Patents Represented by Attorney L. A. Marsh
  • Patent number: 7500768
    Abstract: A vehicle headlight has a motor operated adjustable mounting for adjusting the beam of light in a plane. The adjustment device includes an ear on the headlight with an axially extendable arm, the extension of which is driven by an electric motor. Rotation of the motor causes motorized adjustment of the beam. The motor is slideably mounted in a retainer for movement parallel to the extendable arm. A manually adjustable screw adjusts the position of the motor along the slide to permit manual alignment of the headlight beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Inventor: Jack Chen
  • Patent number: 7473012
    Abstract: A window assembly comprising an elongated transparent pane, at least one lighting assembly and at least one opaque covering, the elongated transparent pane having the opaque covering associated with the interior surface thereof and having the lighting assembly mounted adjacent the interior surface of the opaque covering, the opaque covering having at least one aperture disposed therethrough wherein light emanating from the lighting assembly is visible from the exterior surface of the window assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Inventor: Bud H. Thomas
  • Patent number: 7445527
    Abstract: An electrical terminal connector has a wire receiving opening disposed through a body member thereof, the wire receiving opening having a defined guiding surface provided on an insertion side of the body member. The defined guiding surface is tangent to the wire receiving opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Inventor: James E. Carr
  • Patent number: 7425718
    Abstract: A lighting system comprising at least one lighting assembly, the lighting assembly comprising at least one ultraviolet light source, means for separately controlling ultraviolet light source and a mounting base, the mounting base carrying the ultraviolet light source with the means for separately controlling disposed remote therefrom, lighting assemblies of the lighting system mounted upon a portion of the side of a boat wherein the ultraviolet light source comprises an array of point lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Inventors: Nancy Baley, legal representative, Richard L. Marsh, David Baley
  • Patent number: 7424960
    Abstract: A chip dispenser for dispensing a plurality of poker chips has a base with upper and lower surfaces and an outer wall through which extend a plurality of slides. Extending upward of the base is a plurality of tubular members for retaining chips. The thickness of each of the slides is chosen to be approximately equal to the number of chips to be dispensed with the actuation of each such slide. Upon actuation of a slide, the chips are moved to a cavity within the base and allowed to fall through a centralized hole in the bottom surface thereof and into a retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas J. Vokac
  • Patent number: 7418955
    Abstract: An apparatus for enhancing fuel mileage of internal combustion engine consists of a tube inserted into a fuel line between a fuel storage tank and the engine, the tube having a plurality of electrodes protruding into a fuel passage within the tube. The electrodes are provided with an electrical charge for imparting electrical charges to liquid fuel molecules flowing through the fuel passage of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Inventor: James Dwayne Hankins
  • Patent number: 7412757
    Abstract: The Dove-Tail Sizing Stock with Solder Pockets includes the technique of increasing or reducing the size of a circular object, such as a finger ring. The sizing stock includes dovetail shaped ends with pockets of solder on each end. The solder that is inserted into the holes drilled into the dove-tail crevices on each end of the sizing stock is of the same color, karat and hardness as the sizing stock. The sizing stock will be of the same material, color, karat and hardness as the circular object or finger ring to be sized. It will be understood that the foregoing description is for illustration purposes only. Other adaptations and uses of the invention may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Inventors: Charles Edward Corkran, Leamon Cotton, Jr., Thomas David Smith
  • Patent number: 7394363
    Abstract: A multipurpose sensing system of detecting, qualifying and quantifying a potential threat to national security comprises a multipurpose sensing module associated with each cargo carrying container. The system tracks the instantaneous location of each cargo carrying container with the multipurpose sensing module on board each cargo carrying container sampling the contents thereof for the presence of material selected from the group comprising nuclear, biological and chemical grade weapons material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Inventor: Bahador Ghahramani
  • Patent number: 7343947
    Abstract: The cylindrical shank of a rotatable tool is retained in the cylindrical bore of a tool holder by a retainer that engages an annular groove on a portion of the shank of the tool that extends outward of the rear surface of the tool holder. The tool has an axial bore in the distal end of the shank. The retainer has a pair of spaced ridges that engage the annular groove on the shank and a panel that extends across the distal end of the shank. The retainer is held in place by a pin extending through the panel and into the bore in the distal end of the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Sollami Company
    Inventor: Phillip A. Sollami
  • Patent number: 7345955
    Abstract: A daily display is associated with a text display, the daily display comprising a specific Gregorian calendar date, the text display comprising an abbreviated name of a text reference work wherein the text display is associated with the specific Gregorian calendar date to constitute a complete bibliographic citation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Inventor: Steven R. Campbell
  • Patent number: 7334719
    Abstract: A banking envelope is made from a blank of material such as paper. The blank has a rectangular back panel, a front panel, a side flap opposite the front panel, and opposing end flaps. The assembled envelope has advertising material printed on the visible surfaces thereof. A portion of the advertising material promotes the banking institution from which the envelope is issued and other portions of the advertising material promotes at least one unrelated business institution located in near proximity to the banking institution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Inventor: David L. Fisher
  • Patent number: 7333724
    Abstract: A camera has an axially moveable cylinder retaining a lens and a piezo ceramic motor for axially moving the cylinder. The motor has a piezo ceramic drive member that incrementally advances the cylinder in response to the application of an electric potential and a piezo ceramic brake that locks the cylinder against movement. The drive member and the brake are alternately energized to advance the cylinder in a series of incremental steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Inventor: Jack Chen
  • Patent number: 7309218
    Abstract: A pump suitable for use with contamination-sensitive fluids such as food products or pharmaceutical fluids includes an outer casing containing an internal cavity, the outer casing having an enlarged opening on one end, a second opening on an opposite end, a first inlet port and a first outlet port. The internal cavity has pumping parts disposed substantially within the cavity, the pumping parts comprising end blocks each having a drive and idler shaft support, a drive shaft and an idler shaft, a plurality of pumping wheels, and a center block with an internal cavity defining a pumping chamber. The enlarged opening of the outer casing is sealed by an end cap, an elastomeric seal and a quickly removable industry-standard clamp. The second opening of the outer casing is provided for the drive shaft and is sealed by an elastomeric shaft seal. The pumping wheels are rotationally active with, but not axially retained, on respective support shafts and are substantially free to slide on their respective axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Inventors: Graham Louis Lewis, Max Yablonovitch
  • Patent number: 7291852
    Abstract: A lighting system comprising at least one lighting assembly, the lighting assembly comprising at least one ultraviolet light source, means for separately controlling ultraviolet light source and a mounting base, the mounting base carrying the ultraviolet light source with the means for separately controlling disposed remote therefrom, lighting assemblies of the lighting system mounted upon a portion of the side of a boat wherein the ultraviolet light source comprises an array of point lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Infinite Innovations Inc. of John A. Matlack only
    Inventors: John A. Matlack, David Baley, Richard L. Marsh
  • Patent number: D554717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Inventor: Neil J. McKinnell
  • Patent number: D559140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Inventor: Dennis E. Hilton
  • Patent number: D561704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Inventor: James L. Collins
  • Patent number: D567730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Inventor: John G. Polka
  • Patent number: D567731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Inventor: John G. Polka
  • Patent number: D571310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Inventor: James L. Collins