Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Michael D. Lazzara
  • Patent number: 6298501
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for supporting items, such as toys, with a bathing structure in a bathing environment is provided. The apparatus may include an upwardly tapered pedestal support which has a support tray mounted at one end and which is mounted at an opposite end to the base of a bathing structure. The support tray is suitable for placement and retrieval of items used in a bathing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventor: Linda M. Beichner
  • Patent number: 6237772
    Abstract: An assembly of interconnected containers includes a plurality of containers each of which has an upper portion connected to a lower portion by a hinge or hinges with the upper portion having a pair of elongated generally parallel upwardly open channels. The container also has a pair of generally parallel generally downwardly projecting flanges structured to engage an upwardly open channel of an adjacent container and adjacent containers have either at least one of the channels engaged by a flange of an adjacent container or at least one of its flanges engaged in a channel of an adjacent container or both. The channels are preferably open having at least one end so as to permit relative sliding removal and insertion of the containers from and into the assembly. In another embodiment, a rail and flange structure is provided to interengage adjacent containers within an assembly. A container can also be provided that has a lid portion hingably attached to the upper portion of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Neotech Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. LaMarche, Victor Golani, James P. McCarthy, James E. Smith, Gregory J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 6108220
    Abstract: The vital driver utilizes rectification and subsequent synchronized inverting of the rectified power, which is then fed to a transformer. Failed operation, which permits current having a DC component to reach the load transformer, causes an increase in the current which is sensed by a current sensor. The high current can be detected by a fuse. Some embodiments use primary modules having a rectifier section with sufficient power to run a number of secondary units, each powering an individual load. The synchronizing inverter can utilize optically coupled solid state switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Union Switch & Signal, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond C. Franke