Patents Represented by Attorney Michael Bender

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  • Speaker with motor-controlled internal baffle
    Patent number: 5304747
    Abstract: An audio speaker in a cabinet is provided having an internal baffle movable on a track and driven by a motor. The movement of the internal baffle is controlled externally by controls mounted on the speaker cabinet. Selective movement of the internal baffle results in a change of the resonant frequency of the speaker/cabinet combination thereby selectively changing the characteristic of the reproduced sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Inventor: Richard L. Hale, II
  • Inflatable support
    Patent number: 5304109
    Abstract: An inflatable flexible bladder is mounted on the surface of a weightlifter's bench to provide support to the spinal region. A pressure device activatable by the hand or foot of the weightlifter is employed to provide desired supporting internal pressure to the bladder. In an alternative embodiment, the inflatable bladder is mounted on an axially traversing carriage so that its longitudinal position on the weightlifting bench may be adjusted to comfortably fit weightlifters of varying size. A locking assembly is provided to fix the carriage in place after adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Inventor: Ronnie W. Shockley
  • Padlock protector
    Patent number: 5303568
    Abstract: A padlock protector which prevents the shackles of the padlock from being cut by bolt cutters. In its simplest form, the protector is a U-shaped device which contains access openings for the padlock shackles on the bottom and having front and back sections which cover the vertical shafts of the shackles while still allowing room for the padlock to fit through the opening of the device to be secured. In a more elaborate alternatively preferred form, the protector, in addition to the above, contains a front section which extends from the top of the padlock to the bottom of the padlock, a lower section which provides access to the keyhole and protection to the keyhole, and a tough flexible strap connecting the lower section of the protector to a padlock shackle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Inventor: Nate Wightman
  • Waste treatment process
    Patent number: 5302331
    Abstract: A process for recycling household waste, garbage or trash into useful articles including in one preferred embodiment the steps of collecting the waste material, feeding the waste material into a pulverizer to convert the material to a powdery mass, adding water to the mass to form a slurry, adding a binder to the slurry to inhibit bacteriological growth, pouring or otherwise forming the slurry into a useful shape such as a block, or sheet, and allowing the formed shape to air dry under relatively low humidity. The resulting useful article may then be used as a building block, wall board, ceiling tile and so on. In an alternative example, the binder is added directly to the pulverized waste material to produce a useful article such as a flexible roof shingle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: Robert E. Jenkins
  • Shoe with side pocket and lateral pouch
    Patent number: D345853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: Jessica H. Blankenship
  • Lighted walker
    Patent number: D345855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: Monya K. Greenway
  • Body attachable umbrella support
    Patent number: D345856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: Torrance K. Johnson
  • Spool holder
    Patent number: D345857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: Robert W. Franke
  • Nurse purse
    Patent number: D345861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventors: Michael D. Knox, Margaret W. Glover
  • Silver anniversary super bowl
    Patent number: D345896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: Phillip C. Matt
  • Combined transmitter and receiver for locating a lost remote control switch
    Patent number: D345932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: Dwayne M. Fedalizo
  • Mini-bowling game board
    Patent number: D345993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: Thomas Sweetland
  • Exercise weight
    Patent number: D346000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: Abbas N. Enfaradi
  • Gang valve
    Patent number: D346011
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: Larry G. Hawkins
  • Urinal
    Patent number: D346016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: Harold B. McClelland
  • Brush caddy
    Patent number: D346055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Inventor: John V. Arnao
  • Children's light switch
    Patent number: D346153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Inventor: Lehman A. Moseley, III
  • Remote control forklift
    Patent number: D346188
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Inventor: Jeffray M. Vandergrift
  • Double faced golf club
    Patent number: D346191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Inventor: Edward M. Bryant
  • Combined basket and mailbox
    Patent number: D346265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Inventor: Louis D. Smith