Patents Represented by Attorney Micheal I Kroll
  • Patent number: 7273153
    Abstract: Apparatus 10 discloses a device having means for mounting to a structure, such as a chain link fence, providing means for hanging a baseball bat 12 and a baseball helmet 14 therefrom. The support 10 has a general planar N-shape providing a left leg 30, right leg 32 and middle leg 34 therebetween with tail end 26, extending perpendicularly at the bottom of the left leg for a short distance forming a somewhat hook-shape, with the top of the right leg extending into a U-shaped hook-like end bat holder/rest 28 in a perpendicular horizontal plane. The left leg 30 and hook-like tail end 26 form means for attachment to a chain link fence 18, while the right leg hook 28 is spaced away from the fence and has an appropriate diameter to support a baseball bat 12 by the handle end with the helmet 14 then placed over the hook-like end, which forms in a substantially horizontal plane a support surface for the helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Inventor: Brian M Kuniyoshi
  • Patent number: 7185741
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electromechanical traversing step system for transporting elderly users 12, infirm and others between floors of a building. A single moveable step 14 ascends or descends on a set of tracks 16 secured to the wall of the stairway 18 or the staircase structure above the flight of stairs 20. Travel is initiated by the user 12 positioning themselves on the movable step 14, selecting the ascension 22 or descension 24 switch and then gripping the handrails. Motion of the step commences and continues when a pressure sensor 26 responds to a force on the step 14 and the omic resistance of the user 12 is detected by sensors 28 in each of the handrails. Ascending motion continues until the tread of the movable step 14 is flush with the upper floor 30. The movable step 14 automatically returns to the docked position 32 at the bottom 34 of the staircase 18 once the user 12 departs from the step to the upper floor 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Inventor: Yakov Rozenfeld
  • Patent number: 5876091
    Abstract: A collapsible tripod stool (16) which comprises three legs (18) with a structure (20) for crisscrossing the legs (18) together. A flexible seat (22) is also provided. A facility (24) is for attaching the flexible seat (22) onto flattened curved top ends (26) of the legs (18). When the legs (18) with the flexible seat (22) are put in an open position and placed upon the ground (28), a person (30) can sit upon the flexible seat (22). When the legs (18) with the flexible seat (22) are put in a closed position, the person (30) can comfortably carry it anywhere for any kind of outdoor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Inventor: Alan Chernomashentsev
  • Patent number: 5511390
    Abstract: A pendant locket holder for keys and other articles comprising a casing being a pair of complementary half-sections with each half-section having a recessed chamber. An element flexibly connects the longitudinal edges of the half-sections together. The half-sections may be moved from a substantially coplanar relationship in an open position of the casing to a closed position, wherein the half-sections are in a juxtaposed relationship. An assembly on the opposite longitudinal edges of the half-sections is for releasably holding the same in the juxtaposed relationship, when the casing is in the closed position. A component is formed within each recessed chamber in each half-section of the casing for retaining the keys and other articles therein. A structure is for suspending the casing from about the neck of a person, so that the person will always maintain access to the keys and other articles held within the retaining components in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Inventor: Mon Dod Mah