Patents Represented by Attorney Michael J. McKeon
  • Patent number: 5634650
    Abstract: A recreational wheelchair having four oversized low pressure tires for use on beaches, lakeshores or other soft or rough terrain environments. The structural members of the chair are made of rugged and corrosion resistant materials such as polyvinyl chloride, stainless steel or aluminum and the chair is designed to be submerged into water of limited depths. The chair includes a high strength box chassis, removable armrest and accessories for recreation such as an umbrella bracket, fishing rod holder, and oxygen tank mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Surf Chair, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Hensler, Sr., Roger Shulzinsky
  • Patent number: 5547718
    Abstract: A novelty illusion device producing an illusion of a shimmering floating bubble having a transparent case, an illusion object disposed within the case, an electric motor for producing rotational force, a power circuit and power source for driving the motor, and a drive shaft for transferring rotational force from the motor to the illusion object. The drive shaft is rendered virtually invisible to an observer when the drive shaft is rotating by concealing the shaft within a groove formed in the casing. The illusion object is made of a plurality of mylar strips joined at both ends to form a cage structure. Additional circuits are included to vary the movement of the illusion periodically and in response to detected sounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Inventor: Ted S. Shapiro
  • Patent number: 5531455
    Abstract: An expansion joint sealing element, consisting of an arrow-shaped elastomer strip (1), defined by a triangular head (2) and a rear insertion section (3) with an angled end (4), while its lateral walls (5) are externally corrugated (6), an arrangement that is repeated on the external surface of the base (7) and on the lateral sections of the head (2), which, along with the insertion section (3), have various internal, longitudinal hollow sections defined by various interior walls (8), forming an insufflation chamber (9), so that one end of the strip (1) is closed off, while the other is fitted with a cover (10) and a valve (11), the latter being used to inject air so that the walls of the elastomer strip press against the adhesive applied to its lateral walls, where ridges considerably increase the area of adhesion and prevent the strip from moving while said adhesive cures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Inventor: Jorge Gabrielli Z. Calixto
  • Patent number: 5511362
    Abstract: A box forming apparatus for folding and securing the upper flaps of a box including a front inner flap folding body, back inner flap folding body, and left and right outer flap folding bodies for moving the respective flaps of a box into its upper opening plane. The novel apparatus further includes a cooperating tape head for securing the flaps in their folded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Nippon Flute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Morita, Hirsohi Ishida, Isao Hirano
  • Patent number: 5497898
    Abstract: A preferred embodiment of the invention which is intended to accomplish the foregoing includes a container/closure assembly having lid means with a plurality of lid extensions. The lid extensions extend from an inner surface of the lid means. Significantly, the lid extensions include pressure means which interacts with a wall surface(s) of the container to secure the lid means on the container. The pressure means is replaceable in order to allow for a controlled lid retention force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Inventor: Antonio Perez
  • Patent number: 5492164
    Abstract: A window safety system having a first and second vertical track installed as mirror images on opposite sides of a window frame. The system utilizes at least one elongate blocking element which extends across the window width and is secured to opposing guide elements which smoothly travel within the vertical tracks. A system cover is engaged at opposite ends to the vertical tracks to travel with lower window sash. The guide elements which are connected in series to one another by a flexible belt within the vertical tracks. The system cover interacts with a lower rail of a window sash such that when the window sash is raised to an open position, the system cover travels with the lower sash. This travel in turn causes the guide elements to translate within the vertical tracks and guiding blocking rods to a position laterally across the opening of the window. The blocking rods thereby prevent egress of a child or the like through the open window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Inventor: Lanny J. Gist
  • Patent number: 5480371
    Abstract: A box forming apparatus for folding and securing the bottom flaps of a box including a bottom flap folding mechanism and top pressing mechanism located above the bottom flap folding mechanism for controlling box lifting during a box folding operation. The novel features of the claimed invention allow for controlled guiding of a box frame throughout a folding and sealing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Nippon Flute Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Morita, Hiroshi Ishida, Isao Hirano
  • Patent number: 5459957
    Abstract: A security and safety mechanism for a firearm including a disabling unit that interacts with a firearm grip safety in order to enable/disable the firearm. The firearm will remain in a disabled state unless a verification means determines that a firearm user is an authorized firearm user. The security and safety mechanism utilizes voice recognition technology in order to ascertain whether a firearm user is an authorized firearm user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Inventor: Guy T. Winer
  • Patent number: 5456681
    Abstract: A laser therapy system and method of cutting and vaporizing a tissue body which includes a fiber optic which is inserted into the lumen of a catheter and operable between an extended position wherein a distal end portion of the fiber optic is positioned to cut and vaporize a tissue body and a retracted position wherein the fiber optic is received within the lumen of the catheter. The catheter incorporates at a distal end portion a means for removing attached tissue fragments and the like from the distal end portion of the fiber optic such that tissue fragments stuck to the distal end portion of the fiber optic can be removed while the catheter and fiber remain at the treatment site. This improved system eliminates the need to completely remove the fiber optic during the cutting and vaporization procedure in order to remove the fragments and debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventor: John H. Hajjar
  • Patent number: 5451181
    Abstract: A toy vehicle having a body with a plurality of defining surfaces. A transparent cabin is mounted on the body and includes a front surface, a rear surface, a left side surface, a right side surface, and a top surface which is secured on an upper section of the vehicle body. An optical sheet is secured to and lines an inner surface of the transparent cabin such that a toy vehicle user is able to easily view images on the optical sheet through an outer surface of the transparent cabin. The optical sheet is constructed such that when a vehicle user views the vehicle from one vantage point, a first image state of the optical sheet appears, and when the user views the vehicle from another vantage point, a second image state of the optical sheet appears thereby creating changing images and an illusion of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Inventor: Alain F. Denoux
  • Patent number: 5401667
    Abstract: A method for detecting the presence of a specific analyte in solution comprising the steps of affixing to a chromatographic medium a first antibody which binds with specificity to the analyte in a pattern which forms a pre-determined geometric symbol or symbols consisting of a plurality of line segments; partially blocking or obstructing the expected passage of a moving phase or solvent through the symbol; reacting the solution to a marker-second antibody complex which binds with specificity to the analyte to form analyte-marker-second antibody complexes in the presence of the analyte; eluting the solution containing any analyte-marker-second antibody complex through the partially blocked or obstructed medium; and observing the substantially complete formation, or lack thereof, of the predetermined geometric symbol or symbols by means of the marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuo Koike
  • Patent number: 5358592
    Abstract: A bag making machine for producing thermosplastic resin film bags including rollers for intermittently advancing a flat tubular web of thermoplastic resin film, a sealing assembly positioned downstream from the roller, a heated cutting bar having a sharp edge for providing efficient cutting and concomitantly preventing build-up of carbon by-product, roller elements for reversing the direction of advancement of the resin film, first drive elements for controllably driving the rollers in first and second directions and second drive elements for transversely driving the sealing and heated cutting bar toward and away from the flat web of thermoplastic resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Nippon Flute Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Fukuyama
  • Patent number: D371226
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Inventor: Yuk-Ching Lee
  • Patent number: D371227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Inventor: Yuk-Ching Lee