Patents Represented by Law Firm Kolisch, Hartwell & Dickson
  • Patent number: 5992884
    Abstract: The present invention is a restraining system for securing a detainee in a seat of a vehicle including a restraining belt extending from an anchoring point in the middle region of the seat to a stowing point outboard of the anchoring point and a latching mechanism adjacent to a side region of the seat. The system is in non-securing operation when the belt extends to the stowing point and in securing operation when the belt is removed from the stowing point and connected to the latching mechanism such that the belt traverses the detainee's torso.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: The City of Portland, Oregon
    Inventors: Donald Chris Gillespie, Richard B. Austria, John Scott Montgomery, Scott M. Reasor, Sam J. Pronesti
  • Patent number: 5976036
    Abstract: An insert to provide stiffness to a baseball glove. Conventional baseball gloves have cavities for receiving the digits and palm of a hand. The insert includes a central expanse, a first elongate extension extending outwardly from the central expanse, and a second elongate extension extending oppositely from the first elongate extension outwardly from the central expanse. Preferably, a central elongate extension extends intermediate the first elongate extension and the second elongate extension. The first elongate extension is fittable within a digit-receiving cavity of the glove, such as that intended to receive a thumb, the central elongate extension is fittable within another cavity of a glove, such as that intended to receive the middle finger of a hand, and the opposing elongate extension is fittable within a cavity of the glove corresponding to the pinkie of a hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventor: Derry A. Jackson
  • Patent number: 4896471
    Abstract: A raised panel door wherein a support panel in the door has panel-simulating zones distributed over opposite faces. The support panel is made of a compacted, mineral-based, fire-retardant material, and special molding strips secure panel inserts in the panel-simulating zones to face overlays in the support panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Truline Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventor: Terry A. Turner