Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Milton S. Gerstein
  • Portable, collapsible commode
    Patent number: 5040249
    Abstract: A portable, collapsible toilet with a central, main section of box-like construction, which is made of corrugated cardboard, which central section is open both on the top and bottom, and accepts therein a disposable, plastic bag which receives the human waste products. The central section is flanked on either side thereof by a small, box-like supportive end-section upon which one directly sits during use of the commode. Each box-like end-section is also made of corrugated cardboard, is open on the top and bottom, and has an intermediate stiffening member to enhance its structural integrity, in order to support greater weight thereon. The central section is provided with a pair of pivotal cover-members formed integrally with the upper edge surfaces of the central section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Inventor: Richard Diaz
  • Portable bassinet
    Patent number: 5038426
    Abstract: A portable bassinet made of cardboard which has outer, canopy-housing and an inner box or bassinet-proper for selected insertions into the outer box. One of the four side walls of the inner box is connected to the rest of the inner box only along its lower horizontal edge surface, with the rest of this side wall being free, in order to provide a pivotal safety wall. The safety wall is pivoted to a downward position when the inner box is used as a bassinet, with an infant placed therein, whereby the inner box is prevent from being fully inserted into the outer main box or canopy-housing, in order to prevent accidental suffocation. Handles are provided for aiding in the carrying of the assembly. A first handle is provided on a side wall surface of the inner box which cooperates with a cutout or opening in the corresponding side wall of the outer box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Inventor: Daliah Boretski
  • Process and apparatus for koshering containers
    Patent number: 5034067
    Abstract: An oven-apparatus for flaming the interior and exterior surfaces of a container for removing nonkosher oils, fats, dirt, and the like, which apparatus has a main housing defining a tunnel through which are conveyed containers to be flame-treated, and a first flame-burner capable of developing a substantially vertically-oriented exposed flame for flame-treating the interior surface of a container, and a second flame-burner capable of developing a horizontally-oriented flame for flame-treating the exterior surface of a container. The apparatus also has a conveyor for conveying a plurality of containers to be flame-treated adjacent to the first and second flame-burners. A turntable lifts and rotates the container while the two flame-burners' flames treat all of the surfaces of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Skolnik Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonah Gewirtz, Howard Skolnik, Paul R. Dukes
  • Clamp for securing tarpaulin over pick-up truck bed
    Patent number: 5031956
    Abstract: A clamp used in securing a tarpaulin over a truck which has upper, open entranceway closed off by clamping lever that is biassed for urging the clamping portion into its clamping state where the clamping portion is positioned in close juxtaposition to the upper open entranceway. Each side wall has an extended slot, each slot having a open end opening into the upper entranceway. Means accessible exteriorly of the main housing for causing rotation of the clamping lever into its unclamping position is also provided, whereby a skirt portion of a tarpaulin or the like, may be inserted into the entranceway and into the first open ends of the slots and clamped by the clamping portion of the clamping lever. The rear wall has a downwardly-extending portion and a hole formed in it for receiving a cord therethrough, whereby the clamp may be secured to the frame of a truck and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Inventor: Virgil Hudgins
  • Shoelace for children
    Patent number: 5029372
    Abstract: An improved shoelace with an inner core of copper wire strands encased in a cover of clear polyvinylchloride, which is contained in an outer jacket or casing of polypropylene fiber. When the shoelace of the invention is threaded through a shoe and then tied into a bow, it retains its shape and does not become untied by itself. The bow may also twisted, turned, or otherwise shaped so as to further prevent the untying of the shoe by the fact of the retention of that shape by means of the inner core of twisted copper strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Inventor: Betty L. Brinson
  • Stabilized swing-motion truck for railway cars
    Patent number: 5027716
    Abstract: An improved swing-motion truck in which the transom has been replaced by a pair of transverse radius or tie rods for coupling the two rocker seats of the two side frames of the truck. The ends of the rods are directly coupled to anchor brackets formed as part of the side-frame rocker seats via an elastomeric connection. The suspension springs of the railway freight car truck are seated directly upon the upper flat surface of the two rocker seats of the side frames of the truck, so that lighter-weight freight cars may be accommodated, without a friction-dependent coupling between the rocker seats and rods interconnecting the rocker seats, and where an overall lower height truck results to provide a low-deck car. The cooperating limit stops for lateral motion of the truck are mounted directly on the rocker seats themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: National Castings, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans B. Weber, Jack R. Long
  • Sinker for the sport of fishing
    Patent number: 5027545
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and useful improvement in the field of sport fishing whereby a sinker that is commonly used for casting purposes is improved upon by allowing the weight component of the sinker to be removed or exchanged for weights of different mass without damage to the line or weight. The invention eliminates the time consuming steps commonly associated with salvaging the fishing line or weight during removal, exchange, and provides an inexpensive releasing device when the sinker becomes irretrievably snagged on a submerged object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Inventors: Todd A. Lowrie, Paul A. Cannon, Cecil McGarvey
  • Process of koshering containers
    Patent number: 5026431
    Abstract: A process for koshering relatively large metallic containers used to store and transport kosher foods includes the steps of washing and rinsing the interior of the container to remove surface oils and greases, treating the interior surface of the container with a rust inhibitor, flame treating the interior surface to drive off any impregnated oils, greases or dirts and, optionally, spraying the interior of the container with a kosher epoxy/phenolic compound and thereafter curing the compound by the application of heat. The resulting container may be used to store and transport food stuffs certified to have been prepared in accordance with the kosher dietary laws. An oven for carrying out this process is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Skolnik Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Skolnik, Paul R. Dukes, Jr., Jonah Gewirtz
  • Selectively-removable, wall-mountable container
    Patent number: 5022625
    Abstract: A novel storage container is provided that is capable of continual reuse, which novel container may be easily and readily stored on substantially any vertical surface in a home, office, business, and the like. The novel container has a rearwardly-facing concave-shaped cutout or depression formed in the rear surface thereof, which cutout or depression is used for receiving therein, in a force-fit manner, an enlarged sphere or convex-shaped knob secured to a vertical surface, such as a wall or door, by which the container may be removably mounted to such vertical surface, for subsequent removal therefrom when it is needed to dispense the contents of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Inventor: Lothar Klinkhardt
  • Light switch and outlet guard
    Patent number: 5009610
    Abstract: A protective guard for use with a wall-mounted light switch in order to keep the light switch in the desired "on" or "off" state. The guard is a pivotal arm having at one end an opening for receiving one of the mounting screws of the light switch, by which the guard is pivotally connected to the wall plate of the light switch. When it is desired to allow access to and operation of the light switch, the guard is pivoted out of the way. The same general principle of the invention applies to a guard for selectively closing off a wall plug outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Inventor: Robert Woskow
  • Foolproof coupon redemption system
    Patent number: 5008519
    Abstract: A manufacturers' coupon redemption system that is electronically controlled, and compatible in any supermarket using Universal Product Codes. The system includes a newly-styled, uniform coupon, with special bar code indicia redeemable on up to three families of products. At the supermarket, a special device for reading the coupons is provided that reads the coupons presented by the consumer. The system verifies that the consumer did, in fact, purchase the items specified, that the coupon has not expired, and other validation conditions. The unit communicates the results of the validation to the cash register for credit to the consumer's bill. The accepted coupon is then mutiliated to prevent reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Inventors: William R. Cunningham, Carmelo S. Amareno, Helmut Kayan
  • Single piece disposable cat litter box
    Patent number: 5007530
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of one piece foldable boxes in the area of packaging, in particular the use of a single piece foldable and disposable boxes for the packaging of cat litter material. The invention employs a novel cover and hinge member that folds beneath the lower portion of the box for storage. The box effectively seals the contents while in a closed position with double wall thickness and a latching mechanism that doubles as a carrying device on larger boxes. The design permits uniformity of tolerance throughout box sizes and construction materials. The box includes a lower box body (or base), four side walls integrally attached to the base, and a cover (or top) with three sides that is connected to the lower box body by a novel hinge member that creates a fourth side wall to the cover only when the box is in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Inventor: Donald Weismantel
  • Multipurpose bicycle tool
    Patent number: 5003656
    Abstract: A bicycle tool is provided with a main elongated body section defining oppositely-disposed front and rear flat surfaces, and a oppositely-disposed side edge surfaces. The lower or inner end of the main body section has projecting from the two side edges thereof a pair of concave gripping or mounting members, which together define a clamp-like element for directly mounting the tool to a rod or shaft of a bicycle frame, so that the tool is readily and continually available to the bicycle rider, when needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Inventor: Duane Loppnow
  • Collapsible bed-pan support for invalids
    Patent number: 4998301
    Abstract: A collapsible bed-pan support for bed-ridden persons, which has an upper supporting surface that inclines from its head-end toward its feet-end in order to gradually elevate the back of the patient. A series of webs of different height provide for the upper sloping supporting surface. The support is made of thin, flexible material that, when collapsed, is only about 1.5 mm. thick, so that the bed-pan support may remain underneath the patient until required for the next use of a bed pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Inventor: Robert Markus
  • Device for removing soft contact lens
    Patent number: 4986586
    Abstract: A soft, contact-lens remover having a tweezer-like main portion having a pair of legs, each leg defining a free end. Each free end telescopingly-receives thereover a retaining sleeve. A pair of removable and adjustable lens-removers are provided, one for each free end of the pair of legs. Each lens-remover has an elongated reed-like member that is frictionally held between a respective free end of one of the pair of legs and its respective retaining sleeve. Each lens-remover has a soft tip at one end of the reed-like member, which soft tips contact and remove a soft contact-lens from an eye. Each lens-remover is relatively positionable with respect to a free end of a leg both in the longitudinal, length-wise direction in order to adjust the projection of the soft tip, and also in the angular direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Inventors: Dinah K. Eilrich, Calvin H. Eilrich
  • Height measuring device
    Patent number: D315107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Norbert Leopoldi, William P. Heinrich
  • Cooking support stand for a fondue pot or similar article
    Patent number: D316007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Inventor: Hans R. Wagner
  • Orthopedic heel-insert
    Patent number: D316929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Inventor: Barry Ullman
  • Litter removal tool or the like
    Patent number: D318151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Inventor: Phillip J. Moses
  • Instrument for measuring skin lesions, or similar article
    Patent number: D318244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: The Cloverline, Inc.
    Inventor: Edgar Eichbaum