Patents Represented by Attorney Howard I. Podell

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  • Safety windshield
    Patent number: 4105248
    Abstract: A windshield formed of a continuous sheet of flexible plastic mounted about a pair of rollers, each rotatably fixed in an opposed side pillar of the windshield frame. A roller is linked to a motor for rotating the windshield about both rollers, with a fixed wiper blade mounted to the exterior of the windshield for continuously wiping the windshield in motion. The edges of the windshield are guided by sealing gaskets mounted in the top and bottom of the windshield frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy R. Lake
  • Hook-on necktie conversion kit
    Patent number: 4104739
    Abstract: A kit for converting a conventional necktie to a pre-knotted tie that is attached to the neck of a wearer by detachable hook and eye fasteners. The kit includes two flexible strips, each fitted with one mating section of a detachable fastener and each formed on its underside with an adhesive coating so that a necktie, properly knotted in place about the neck of a user may be cut along the neck strap section and each of the strips then fastened to the opposed cut ends of the neck strap. The kit also includes a disc coated on both sides with a self-adhering adhesive which may be fastened in place under a folded knot section of the tie to hold the knot section in shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. Burger
  • Electrical tester having retractable prongs and a retractable test rod for indicating presence of a voltage
    Patent number: 4105968
    Abstract: An electrical tester adaptable for indicating the electrical condition of a conventional female electrical outlet or for indicating the electrical energization of two remote contact locations. The tester is in the form of a housing enclosing a test lamp, with a pair of male electrical prongs each connected to a different terminal of the lamp, and with the prongs fixed to a slidable block so as to be retractable into the housing when not in use. A metal test rod is slidably mounted in the housing so as to project beyond the housing in a test position, and a flexible test lead is fitted in a recess in the housing closed by a slidable door. The test rod and the test lead are each connected to a different lamp terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Mobley, Della Mobley
  • Scissors
    Patent number: 4104794
    Abstract: A scissors, the blades of which are held together by spring bias of a bolted assembly. The bolted assembly is in the form of a screw, a pair of split ring washers and a nut. The screw head is pinned to one blade through the screw head and the nut is fitted with a radial nylon plug so to adjustably fasten in frictional engagement to the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew C. Carroll
  • Washing machine
    Patent number: 4102159
    Abstract: A washing machine mechanism adaptable for installation in the wash facilities of homes occupied by low income families of developing countries and particularly adaptable for installation in the wash tub units of Central and South America. The mechanism incorporates a propeller which mounts in a bearing in the drain of a wash sink with a motor unit mounted above the propeller and joined by a vertical shaft to the propeller and by a horizontal shaft to a pair of rollers mounted above an adjacent drain area. The propeller rotates in a bushing cup, slidably mounted in the sink drain, with a lever joined to the bushing to move the bushing into a first position in which the drain is plugged or a second position in which the drain is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Herbert Cruz
  • Golf club anchor
    Patent number: 4100652
    Abstract: An anchor clip for detachably mounting to the rim of a golf club bag to which the shank of a golf club, in the bag, may be detachably fastened. The clip is in the form of a set of spaced first U-shaped clamp members joined by a common mid-section with a second U-shaped clamp member mounted to the common mid-section along an axis perpendicular to the first clamp members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred E. Carlson
  • Utility knob
    Patent number: 4101104
    Abstract: A knob which may be readily fastened to a flat surface for retention of a detachable litter bag. A shaft of circular cross-section is joined at one end to a first circular disc, concentric with the shaft, and at the other end to a second and smaller concentric circular disc. The external flat surface of the first disc is coated with a self-adhering material, with the edges of the second disc being rounded to permit the second disc to slide through a slotted hole in a tab of a litter bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Marguerite F. Minard
  • Paint roller and brush combination
    Patent number: 4100642
    Abstract: A paint roller, with a brush detachably and adjustably fastened to the handle arm, with the bristle section of the brush spaced from the roller so as to brush a surface that the roller has contacted for the purpose of brushing of the paint applied to the surface by the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles K. Gabor
  • Insect trap attachable to a tree
    Patent number: 4098018
    Abstract: A trap of conic section attached along an upper edge by a spring around the tree trunk can be closed around the tree trunk by a zipper attached along a vertical side of the trap to the trap, the trap forms a trough along an inner edge of the bottom of the trap into which an insecticide may be dripped by a tube passing through the side of the trap and connected to a canister which is also attached to the trap in which the insecticide may be stored and from which the insecticide may drip into the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack H. Bartelme
  • Portable ceiling reflector for photography
    Patent number: 4099221
    Abstract: A reflector assembly that serves as a portable ceiling for reflecting bounce flash to a photographed object. The assembly includes a support rod fastened to a first mounting bracket attachable to a camera, a second bracket rotatably fixed to the support rod for attachment to a photo flash unit and a third bracket rotatably fixed at the free end of the support rod to which a reflecting plate is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Alfred A. Carrillo
  • Electric car
    Patent number: 4095665
    Abstract: A vehicle powered by an electric motor linked by a first clutch to a first shaft of a gear box, with a generator linked by a second clutch to a second shaft of the gear box, with the gear box linked by a third shaft to the drive shaft of a vehicle wheel. Both clutches are electrically controlled so that the generator may be driven from the gear box when the vehicle is decelerating with the first clutch disengaged, with the generator disconnected by the second clutch when the first clutch is engaged to link the motor to the gear box. The generator serves to charge the batteries that drive the motor, as a regenerative braking system. The first and second shafts of the gear box are linked in the gear box by different gear ratios to each other and the third shaft that is joined to the vehicle drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald A. Armfield
  • Truck extension
    Patent number: 4095838
    Abstract: A foldable extension to the top of the sides of an open truck or trailer body for increasing the volume of the truck body. The extension consists of a fabric material mounted along the top edge of a truck body side and fitted with a plurality of hinged supports which can be extended in to serve as vertical supports to the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Arnold A. Beeler
  • Compressor tongs
    Patent number: 4093298
    Abstract: A tong assembly for grasping of a cylindrical body such as an air-conditioner compressor. A pair of cross bars are pivotally joined together by a flexible chain to which a hand grip is fitted and the lower end of each cross bar pivotally mounted to an upper section of a vertical strut. An open jaw shaped to fit externally about a compressor cylinder is pivotally mounted to each strut below the cross-bar joint, and an L-shaped grip is fixed to the bottom section of the vertical strut, shaped to fit about the bottom corner of the gripped compressor cylinder, with the clamp and grip of each strut located to face the opposed strut. Crossed stabilizing bars are pinned to the cross bars and the vertical struts to apply a torque to the struts about the clamps, when gripped about a suspended cylinder to prevent the bottom ends of the struts from rotating apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph M. Gatewood
  • Dinkey game
    Patent number: 4093226
    Abstract: A competitive game played with a shaped paddle and a shaped dinkey which is either hit by the paddle or is rotated end-over-end by the paddle so as to land the dinkey in an open cylindrical-shaped pan that serves as a goal. A cradle in the form of a bent continuous length of wire is staked into the ground to serve as a holder for the dinkey prior to use and also serves as a goal marker. The dinkey is a block of rectangular cross-section, tapered on each end as a pyramid. Each of the four sides of the dinkey is marked with a different numeral. The paddle is formed of a rectangular shaped block fitted with a handle, formed with a longitudinal tapered side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert W. Priestle
  • Decorative toy
    Patent number: 4091565
    Abstract: A toy in the form of a figurine that extends vertically above a mounted platform with a rod extending from the figurine over the platform from which an object is suspended by a flexible string. A window opening in the top section of the platform encloses a transparent cover over a magnetized plate slidably mounted in a slot in the platform. The exterior face of the plate visible through the transparent cover, is marked with words describing a humorous weather forecast based on the behavior of the suspended object. The object contains an embedded magnet so that the object will rotate as it swings over the plate. The figurine is detachably attached to the platform so that both the figurine and the marked plate may be readily replaced with other figurines and marked plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard V. Sheehan
  • Vegetable chopper
    Patent number: 4092005
    Abstract: A vegetable chopper in the form of a frame on which a knife blade is fitted to a lower end of a vertical member slidably mounted on the frame. A lever arm, pivotably mounted to the frame is shaped with a slot in which a pin, fixed to the slidable vertical member travels. Manual pivoting of the lever causes the vertical member to move in a linear direction to cause the knife blade to reciprocate with regard to a chopping box, mounted on the base of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Emory E. Benroth
  • Flower planter kit
    Patent number: 4091928
    Abstract: A kit for fabricating a flower planter of beach stones cemented together. The kit is in the form of a box that serves as a mold for the base of the planter. The box contains four shaped flat pieces that together with the box and cover form the mold for the pot section of the planter, together with a container of cement and an instruction manual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony J. Bernardo
  • Harmonica horn
    Patent number: 4091703
    Abstract: A harmonica fitted with a shaped hollow resonating horn slidably mounted to the harmonica. The horn is mounted on the outlet side of the harmonica so that air passing through the reed chambers of the harmonica is exhausted through the horn. The horn is of a size to enclose the outlet of one or more reed chambers, and may be slid along a groove on the harmonica to fit about a selected group of adjacent reed chambers, so as to produce an echo of a desired musical chord, when the harmonica is sounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. Adamitis
  • Reinforced concrete tie with embedded rail clamp means
    Patent number: 4090665
    Abstract: An assembly for fastening of railroad track incorporating a steel reinforced concrete tie with vertical thread steel sleeves welded to a reinforcement truss embedded in the concrete tie to which sleeves, track bolt assemblies may be threadably joined. A track bolt assembly includes a pair of hollow male threaded plugs, each threaded to a female thread in the opposed ends of a sleeve to retain a nut that is biased by a compression spring in the sleeve, to which nut, a track screw mounted to a hold-down block is engaged. With the hold-down block fixed against a track rail flange, the screw may be tightened in the nut of the sleeve to a pre-set tensile load as determined by the compression spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Milton E. Schlesener
  • Ladder stabilizer
    Patent number: 4090586
    Abstract: A ladder fitted with a detachable foot section that can be fastened to either lower leg section of the ladder for extending the length of the fastened leg section. The detachable foot section is in the form of a circular housing threadably engaged to a screw that extends through both top and bottom ends of the housing, with projecting clip members externally fixed to the housing that engage shaped holes in the lower terminal section of the ladder leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1978
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Roy A. Pears