Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Patent & Trademark Services
  • Patent number: 6481443
    Abstract: A coating removal device having two interrelated parts, one of the parts attaches to the user's fingers or hand and acts as a protective guard while the other part is a detachable, removable and disposable pad. One use for the device is to remove nail polish from nails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Inventors: Misty Moore-Johnson, Craig Johnson
  • Patent number: 6482066
    Abstract: This invention relates to a free standing vertical support having a support used to attach an infant's toy such as a mobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Inventor: Bretta Kelly
  • Patent number: 6477777
    Abstract: A foldable pocket knife with an attached backbone. The backbone is pivotally attached to the handle of the knife. A finger hole is located in the rear of the backbone and used to pull the knife from a user's pocket and flip the blade to an exposed opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Inventor: Joseph A. Oliveri
  • Patent number: 6479097
    Abstract: A sound insulation lining for ducts. The duct is fabricated in a conventional manner and then a latex solution is sprayed on the interior surfaces. The sprayed layer is ⅛ inch thick and will take the place of conventional duct lining which is 1 to 2 inches thick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Inventors: Robert J. McIntyre, Jr., Phylliss A. Benicewicz
  • Patent number: 6470900
    Abstract: A conventional crutch which has an attachment having a forearm support handled platform extending outwardly from the crutch. A stabilizer brace secured to the crutch's up rights receives the platform and a fold over covering tab on the brace may be used in conjunction with a stabilizer bar to provided increased strength to the held platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Inventor: Raymond A. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 6468612
    Abstract: A light weight plastic cover for a snowmobile that is locked in place on an enclosed snowmobile by a pair of lower bars. The cover is a hollow plastic molded cover which has two spaced pairs of through side holes located near its opened bottom. A plastic bar fits into each pair of aligned through holes and under the snowmobile. Each bar end and has a removable end nut. The cover has an opened bottom and a canvas material may be added to cover this bottom. Two holed rolled ends on the bottom material act to receive the retaining bars to form a complete cover enclosure. The snowmobile is confined within the formed enclosure with the bars locked in place near its bottom. The upper surface of the cover may have two ski surfaces molded into it. By turning the cover upside down, these cover skis surfaces engage the ground which then allow the cover's top surface to act as a sled to be pulled by the snowmobile, by hand or any other means desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Inventor: Loran S. Symonds
  • Patent number: 6463636
    Abstract: A holder for socks which is barbell shaped when opened and has a snap receiver on one end of the barbell and a snap connector on the other opposite end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Inventor: Russell Friedewald
  • Patent number: 6463724
    Abstract: A device for collecting and dumping Bermuda grass sprigs and disposing of grass clippings and other debris having a frame, an undercarriage, side rails, and rear frame members, defining an interior space. The frame is set on wheels mounted near the rear of the undercarriage, such that the device may be towed behind self-propelled power equipment. A receptacle is pivotally mounted in the space defined by the frame members. A channel conveys airborne debris particles from the mower or other power equipment into the receptacle for collection. The upper, rear edge of the receptacle is hingedly attached to the lateral rear frame member, such that the receptacle may be rotated backwards to empty its contents. At least one extendible, hydraulic arm is fixedly mounted at one end to the frame, and pivotally connected at the other end to the side wall of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Inventor: Rex Payne
  • Patent number: 6457559
    Abstract: A foldable ladder having two rails with several rungs pivotally mounted on each end to rail extensions. The rail extensions are fixed to the rails and extend towards each other. A pivot joint in each rail extension connects a common rung to allow the rung to be pivoted on two of its ends. To prevent the normally pivotally joined rungs from moving when the ladder is in an opened position, a bracket is slidably mounted on the top and bottom ladder rungs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventors: Mark R. Schlueter, Tami Lee Schlueter
  • Patent number: 6457764
    Abstract: A vehicle whose cargo compartment can be opened or enclosed. The cargo compartment has a retractable top cover which can engage an extended tail gate door. Raised sides of the cargo compartment are fitted with outside side doors leading to storage compartments, shelves and trays for small items. Within the main cargo compartment cleats are mounted to the side walls. These cleats may be used to tie down objects within the compartment or to engage side hooks on partitions to form multiple storage layers. The number and spacing of the cleats along the walls may vary as desired to form different configurations of partitions. The rear tail gate has an extended portion which fits telescopingly into the lower portion of the tail gate. When this extended portion is fully raised to engage the closed top cover, the main cargo compartment is fully enclosed. The top cover may slide on side rails and may be manually or powered to retract or extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Donald J. Brannon
  • Patent number: 6454579
    Abstract: A locking device for an electrical plug. The device has a housing and a cover which can be opened only with a coded key pad. The housing has internal contacts which allow the plug to be connected to a standard receptacle, or which allow the plug to be disconnected from the contacts in the housing to allow the plug to be electrically disconnected from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Inventor: Carolyn E. Davis
  • Patent number: 6449788
    Abstract: A therapeutic pillow having a malleable core and at least one layer of foam surrounding the malleable core. The malleable core allows the therapeutic pillow to retain the bent shape as needed by a user. If the therapeutic pillow has more than one layers of foam and the layers of foam may be of different firmness allowing the user to have increased comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Inventor: Mary L. Nichols
  • Patent number: 6416066
    Abstract: A vessel transporter device which permits the vessel to be held to a scissor-like frame by engaging members which bear against the gunwales of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Inventor: Michael Ciulis
  • Patent number: 6415479
    Abstract: A clip that can be either permanently affixed to a tube or removable from a tube having foldable wings is folded about the tube allowing the user to fully extrude the product contained within the tube. In order to retain the folded shape of the tube, the clip has foldable wings, which are folded around the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Inventor: Nathan Steinberg
  • Patent number: 6405780
    Abstract: A device that is used to seal a tire and to inflate the seated tire. An outer chamber serves to both direct exhaust air from an inner chamber with the tire and to protect the operator. The inner chamber is connected through valves to the outer chamber which valves control to the exhaust air to the outer chamber. There also are controls to inflate the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Inventor: John W. Biruk
  • Patent number: 6401656
    Abstract: A pet securing system having a first auger shaft fixed in the ground with the shaft having arms to hold containers for food and water. Over the first shaft another enclosing second shaft is rotatably mounted and this second shaft may mount an umbrella and a tether for a pet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: Mark Adkisson
  • Patent number: 6401994
    Abstract: A vehicle mountable article carrier for use by law enforcement personnel to safely and securely store and transport weapons, contraband, evidence gathered from a crime scene, or the personal property of a person taken into custody. The vehicle mountable article carrier is a briefcase like device with an upper and lower cover. A plurality of individual lockable compartments are located within the lower cover. A plurality of vehicle attachment device having a bolt and a pivotal cap are used to secure the vehicle mountable article carrier to the trunk of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventors: Joel R. Ham, Jason M. Durham
  • Patent number: 6396459
    Abstract: A system for trimming out the base plate of a satellite dish mount when siding or residing a wall where the satellite is mounted, comprising a two part base and trim ring that snaps onto the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Inventor: Timothy A. Pullman
  • Patent number: 6389621
    Abstract: A fitted sheet has cutout portions at both of its bottom corners that permit, with the aid of separable fasteners located at the cutout portions, to convert the sheet from a planar configuration to a configuration comprising two pockets adapted to retain the sheet on the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Inventors: Robert D. Elliott, Pamela A. Elliott
  • Patent number: D462216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Inventor: David Jablonski