Patents Represented by Law Firm Malloy, Downey & Malloy
  • Patent number: 5078418
    Abstract: A towing head assembly, designed to be mounted on a tow bar of a towing vehicle, which is structured to innerconnect the towing vehicle to a tow pin of the type normally found on aircraft landing gear. A connecting structure includes a rotatable cam selectively positionable into a clamping or locking position defined by camming engagement of a cam structure with the tow pin of the aircraft forcing it to be clamped between a remainder of the mounting structure such as one or more hook members. The cam structure includes an adjusting feature which adjustably forces a portion thereof into camming engagement with the tow pin so as to overcome wear of the tow pin and ensure a firm, clamping engagement therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Inventor: William Kalmanson
  • Patent number: 5076437
    Abstract: A container for storing slices of pizza therein, comprising a main container housing having an interior storage compartment structured and configured to conform with the shape of a standard slice of pizza. The container housing includes an open end adapted to receive at least one slice of pizza therethrough for containment within the storage compartment. A removable cap is structured to fit over the open end in covering, sealed relation to the storage compartment and is secured thereto by protruding knobs on the cap which snap into slots formed in opposite sides of the container housing. A surrounding outer lip formed on the upper peripheral edge of the container facilitates vertical stacking of several containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Inventor: Philip Y. Schindler
  • Patent number: 5074239
    Abstract: An Easter egg decorating and coloring kit for dyeing and painting Easter eggs and including an arrangement of dye chambers integrally formed and arranged in a linear orientation. A paint tray having paint receptacles and a paintbrush receptacle for placement of a paintbrush therein is integrally formed with and extends outwardly from a rear top edge of the dye chambers. A ladle for placement and removal of the Easter eggs from within the dye chambers is removably supported on a front of the dye chambers and includes an envelope attached to a head portion thereof containing dye tablets of a variety of colors to be dissolved within the chambers to form a dye solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Inventor: Verlene Law
  • Patent number: 5075830
    Abstract: An illuminated balloon having a front face and a rear face sealed together about an outer peripheral edge in surrounding relation to an interior gas chamber, and a neck portion integrally formed therewith to facilitate filling of gas within the interior chamber. An electric lamp is fixedly attached to an outer surface of the balloon so as to direct light through the interior chamber effectively illuminating a design on at least one of the faces of the balloon. A battery pack is electrically interconnected to the electric lamp by a pair of substantially thin gauge wires intertwined to form a cord extending therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Inventor: Rafael Perez
  • Patent number: 5075523
    Abstract: A signal activating device for activating a nurse call system as commonly used in hospitals and nursing homes to summon the attending personnel for assistance, wherein an elongate bar having circuitry electrically interconnected to the call system is supported on the railing structure of a bed or chair so as to extend transversely thereacross in a readily accessible location over a midportion of the body of a person in the bed or chair. A hollow tube is fitted over the bar in engaging, supported relation on a number of electric switches mounted at spaced intervals along the bar's length such that pressure applied by the person to any location along the upper portion of the tube serves to operate at least one electric switch on the bar, thereby activating the nurse call system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Inventor: Ralph W. Ford
  • Patent number: 5074110
    Abstract: A combustion engine comprising of a piston and cylinder assembly wherein the cylinder receives hot gasses emitted from a combustion chamber, the hot gasses being generated from the combustion of any of a variety of combustible material included but not limited to wood, coal, dry vegetation, and sawdust. The hot gasses, once received in the cylinder, are subjected to a compression stroke during which water is injected therein to create steam from the compression of the hot gasses and injected water whereby the resulting energy of expansion of the steam within a greatly reduced volume will result in a power stroke of the piston causing efficient work to be delivered to a power takeoff structure such as a crank shaft or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Inventor: Satnarine Singh
  • Patent number: 5072895
    Abstract: A cargo and work platform assembly adapted to be mounted to at least one of two longitudinally extending skid tubes beneath a helicopter fuselage wherein a plurality of support struts including inboard support struts and outboard support struts extend in supporting, connecting relation between the platform and the fuselage. In a preferred embodiment, the platform assembly includes two independent platforms separably mounted to one of the two longitudinal skid tubes in such a manner as to allow lateral displacement of the skid tubes upon landing or takeoff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Inventor: Mark Camus
  • Patent number: 5072963
    Abstract: A combined trailer home and boat assembly adapted to be towed behind a motor vehicle comprising a trailer having a frame structure supported on a plurality of wheels and including a support cradle for supporting a boat in a stowed position. A super structure is mounted in at least partially surrounding relation to the support cradle on the trailer wherein the super structure is dimensioned and configured to conform with the outer configuration of the boat in such a manner as to present the appearance of a unitary, aero-dynamically designed structure whereby the combined assembly is intended to be used as a recreational vehicle, such as a trailer home or like vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Inventor: Luiz J. M. Avillez de Basto
  • Patent number: 5072762
    Abstract: A seal puncture fitting mounted to the distal end of a spout of a liquid container including a cylindrical collar disposed about the spout in telescopic relation thereto wherein the collar is attached to the spout by a cam structure designed to allow both rotational and vertical movement of the collar in relation to the spout. A cutting blade is disposed within the collar at an upper end thereof, such that downward vertical movement of the collar causes the cutting blade to puncture a membrane seal disposed in covering, sealed relation to the spout opening. The upper portion of the collar includes a threaded outer surface for threaded engagement of a cap thereby preventing liquid from spilling between each use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Inventor: Jesus Jimenez
  • Patent number: 5069228
    Abstract: A condom of rubbery material such as latex which includes a tubular length having a closed first end and an open second end and an integral pubic shield about the open end with the tubular length being sized to receive and snugly jacket the penis of a user and the pubic shield being adapted to overlay the pubic area of a user and including adhesive means to attach the shield in protective covering relation of the pubic area of a user about the base of the penis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Inventor: Reuben Sorkin
  • Patent number: 5064238
    Abstract: The windshield sunshade assembly is designed to be mounted on the pivoted connector portion of the sun visor attachment of all motor vehicles so that a shade member is to be retracted or extended in order to cover the windshield from inside of vehicle to provide a sunshielding effect. The windshield sunshade assembly according to this invention includes two support units; each support unit having a bracket anchored from one end to the uppermost perimeter edge of the windshield and the roof. Adhesive means are provided at the tip of the bracket to secure the support unit in position. The opposite end of the bracket includes a pair of pincers with two grasping jaws working on a pivot bounded together by means of a spring to grip firmly onto the connector portion of the sun visor attachment of the automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Inventor: Mauni Mohtasham
  • Patent number: 5063698
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the personalized greeting card includes an independent, detachable, electronic memory device that stores electronic signals, a mechanism for retrieving the electronic signals from the memory device, a voice synthesizer which obtains these electronic signals and produces audible sounds representative of the personalized message, and a switch that controls the retrieving device and the voice synthesizer. Prior to incorporating the memory device in the card, an EPROM translation machine converts the personalized message obtained from the sender of the card into appropriate electronic signals and stores those representative electronic signals in the memory device. The memory device is then detached from the EPROM and mounted in the circuitry disposed in the greeting card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Inventors: Ellen B. Johnson, Daryl Ivey
  • Patent number: 5056342
    Abstract: A security box or a container assembly designed to be secured to the undersurface of a table, counter, bed frame, or like structure so as to extend beneath the undersurface in a substantially out-of-sight location and specifically adapted to hold a handgun or other applicable weapon, valuables or medication in a readily accessible location for easy removal once a cover of the container is opened. To mount the container under a bed, a mounting structure is removably attached to the bed frame so as to support the container in the preferred out-of-sight location beneath the bed in a somewhat cantilevered fashion. Mounting to other surfaces, such as under a table or counter top can be achieved by securing the top of the container to the mounting surface in such a manner as to be out of the general line of sight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Inventor: Robert E. Prinz
  • Patent number: 5056670
    Abstract: An improved clothes hanger for use in a locker for haning clothes within the locker, wherein the hanger includes a hook component on one end of a clothing support and the hook component orients the support arm in a horizontal position and removably supports the hanger on a mounting hook secured to a vertical wall surface within the locker closely adjacent the upper end of the locker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Inventor: James M. Fine
  • Patent number: 5056197
    Abstract: A clip of extruded plastic material especially useful for embracing and holding an electrode lead wire of an electrode in a predetermined position; the clip is composed of two hingedly connected leaf portions with mating hook portions to hold the clip leafs closed and wherein one of the leaf portions is configured with a lift tab portion for opening the clip to release the electrode lead wire; one of the leafs is provided with an adhesive surface to attach it to a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Inventor: Joel Cohen
  • Patent number: 5050624
    Abstract: A disposable eye makeup shield for use during the application of eye makeup being specifically structured to provide a barrier or protective shield over the lower eyelid and areas of the user's face below the eyes, thereby preventing excess makeup from falling thereon or onto the user's clothing during makeup application. The makeup shield includes a flexible, yet rigid interior body forming a frame structure and having an outer convex, arcuate side and an inner concave side, the interior body defining an overall general configuration of the eye makeup shield. The interior body further includes a lower portion and an upper portion having outwardly extending wings and a top edge being specifically curved and configured to conform with the contour of the user's lower eyelid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Inventors: Vivian Kobe, Brian Kobe
  • Patent number: 5048089
    Abstract: A speaker assembly of the type, but not limited to, used in an automobile or like vehicle which is structured to be portable by virtue of its removable attachment and interconnection to a mounting assembly secured to a support deck in the vehicle or other locale in which it is intended for use. The speakers may be easily removed from the vehicle and carried with the owner for safekeeping or to another location for operative installation which has already been prepared, without use of tools or special expertise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Inventor: Patrick G. Moore
  • Patent number: 5044356
    Abstract: A handheld gum massaging device of the type which includes a wand with a movable distal dip zone and a handle connected to the wand which includes means to move the distal tip zone of the wand in a massaging action. The distal tip zone carries an element of absorbent material for receiving and applying a charge of medicament so that when the wand tip zone is moving, the element not only massages the gums but, simultaneously, delivers the medicament topically to the gums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Inventors: John Fishman, Iris Lopez
  • Patent number: 5042212
    Abstract: A closure assembly preferably in the form of a glass panel door or window structure which disposed in spanning and covering relation to any type of applicable opening such as a door or window opening of a building structure and further wherein each of the top, bottom and sides of the support frame embrace the correspondingly positioned peripheral edges of the glass panel in a manner which conceals any stop element, associated with the retention of the glass panel in the support frame, so that it is not noticeable to the eye of an observer and is in an inaccessible location thereby preventing or seriously reducing the possibility of unauthorized entry by removal of the aforementioned stop structures possible with prior art closures of this type, and improving the appearance of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Inventor: Selig Golen
  • Patent number: D322858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Inventor: Jeffrey W. Dean