Patents Represented by Law Firm Learman & McCullouch
  • Patent number: 5461820
    Abstract: A swivel for coupling a fishing lure to a fishing line comprises a body rotatable about an axis and having one end accommodated in a cavity of a housing. A journal within the housing encircles the body and has latching fingers which extend radially outward of the axis into latching engagement with keepers on the housing. The journal confronts a retainer having projections which are operable in response to the application of tensile force on the swivel to resist movement of the latching fingers in a direction to release them from the keepers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Inventor: Bret S. Sorola
  • Patent number: 5446929
    Abstract: The bath tub (10) having side access has a main tub body (12), a door support, a tambour door assembly (16), a door seal 18 and a control system (20). The door support includes door guide assemblies (64). A tambour door (66) with a plurality of tambour slats (76 or 401) and a flexible impervious membrane (86) is guided by the door guide assemblies (64). The tambour door (66) is in a horizontal position under the floor (27) when it is open and in a vertical position closing the open side (28) of the main tub body (12) when it is closed. A seal (18) seals between the main tub body and the membrane (86). The seal (18) includes a tube (155) that is inflated to seal between the main tub (12) and the tambour door (66). The control system (20) closes the drain 46 when the tambour door (66) is closed and the seal (18) is inflated and the tambour door (66) is constrained in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Siltech Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur A. Sills, Frederick A. Kilbourn, Brian K. Nelson, Donald J. Henderson
  • Patent number: D272320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: Cosden Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent E. Fortuna
  • Patent number: D309192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: Agrob AG
    Inventor: Luigi Colani