Patents Represented by Attorney Kenneth P. Glynn, Esq.
  • Patent number: 6496687
    Abstract: The present invention is a computer-based radio scanner internet system, with home base user computers with radio scanner hardware and software, a host server computer, a plurality of remotely located antenna computers connected to antennas, and an internet system. The user computer also has conventional operating hardware and software, a sound system, a monitor, a keyboard or mouse, as well as disc drive, CD Rom drive. The radio scanner hardware contained within the user computer includes a radio receiver and frequency changer with a scanner range having at least some frequencies in the range of 25 MHz to 1,300 MHz. The antenna computers are available via the internet connection for connecting to user computers to offer remote scanning of even an intercontinental nature, e.g., a user in Boston can, through this system, use his computer-based scanner to scan frequencies in, for example, Los Angeles. Local scanning is also available using the foregoing user computers with their own antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Inventor: George Switlyk
  • Patent number: 6487804
    Abstract: The present invention is a firearm system with a personal safety interlock mechanism which permits only selective personnel to fire a specific firearm. It includes a firearm having a firing mechanism with trigger, and a handle area, a decoding locking mechanism, an engagement assembly and handwear. The decoding/locking mechanism is mounted at the handle area. It has a plurality of recesses with receiving tabs, for transfer of a correct key code to a locking assembly; which is functionally connected to the receiving tabs and to a disabling mechanism. The disabling mechanism has a lock position and an unlock position, and is biased in the lock position for the disengagement of the firing mechanism of the firearm. It is movable to its unlock position by insertion of an engagement assembly with an encoding key located on the handwear and having the correct key code, into the recesses. The handwear may be worn on a trigger hand of selective personnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: IMET Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph R. Petrella, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6460950
    Abstract: The modular moving carts include removable, attachable shelf storage units which are useful in two, three or four different positions. By changing the relative positions of the units, i.e., standing and facing one direction, they form bookcases/storage areas having a depth to accommodate books, or to form deep shelves to accommodate computers, typewriters, etc., and in a position lying down, to form a container or bin. The cart includes a rectangular base member having four outer edges adapted to support and retain two or more shelf storage units and has a predetermined width, a predetermined length and a predetermined area (based on the width multiplied by the length), with a plurality of wheels attached thereto. There is also at least one first type of shelf storage unit and at least one second type of shelf storage unit included in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher G. Spitzer, Richard F. Spitzer
  • Patent number: 6450188
    Abstract: A fumigation tent includes a frame suspended from a structure by support cables, the frame having an underside; a tarp adapted to be mounted to the top side of the frame, the tarp hanging from the frame defining a tent having a top and side curtains having a lower periphery that defines a bottom perimeter; a sealing arrangement for connecting and sealing the top of the tarp to the frame; a first plurality of cables for raising and lowering the side curtains and being connected to the side curtains and to means for raising and lowering the first plurality of cables; a second plurality of cables for raising and lowering the frame and being connected to the frame and to means for raising and lowering the second plurality of cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Western Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Langhart
  • Patent number: 6450352
    Abstract: The present invention is a child-resistant push and twist locking container. It includes a squeeze tube container having a neck and a dispensing orifice at an outer end of the neck, and the neck has one of a locking track and a locking lug. There is also a cap having at least three components and being assembled to cooperate with each other. This cap includes an outer shell having a sidewall and a top, the outer shell being adapted to receive and contain an inner top, a spring mechanism and an inner collar member; an inner top inserted into the outer shell and including a sealing liner for sealing the container; and, an inner collar member fixedly inserted into the outer shell and having the other of the locking track and the locking lug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Inventor: Stuart W. DeJonge
  • Patent number: 6448747
    Abstract: The present invention electricity pod controller device includes: (a) in-parallel connection to an incoming power supply of a facility including a hot line and a neutral line, and at least one ground. There are components connected between the hot line and the neutral line in the following order; (b) at least one front metal oxide varistor line transient voltage surge suppressor having a predetermined capability to suppress undesired power spikes; (c) at least one capacitor of predetermined capacitance; (d) at least two chokes in the form of inductor/metal oxide varistor transformers; (e) at least a second capacitor of its own predetermined capacitance; (f) at least one back metal oxide varistor having a predetermined capability. In preferred embodiments, the metal oxide varistor may be a plurality of varistors in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Power Saver Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Guy J. Lestician
  • Patent number: 6446986
    Abstract: The present invention is a shopping cart for manually transporting goods from one location to another, it includes a bottom frame with a plurality of wheels connected thereto, a vertical support connected to the bottom frame and extending upwardly therefrom to support a basket. The basket has a rigid bottom, an open top, a front and a back, and two side walls. Each of the side walls includes at least one top member connected to the front and the back, and further includes a flexible, elastically expandable member connected to the top member and elsewhere to the basket. The flexible, elastically expandable member may be open mesh or sheet, and may be a partial panel. Optionally the flexible, elastically expandable material may be included in the front of the cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Inventor: Marc L. Ames
  • Patent number: 6431059
    Abstract: The present invention is a device for baking spherical food products. It includes a main support, made of material capable of sustaining a temperature of at least 500 degrees Fahrenheit, which has an outer perimeter for nesting atop a pan or its equivalent, e.g., a cake pan, brownie pan, cookie tin, a pot, a frying pan, or even a piece of aluminum foil folded on its edges to act like a pan. The primary purpose of the pan is to receive and hold grease and drippings from the food products being cooked in the present invention devices. The main support of the present invention device includes a plurality of semispherical recesses, each having a predetermined outer radius, and being located on the main support, typically in an orderly fashion, and having a plurality of drainage holes located thereon. The invention may be formed of a high temperature tolerant material such as metal, ceramic and glass, and may also have a non-stick coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Inventor: Sandra L. Castellani
  • Patent number: 6422253
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanized fumigation tent with a composite closing structure. The composite closing structure is connected to the bottom perimeter of side curtains for sealing the bottom perimeter of the side curtains. The composite closing structure has at least a first component and second component. The first component is a structural support component and has sufficient rigidity to flex no greater than 6 inches over a 10 foot length with a fulcrum weight of 100 pounds. The second component is a sealing component and is formed of flexible material. Further, the sealing component may be a flexible base mounted along the bottom perimeter for receiving, holding and releasing water from an external water supply. When the sealing component holds water, it will seal the tent to a floor. In a preferred embodiment, the structural support component is formed of a triangular cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Western Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Glynn, Christopher D. Langhart
  • Patent number: 6419663
    Abstract: The present invention mechanically propelled, liquid metered dispenser includes a main housing with liquid storage and a liquid advancing component for either allowing liquid to flow out or assisting in the flow of liquid out of the main housing by exerting pressure, into a metered dosage dispensing chamber in response to a loading movement of a cocking mechanism. The chamber has an inlet connected to the main housing with a one-way valve to only permit flow of liquid into the chamber. The chamber also has an outlet orifice for dispensing liquid therefrom in a metered amount. The chamber has a reciprocal plunger and has a load and release component connected to it, which includes a cocking mechanism, a locking mechanism, and a spring. The cocking mechanism is functionally connected to the plunger so as to move in harmony therewith, or, more preferably, to move a relatively short distance relative to the distance traveled by the cocking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: John E. Harrold
  • Patent number: 6419662
    Abstract: The present invention is a continuous irrigation system for medical applications, including transurethral resection procedures, which provides automatic bag switching. It includes: (a) a first and second liquid irrigation bag; (b) a first proximal tubing and a second proximal tubing extending from the first liquid irrigation bag and the second liquid irrigation bag, respectively, and (c) a control valve device. The control valve device includes: (i) a main housing having a hollow body and a top and a bottom; (ii) an outlet located on and extending downwardly from the bottom for attachment of distal delivery tubing thereto; (iii) two inlets, located on or near the top of the main housing for the first and second proximal tubing; (iv) a floatation valve for opening and closing the second inlet. There is a distal delivery tubing connected to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: Anthony Solazzo
  • Patent number: 6416750
    Abstract: Disclosed is process of making stable antiperspirant active solutions, which process comprises the steps of: (A) preparing an aqueous solution comprising an aluminum-containing antiperspirant active, water, and an anhydrous solvent having a solubility parameter of from about 9 (cal/cm3)0.5 to about 15 (cal/cm3)0.5; (B) spray-drying the aqueous solution to form a solid powder comprising aluminum-containing antiperspirant active and the anhydrous solvent; and (C) dissolving the solid powder in a second anhydrous solvent at a temperature of not more than 85° C., the second anhydrous solvent comprising a 1,2-diol solvent having at least 4 carbon atoms, to form a stable antiperspirant active solution comprising solubilized aluminum-containing antiperspirant active and the 1,2-diol solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Somerville Technology Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Lee Harper, Shailesh Mehta, Allan Herbert Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 6413246
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metered, mechanically propelled, liquid dispenser. It has a main body cylinder having liquid and liquid advancing mechanism for advancing the liquid into a metered dosage dispensing chamber. There is a cocking mechanism which includes a lock pin, a stressed slot and a rest slot. When the cocking mechanism is locked, the advancing means is moved and liquid is ready for firing from the metered dosage dispensing chamber through a dispensing orifice. The cocking mechanism is slowly rotated while holding the main body cylinder vertically and the pin is manually moved into the rest slot thereby causing a plunger to be forced by a spring to push against a stop on a trigger which advances the trigger to rapidly force the liquid out of the metered dosage dispensing chamber through the dispensing orifice. The dispensing orifice includes a one-way valve which allows the liquid to be dispensed while preventing air from returning to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventor: John E. Harrold
  • Patent number: 6406071
    Abstract: A latch mechanism having a flexible catch attached to a base with a centering disk for cooperative self-alignment with the door through which the latch mechanism is to be inserted and a shaft having a plurality of retention disks at spaced apart locations on the shaft is preferably molded into a single piece construction for cooperative combination with a handle (or knob) which is preferably molded in two sections and connected by a flexible hinge such that each section is a mirror image of the other. Each handle section has arrayed along its centerline a series of receivers for the plurality of disks on the latch shaft such that the disks are captured and retained in the receivers when the two sections of the handle are folded over onto one another and snap locked in place by cooperating projections and receivers positioned in opposing positions on each section of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Elastolatch, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. LaViola, Salvatore P. J. Vito
  • Patent number: 6401991
    Abstract: The present invention is a computer timed-locked medication container, which includes a container for holding medication. The container includes sidewalls, a partially open front, a back, a bottom, a top, at least one section extending from the partially open front to the back. Each section is sized and shaped to hold a plurality of compartments and each of the compartments is sized and shaped to hold at least one unit of medication. Each compartment has sidewalls, a bottom, a front, a back, opening-locking means for opening and locking at least one unit of medication in the compartment. When medication is due to be dispensed, an alarm will sound. Upon pressing a medication release button, the scheduled compartment will be opened and the medication will be accessible. If the medication button has not been sounded within a preselected time period, a message will be generated, either internally or through the Internet, on non-compliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: Kathleen H. Eannone
  • Patent number: 6402415
    Abstract: An anchoring biscuit device for joining three boards. It includes, (a) a first substantially flat horizontal top element having a generally biscuit-shaped configuration, (b) at least one substantially vertical support member attached to the underside of the top element and extending downwardly therefrom for a predetermined length for joinder of two adjacent boards which have been pre-cut with biscuit receiving slots, and, (c) an attachment orifice located at least on the top element for attachment of the anchoring biscuit device to a support board for anchoring and support of the two adjacent boards. In one preferred embodiment, a top bevel is included at the orifice to permit angled screwing at positions other than vertical positions. In other embodiments, the screw orifice will have an oval or elongated shape to likewise enable screwing at angles other than vertical. In yet another preferred embodiment, the orifice will both be beveled and elongated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: Harry W. Eberle, III
  • Patent number: 6384583
    Abstract: The present invention system includes: (a) in-parallel connection to an incoming power supply of a facility including a hot line and a neutral line, and at least one ground. There are components connected between the hot line and the neutral line in the following order (b) front metal oxide varistor(s) line transient voltage surge suppressor having to suppress undesired power spikes;(c) at least one capacitor of predetermined capacitance;(d) at least two chokes in the form of inductor/metal oxide varistor transformers;(e) at least a second capacitor of its own predetermined capacitance;(f) back metal oxide varistor(S) having a predetermined capability. In preferred embodiments, the metal oxide varistor may be a plurality of varistors in parallel; (g) a failure indicator circuit connected to the transient voltage surge suppressor, including at least one relay, one voltage-surge responsive switch and one indicator signalling component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Power Saver Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Guy J. Lestician
  • Patent number: 6372131
    Abstract: The present invention is a waste water treatment system, which includes at least one closed, covered structure having waste water ingress and waste water egress and waste water treatment capabilities within the structure, and having an ambient air ingress with predetermined volumetric air flow rates, and having an ambient air egress for release of air to the atmosphere; and further includes an ionic oxygen generator connected to the air ingress or egress and has sufficient capacity to generate at least 200 ions of ionic oxygen for removal of odor from exiting air before it is released to the atmosphere. In some preferred embodiments, the waste water treatment is a dissolved air flotation treatment with at least one covered tank containing solid-liquid waste content, and includes sufficient pumping capacity to floatate a solid component of the solid-liquid waste content of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Inventors: Bernard J. Mirowsky, Paul D. Mirowsky
  • Patent number: 6361325
    Abstract: The present invention is children's sleeptime timer and clock device. It includes a housing which contains and displays a clock, such as a digital clock, and/or an analog clock, and contains a sleeptime display timer. The sleeptime display timer contained within the housing includes a display wheel having at least two illustrations wherein when a first illustration is openly displayed at least a second illustration is hidden from view and vice versa and wherein at least the first illustration relates to a child's sleeptime. There is also a step-up drive mechanism connected to the display wheel and adapted to maintain the display wheel in a first position and then shift it to a second position and vice versa, at predetermined times. There is also a timing mechanism to operate the set-up drive mechanism at the first and second predetermined times to rotate the display wheel, as well as a setting mechanism to permit setting of the first and the second predetermined times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: Patricia E. McGuire
  • Patent number: 6352259
    Abstract: The present invention is a pet lover's board game. It includes a playing board having a predetermined continuous path with spaces for movement of pieces therealong in accordance with rules. The playing board has marked breed spaces designating a specified breed of animal selected from cats, dogs, birds, horses and combinations thereof which have specified costs to own and a landing fee value. The board also has marked action spaces and marked event spaces. There is a random movement mechanism for randomly determining numbers of spaces to be moved by players in accordance with the rules, a set of pet ownership papers for the marked breed spaces provided to a player in exchange for payment of play money, and a set of event cards. Play money is used to make purchases, pay fines and pay landing fees. In preferred embodiments, houses and macro-houses may be purchased to enhance values and increase landing fees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Inventor: Richard N. Israel