Patents Represented by Law Firm Lane, Aitken & McCann, L.L.P.
  • Patent number: 6145267
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventor: Jorge Pardo
  • Patent number: 6094954
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Inventor: Norman M. Carmen
  • Patent number: 6089651
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Inventor: Norman Carmen
  • Patent number: 6088902
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Inventor: Dennis Arthur Summers
  • Patent number: 6076433
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventor: Joseph A. Lynch
  • Patent number: 6062781
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Inventor: Siegfried Glaser
  • Patent number: 6049913
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Inventor: Charles M. Harrigan, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6047730
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Tuchenhagen GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Robert Coura, Jurgen Schreiber
  • Patent number: 6047857
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Inventor: Hinrich Haake
  • Patent number: 6035920
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: V. Kann Rasmussen Industri A/S
    Inventors: Gert Godvig Lassen, Jesper .O slashed.stergaard Kristensen
  • Patent number: 6036363
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: Florian Behnk
  • Patent number: 6009679
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: V. Kann Rasmussen Industri A/S
    Inventor: Poul Erik Larsen
  • Patent number: 5997110
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Fukuyama Gomu Kogyo Kabushiki Gaisha
    Inventors: Yusaku Katoh, Tuyoshi Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 5984437
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Fukuyama Gomu Kogyo Kabushiki Gaisha
    Inventor: Yusaku Katoh
  • Patent number: 5965191
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Katayama
    Inventors: Hiroshi Katayama, Taro Katayama
  • Patent number: 5947366
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Stefan Schulz
    Inventors: Andre Feldmann, Arne Jacob Schultchen
  • Patent number: D416626
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Velux Industri A/S
    Inventors: Brent M.o slashed.ller, Samuel Howard Darmer
  • Patent number: D418609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: VELUX Industri A/S
    Inventor: Claes Lindgren
  • Patent number: D424209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: VELUX Industri A/S
    Inventor: Claes Lindgren