a pipe clamped by the two members, when the two members are bolted together about a pipe. An extension tube fitted to a threaded collar is then fastened by the said collar to the nipple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Armand Perera
  • Comfort quilt
    Patent number: 4074107
    Abstract: A quilt shaped to fit about the top surface, sides and bottom edges of a mattress. The quilt is formed of insulated cotton material with a continuous electrical heating element embedded in the top sheet which is covered by a waterproof plastic cover sheet bonded to the top sheet. The heating element is externally connected to a control box for regulating the flow of the electricity to the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Margurita L. Moss
  • Portable snow blower
    Patent number: 4070771
    Abstract: A portable snow blower which may be employed on the roof of a building or vehicle to remove snow without damage to the roof on which the snow lies. The unit is formed of a shaped housing fitted at its rear with an external handle and enclosing a powered air blower. The discharge opening of the blower is located at a forward tapered end section of the housing, with the opening extending across the top of the end section, and with the bottom portion of the end section of the housing being enclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: John Yakiwchuk
  • Drawer type luggage
    Patent number: 4066155
    Abstract: A portable carrying case fitted with a slidable drawer, with the front face of the drawer forming a first external side of the case in the closed drawer position and fitted on a second adjacent exterior side of the case with a retractable carrying handle that fits flush with the case side. A recess in the interior of the case extends to the second exterior case side and is closed by a tab slidably mounted in the said second case side. The top and bottom exterior case sides are fitted with matching detents and recesses so that one case may be stacked on top of a second similar case in a non-slidable, but removable, configuration to form a fixed cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Francis Z. Buchek
  • Gasoline supply accessory
    Patent number: 4064901
    Abstract: An accessory device attachable to a vehicle for pumping gasoline from the attached vehicle into a portable tank or into the gasoline tank of a disabled vehicle. The device includes a flexible hose permanently connected by a valve to the supply tube in the attached vehicle leading from the gasoline pump to the carburetor of the vehicle; together with a fixture mountable in the interior of fender of the attached vehicle about which the hose may be wound, when not in use. A valved outlet nozzle is mounted to the free end of the hose. The valve unit joining the hose to the vehicle supply tube is in the form of a tee connection with a rotatable valve cock that serves to connect the supply tube from the pump only to the carburetor tube or alternately to join the supply tube to both the carburetor tube and to the flexible hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: David P. Bailey
  • Loudspeaker assembly with restructured diaphragm including a tweeter driven by a bass amplifier
    Patent number: 4064365
    Abstract: A loudspeaker and enclosure which provides amplified bass sound. The assembly includes a conventional conical loudspeaker with one or more rings of plastic foam material bonded to the inside of the cone of the loudspeaker, and with each ring oriented in a plane parallel to the diaphragm of the loudspeaker. A plastic cone is fitted through the central opening of the rings for transmission of treble sounds. The loudspeaker may be mounted to a circular hole on a wall of a cube-shaped enclosure. The plastic cone may terminate at the wall of the enclosure or project beyond the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: David M. Zeller
  • Throw ring
    Patent number: 4063382
    Abstract: A circular hollow ring of circular cross-section which may be tossed in the air. Three airfoil-shaped fins are each mounted equidistantly about the inner circumference of the ring to provide aerodynamic properties to the ring when it is tossed in a manner, causing the ring to rotate in the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: David F. McCallum
  • Fence formed from prefabricated sections
    Patent number: 4063714
    Abstract: A fence which may be formed from prefabricated sections that readily fit together. The fence includes vertical members, each fitted with clips to fasten to horizontal spacers, a pair of horizontal spacers of a U-shaped section and a horizontal spacer of an H-section, together with flat panels that fit into the recesses of the U-shape and H-shape spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Kirkwood
  • Water hose holder tongs
    Patent number: 4063767
    Abstract: A tool for holding a flexible water hose which is shaped as a pair of hinged tongs, with each tong formed with a handle section at one end and a set of two clamp jaws at the other end of the tong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: John Kelly Hardin
  • Hanging flower basket tool
    Patent number: 4063768
    Abstract: A tool for lifting a suspended flower pot that fastens about the bottom and sides of a suspended flower pot so as to lift it on or off its suspended support. The tool is in the form of a pole fitted at its working end with a ring of the general outer diameter of a flower pot, with the ring joined by two L-shaped support rods which extend into an axial end hole in the pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Anna Denis
  • Automobile trunk attachable brace
    Patent number: 4062583
    Abstract: A telescopic support that is mounted to the inside surface of the lid of an automobile trunk and that may be extended to the floor of the trunk to maintain the trunk lid in an open position while carrying oversize objects in the trunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald D. Taylor
  • Articulated walking cane
    Patent number: 4062372
    Abstract: A walking cane fitted with three articulated struts that are each linked to a slidable spring-biased piston in the foot of the cane, and joined together so as to extend away from the foot of the cane when the piston is pushed against the ground and upwards into the cane, with the extended struts acting to support the cane in tripod fashion. Release of downward pressure against the piston permits the spring to slide the piston downwards and retract the three struts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: John G. Slusher
  • Snap-on screw
    Patent number: 4059041
    Abstract: A pair of threaded fasteners which are attachable to each other by means of a plug and socket joint so that each of the pair may be individually threaded into separate members which are then joined together. The plug of the male fastener of the pair is of a cylindrical shape with leaves hinged in recesses in the plug wall, with the female fastener fitted with a cylindrical socket to fit the plug, with recesses in the socket wall to retain the leaves of the male plug. The leaves of the male plug may be spring-biased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Hassan
  • Curtain and drape holder
    Patent number: 4058873
    Abstract: An assembly attachable to a side of a window opening for gathering to a side, curtains or drapes hung over the window opening. The assembly consists of a flat plate fitted with attachment holes to which an arm member is pivotably mounted. One or more detents are mounted to the plate to each serve as a stop so that in the mounted position, the arm member may be rotated from a first vertical position alongside the window opening frame to a second, generally horizontal position, in which the arm member projects away from the window opening frame to serve as holder for curtains or drapes that are to be held, in gathered fashion, away from the window opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward T. Fischer
  • Disposable fly killer container
    Patent number: 4058928
    Abstract: A container in the form of a circular or rectangular cross-section box is fitted with a removable cover and enclosing an open chamber in the center of which a circular disc is mounted on a support. The disc is coated or impregnated with a fly contact poison and an insect attractive scent. Insects killed by contact with the disc fall into the bottom of the box. A string attached to the center of the disc serves as a means for suspending the unit from a hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Howard Digman, Sr.
  • Tie rack
    Patent number: 4059191
    Abstract: A tie rack suitable for supporting both conventional neck ties and pre-knotted neck ties. The rack is in the form of a right angle flange, with a first side of the flange fitted with means to mount to a vertical wall or door, so as to extend the second flange side in the horizontal plane. The said second horizontal flange side is formed with pairs of relatively narrow parallel slots extending from an external edge, each slot of a size for supporting a conventional neck tie looped over the finger between said slots of a pair with said pairs of slots each separated by a wide slot that extends further towards the vertical flange side from the horizontal flange edge for supporting a pre-knotted neck tie from the knot. A mirror is mounted on the inside face of the vertical flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Maurice J. Chaisson
  • Snag-free hydrodynamic fishing sinker container
    Patent number: 4058927
    Abstract: A shaped container has a fishing weight or sinker installed and a flat plate extends radially about a compartment in which the sinker is mounted. Holes in the plate provide optional mounting means for a fishing line passing through one of said holes and joined to the sinker in the container and to a fishhook leader extending externally away from the compartment. A fish hooked to the leader, in attempting to drag the sinker through weeds or rocks lying on the bottom of the water is drawn upwards by the reaction of the water against the flat plate, and away from the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventors: Virginia L. Hershey, George P. Hershey
  • Baby life preserver
    Patent number: 4052762
    Abstract: A life preserver, shaped for use on a child or baby consisting of floatable plastic foam sections fitted together to form an enclosed vest with the bottom of the foam sections joined to a webbing formed with a pair of holes for the feet of the wearer and with a pair of straps fastened to the top front of the vest and the back section. The back section of the vest may be separated or joined together by snap fasteners and the upper sections of the vest are thicker than the lower sections of the vest to provide a greater degree of buoyancy to the head of the wearer so that he floats vertically like a buoy with head out of the water, when strapped in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Phyllis D. Zawislak