Patents Represented by Attorney Ingrid E. Schmidt
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Patent number: 6343838Abstract: A reclinable swing chair is provided that may be moved between a reclined and an upright position. The reclinable swing chair has a body, a pair of rope supports and a pair of adjustable arms. The reclinable swing chair is suspended from a frame. The frame has a horizontally extending supporting member and a leg assembly to support the frame. The body has a seat portion and a back rest portion. The rope supports are attached at opposite sides of the body and have front and back loop portions that converge at a suspension point to suspend the swing chair. The adjustable arms are attached to the front loop portions of the rope supports at a front end and slidingly receive the back loop portion at a back end. The back end can move along the back loop portion between a first position adjacent the back seat portion and a second position spaced from the back seat portion so that the swing chair may be moved between a reclined and an upright position.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2000Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Inventor: Fred Bagshaw
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Patent number: 6338162Abstract: An electrostatic grounding hand covering in the form of a glove, made from a relatively nonconductive material such as acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer, or other polymer or polymer blend, and having an electrically conductive tape on inner and outer surfaces of the glove. The electrically conductive tape runs from the outside surface to the inner and provides a path for an electrostatic charge to pass between an object in contact with the electrically conductive tape and the hand and finally to ground.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2000Date of Patent: January 15, 2002Assignee: Superior Glove Works LtdInventor: Tony Geng
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Patent number: 6309017Abstract: A removable seat cover is provided for use on a seat that forms a substantial liquid barrier. The seat cover has an absorbent body for covering the seat and a water resistant membrane that is releasbly attached to the body. When the membrane is attached to the body and the cover is placed over the seat with the membrane adjacent the seat, the cover forms a substantial liquid barrier.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2000Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Inventor: Greg Middleton
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Patent number: 6135770Abstract: A containment chamber for use in dental air abrasion comprises a rigid self-supporting chamber having self-supporting walls defining an operating space for performing dental operation. An access opening is provided in one of the walls for introducing a dental tool into the operating space. The chamber further includes an outlet port for coupling the chamber to a suction source and a dam retention member for coupling the chamber to a dental dam.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1999Date of Patent: October 24, 2000Assignee: Oral Health Innovations OntarioInventors: John J. Bembenek, Edmond L. Rampen
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Patent number: 6117116Abstract: The invention provides a probe set having at least one probe of a light wire which can be resiliently deflected to pass from the nasolacrimal duct to the nasal inferior meatus. The probe has an enlarged and rounded distal end portion to limit the possibility of damage to tissue when the probe is inserted. A very flexible tube of minimal rigidity is engaged over a proximal end of the probe and a heat shrunk sleeve is attached to join the tube to the probe. Preferably the sleeve has a main portion containing a first end portion containing part of the probe adjacent the tube, a second end portion containing a part of the tube adjacent said end of the probe, and a main portion containing the ends of the probe and the tube. The sleeve applies a compressive radial pressure to attach the tube to the probe and defines a transition portion between the first end portion and the main portion of the sleeve to minimise the possibility of snagging as the probe set is advanced into the lacrimal duct.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1995Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Assignee: Walsh Medical Devices Inc.Inventor: David J. Walsh
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Patent number: 6116753Abstract: An illuminated soap bar including a soap body and an electronic circuit incorporated into the soap body. The circuit has the following: a pair of spaced-apart probes electrically exposed for contact with a conductive medium; at least one light source for emitting light visible externally of the body; and a power supply for supplying electrical current to the light source. The electronic circuit is designed to allow electrical current to flow to and illuminate the light source when the probes are in contact with a conductive medium which defines a conductive path between the probes.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1998Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Assignee: Eastgate Innovations IncorporatedInventor: Henry H. T. Tsang
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Patent number: 6112338Abstract: A mixing drum for a composting toilet has an auger for transporting mixed material from a back end of the mixing drum to the front end of the mixing drum in order to increase the residence time of material mixed in the drum. The auger is enclosed in an auger tube and the auger rotates about an axis which is radially spaced from the longitudinal axis for the mixing drum, about which the mixing drum itself rotates.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1999Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Inventor: Henric Sundberg
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Patent number: 6106264Abstract: A molding apparatus includes stops which move with a compacting press during penetration of the press into a mold cavity. The stops abut on a mold table and arrest movement of the compacting press so that the compacted shape has a predetermined height. A programmed logic controller integrated with the apparatus measures the time of compaction and is operable to adjust mold filling time so as to control density in the final compacted shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1998Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: NewTec Building Products Inc.Inventor: Simon Stenekes
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Patent number: 6094950Abstract: The invention provides a lock assembly suitable for securing a swing door hinged to a refrigerated cabinet and is intended to dissuade pilfering. The lock assembly includes a strike plate having a mounting plate for mounting to the cabinet, and a locking plate spaced from the mounting plate. The lock assembly further includes a door bracket having an outer door plate to be located on an outer surface of the swing door, and a locking member mounted to the door bracket. The locking member has a locking shaft connected to the locking member for rotation with the locking member. The locking member is locatable between the mounting plate and locking plate of the strike plate and against the locking plate to lock the swing door to the cabinet in a first angular position of the locking shaft, and released from the locking plate to unlock the swing door in a second angular position of the locking shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1998Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Habco Beverage Systems Inc.Inventors: James Maynard, Neil Lionel Alexander, Milan Savic
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Patent number: 6095309Abstract: An actuator for actuating a derailleur and/or a brake of a bicycle. The actuator is incorporated into a bar end and includes a lever slidably mounted to the bar end for sliding between a neutral position and an actuating position axially spaced from the neutral position. A transmission mechanism is received within a cavity of the bar end and couples the lever to the brake or derailleur. The transmission mechanism actuates the brake or derailleur when the lever is slid to the actuating position.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1998Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: At Design Inc.Inventor: Walter Mione
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Patent number: 6076904Abstract: A dispensing cabinet has a rear panel, left and right transverse side panels that define a front access opening for the cabinet and a bottom access opening for the cabinet. At least one door is provided to selectively close the front access opening but the bottom access opening remains open. A longitudinally extending rail is mounted on the rear panel and, in a preferred embodiment, extends horizontally to slidably support at least one dispenser in an operative position which is adjacent to the bottom access opening. The dispenser has a bottom opening for dispensing selected articles and these are accessible for use through the bottom access opening. Normally, the door covering the front access opening will be shut and the dispensers are hidden from view. The dispensers are removable from the rail so that selected dispensers may be used according to the nature of the dispensed articles which are required.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1999Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Inventors: Charles G. Shepherd, Donald G. Coburn
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Patent number: 6065265Abstract: An interlocking building block for use in constructing mortarless walls in which the block has a first face shell in spaced relationship with a second face shell which define opposed inner surfaces for the block. Between the face shells, there stands at least one transversely-disposed bridge portion and a transverse end portion which defines an operatively outer surface for the block and which closes one end of the block between the first and second face shells. A grouting cavity is formed between the transverse end portion and a bridge portion. Both the transversely-disposed bridge portions and the transverse end portion have integrally-formed projections which extend above the height of the block on an operatively-upper surface and corresponding recesses are formed in an operatively lower surface of the block.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1998Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: Newtec Building Products Inc.Inventor: Simon Stenekes
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Patent number: 6053797Abstract: An interactive toy programmed to respond in different ways to mechanical stimulation depending on the level and kind of applied stimulation. The toy includes a body and an electronic circuit coupled to the body which electronic circuit may be connected to a power source for supplying electric current to the circuit. The circuit includes a sensor arranged in association with the body, which sensor is responsive to mechanical stimulation to produce a signal dependent on the nature and degree of the mechanical stimulation. A signal recognition and processing device is coupled to the sensor, which device is for processing the signal to produce a command. An output device is, in turn, coupled to the signal recognition and processing device, which output device is for carrying out a programmed response in response to the command. The sensor is an elastomeric variable resistor composition including an elastomer in which are embedded conductive particles.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1998Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: Eastgate Innovations IncorporatedInventors: Henry H. T. Tsang, Jeff Mak
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Patent number: 6039396Abstract: A seat covering is made with a planar base of resilient material and a plurality of resilient spaced columns integrally formed with the base. Each column has a wide end adjacent to the base and a free narrow end remote from the base, the columns extending outwardly on one side of the base to define a shock absorbing surface spaced from the base and creating a flow path for ambient air to travel between the columns. The columns are adapted to flex independently from one another and to converge together or diverge from one another in response to the movement or anatomy of a person, so that friction resulting from relative movement between the covering and the person is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1997Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: Supima Holdings Inc.Inventor: Paul Muser
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Patent number: D438726Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2000Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: 1112923 Ontario Inc.Inventors: Donald G. Coburn, Charles G. Shepherd, Kenneth Hugh Hollebone
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Patent number: D444508Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2000Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Inventor: Gus Dean George
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Patent number: D450890Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1998Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Inventor: Joseph Van Buuren
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Patent number: D424198Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1998Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Assignee: 1112923 Ontario Inc.Inventors: Charles Grey Shepherd, Donald G. Coburn
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Patent number: D425736Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1998Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Inventors: Donald G. Coburn, Charles G. Shepherd
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Patent number: D429086Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1998Date of Patent: August 8, 2000Assignee: 1112923 Ontario Inc.Inventors: Donald G. Coburn, Charles G. Shepherd