Patents Represented by Law Firm Lane, Aitken & McCann, L.L.P.
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Patent number: 6145267Abstract: An interlocking block for constructing walls without mortar at bed joints includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a web arrangement connecting the walls, wherein upper and lower surfaces of the block when in use are formed in contact with walls of a mold, and the block is slipped from the mold in a direction parallel to the mold walls. Interlocking recesses and ridges are formed in one piece with the walls of the block. The web is minimal in cross-sectional area and is positioned at one end of the block and between the top and bottom to create large empty volumes defining vertical and horizontal passages. The block can include one or more intermediate walls parallel to the inner and outer walls and additional webs to connect the intermediate walls to the inner and outer walls.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1997Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Inventor: Jorge Pardo
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Patent number: 6094954Abstract: A key and insert assembly is designed for the identification of keys or key blanks. The key is provided with a slot through the key head which is oriented in a plane parallel with the face of the key head. A window through the key head intersects the slot. The slot is designed to receive a thin insert made of synthetic resin and the window area allows a portion of the insert to be displayed. Information regarding the key or other codes may be printed on the insert region which is displayed. In a preferred embodiment, the insert is retained in the slot by a snap-fit arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1998Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Inventor: Norman M. Carmen
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Patent number: 6089651Abstract: An anchoring device for a conventional folding chair employs a longitudinal rod and two brackets attached to a vertical support member. A retention element on the chair's backrest engages the rod and allows for slidable movement. The rear legs of the chair are pivotally attached to brackets at or near the floor. The arrangement allows the chair to be open and closed and while retained against a wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1999Date of Patent: July 18, 2000Inventor: Norman Carmen
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Patent number: 6088902Abstract: A method of fixing a tubular metal member in an aperture which comprises, locating the tubular metal member in the aperture and deforming the 10 metal of the tubular member to expand to extend within the confines of said aperture, which may be formed in masonry. A method of fixing two tubular metal members one to the other, is disclosed, which comprises locating a first tubular metal member (10) through a transverse aperture (12) in a second tubular metal member (11) and deforming the metal of the first member (10) to expand (13) to extend within the longitudinal passage of the second member (11) at the location of the transverse aperture (12) therethrough. A tool for carrying out the method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1997Date of Patent: July 18, 2000Inventor: Dennis Arthur Summers
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Patent number: 6076433Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a handle, a housing attached to said handle, a ratchet gear mounted for rotation in said housing, the ratchet gear having an axis of rotation extending through the housing, and means connected to the ratchet gear for turning a threaded fastener. A pawl is mounted on the handle about a pivot axis that extends through the handle, the pawl pivoting among a first position in which the pawl permits unrestricted rotation of the ratchet gear, a second position in which the pawl engages the ratchet gear to prevent rotation of the ratchet gear in one direction, but allows rotation of the ratchet gear in the opposite direction, and a third position in which the pawl engages the ratchet gear to prevent rotation of the ratchet gear in the opposite direction, but allows rotation of the ratchet gear in the one direction. A method for turning a threaded fastener is also included.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1998Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Inventor: Joseph A. Lynch
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Patent number: 6062781Abstract: A load security system for a storage and transport framework for storing and/or transporting two-dimensional articles comprises an abutment element for engaging one side edge of the two-dimensional articles, a spring or pivoted element for engaging an opposite side edge of the two-dimensional articles, and a tensioning device connected between the spring or pivoted element and a framework supporting the two-dimensional articles so that the spring or pivoted element exerts pressure on the surface of the two-dimensional articles for flat pressure thereof onto the framework and, simultaneously, exerts pressure on the side edges of the two-dimensional articles in a direction toward the abutment element.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Inventor: Siegfried Glaser
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Patent number: 6049913Abstract: A waterproof outer garment comprises one piece of material wrappable around the wearer between the knees and the back, with edges overlapping and securable to one another by quick locking and quick release fasteners. The edges are securable in varying amounts of overlap to adjust the garment to the size of the wearer, and suspenders prevent the garment slipping down on the wearer. In one embodiment, the entire garment is made from a material impervious to the ingress of water. In another embodiment, portions of the garment which are not subject to contact under pressure with snow and water are made of a lighter weight material which need not be waterproof. Garments according to the present invention which are made partly from non-waterproof material can be made lighter, more comfortable and perhaps more stylish than garments made entirely from waterproof material.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1998Date of Patent: April 18, 2000Inventor: Charles M. Harrigan, Jr.
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Patent number: 6047730Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the drive system for double seat valves comprising two individually movable closure members which, in addition to the open position, can each be individually moved into a partial open position. The object of the invention is to construct a device which is easy to assemble and is space-saving and which should be able to provide externally adjustable, partial lift stops for both closure members. Said object is attained in that a piston (107) of a first individual adjustment device (1b) for the partial open position (T1) of the independently driven closure member (4) is displaceably arranged, to form a seal, externally in a drive housing (100) of the drive device (1), and a piston (108) of a second individual adjustment device (1c) for the partial open position (T2) of the dependently driven closure member (5) is displaceably arranged, to form a seal, externally in a cylindrical recess (107a) of the piston (107), which recess faces a main adjustment device (1a).Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1998Date of Patent: April 11, 2000Assignee: Tuchenhagen GmbHInventors: Herbert Robert Coura, Jurgen Schreiber
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Patent number: 6047857Abstract: A process for removing bulk material from a gastight silo. At the silo outlet (10) a container is connected in a gastight arrangement with an input valve and an output valve (12, 13) through which the container is evacuated before the bulk material is removed. In addition, a gastight membrane (20) is fitted in the container (11) in order to seal off the bulk material from the surroundings during the initial stages of the removal operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1998Date of Patent: April 11, 2000Inventor: Hinrich Haake
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Patent number: 6035920Abstract: The screening arrangement, in particular a Venetian blind, is intended for installation in a roof window and comprises a screening length having a number of mutually connected elements as well as profile lists to be mounted on each of the side members of the sash and each having a track for receiving a structure displaceable along the track, the structure comprising a spring housing and a slide shoe. The slide shoe is provided with an abutment surface for the elements of the screening length during their gathering during raising of the screening arrangement. A bottom list of the screening length facing the bottom member of the frame is connected at each end with the displaceable structure and loaded in the direction of the bottom member of the sash by a coil spring rotatably mounted in the spring housing, the uncoiled portion of the spring extending in the track in question from the displaceable structure to a fixing point at the bottom member of the sash.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1998Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignee: V. Kann Rasmussen Industri A/SInventors: Gert Godvig Lassen, Jesper .O slashed.stergaard Kristensen
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Patent number: 6036363Abstract: A device for sorting litter, household refuse or the like in a container, a holder device or the like, and for disposing of the refuse separately. The device comprises at least two separably interconnected sack-like chambers which are formed from foil material and are interconnected in their upper regions such that they merge into a common region (2) in the manner of a pair of tights. A gusset (6, 7) is formed in each case between adjacent chambers (3,4).Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1998Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Inventor: Florian Behnk
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Patent number: 6009679Abstract: A wall element for wooden building comprises a number of board members (11, 23) of uniform length which are joined side by side by designing the opposite side edges of the elements with cooperating engagement members which between two neighboring elements provide a joint with labyrinth seal forming a pressure-reducing passage for wind loads on the exterior of the element. On the internal side, the board members (11, 23) are retained by transverse lath elements (12, 13; 24) by means of screw connections through the lath elements (12, 13; 24) into the backside of the board members (11, 23). At its top and bottom edges, the wall element is designed with cooperating bevel faces (29-32) for joining of overlying wall elements in a locked engagement.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1997Date of Patent: January 4, 2000Assignee: V. Kann Rasmussen Industri A/SInventor: Poul Erik Larsen
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Patent number: 5997110Abstract: A metal core for a rubber crawler, wherein an engaging part with a sprocket is provided at the center thereof, wherein horn members are provided at the outsides of the engaging part, wherein right and left wing parts are provided at the outsides of the horn members, wherein concave parts are formed by intercepting the engaging part lengthwise and crosswise by a rib, and wherein inner surfaces of the right and left horn members are inclined at a fixed angle to the wing portion of the metal core in a top view.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1997Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Fukuyama Gomu Kogyo Kabushiki GaishaInventors: Yusaku Katoh, Tuyoshi Uchiyama
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Patent number: 5984437Abstract: A connecting link type rubber crawler mounted to the traveling unit of a mobile construction machine, wherein fallout of the crawler and sinking of turning wheels hardly occur.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1996Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Fukuyama Gomu Kogyo Kabushiki GaishaInventor: Yusaku Katoh
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Patent number: 5965191Abstract: The present invention has, as its object, a processed fish flesh having a high yield and a high nutritious value, showing a powerful heat binding characteristic and a resiliency, having a versatile processing, preventing a denaturation loss, capable of eliminating almost of all flowing-out of drip such as a low molecular nutritious substance and utilizing these features effectively. The processed fish flesh of the present invention has a configuration including salt of 0.2 to 4 weight parts in its dry weight added in a form of solution in 1.5 to 7 mol concentration dissolved in water or drip, and alkali agent of 0.1 to 2.7 weight parts in its dry weight added in a form of solution in 0.3 to 3 mol concentration dissolved in water or drip.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1997Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha KatayamaInventors: Hiroshi Katayama, Taro Katayama
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Patent number: 5947366Abstract: The invention concerns a container made from a cardboard blank and intended for articles of clothing, in particular pullovers, T-shirts and the like. It comprises a front section with a flap section joined by an intermediate section via fold lines, a rear section with a flap section joined via a fold line, and an intermediate section which connects the front section and rear section and is provided with a grip- or view-hole. The front section is provided in one of its edge regions with a pop-up flap unit formed by an incompletely closed cut line, preferably an arc of about 300.degree..Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1998Date of Patent: September 7, 1999Assignee: Stefan SchulzInventors: Andre Feldmann, Arne Jacob Schultchen
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Patent number: D416626Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1998Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Velux Industri A/SInventors: Brent M.o slashed.ller, Samuel Howard Darmer
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Patent number: D418609Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: January 4, 2000Assignee: VELUX Industri A/SInventor: Claes Lindgren
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Patent number: D424209Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Assignee: VELUX Industri A/SInventor: Claes Lindgren