Patents Represented by Attorney Paula T. Basseches

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  • Universal strap tightening tool
    Patent number: 4561475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a strap tightening tool adapted to be used with straps of a variety of thicknesses including relatively thin metallic straps and thicker polymeric straps. The tool includes a spring biased pawl having two or more sets of teeth, the teeth of each set being offset from the pivot point of the pawl by varying distances so as to enable an appropriate set of teeth to clamp straps in accordance with the thickness thereof. The device may include a guide to extend between the pulling mechanism and the buckle of the strap to assure that the strap emerges from the buckle at an exit angle essentially parallel to the passage through the buckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Inventor: Milton Hinden
  • Tamperproof food package
    Patent number: 4555056
    Abstract: A food package or the like comprises a receptacle and lid of resilient polymeric material, the lid and receptacle being snap-fittedly connected. A tamperproof membrane is bonded to the receptacle in covering relation of the lid whereby the lid may not be removed without prior removal of the membrane. All portions of the lid are encompassed within the confines of the receptacle whereby opening, as by inadvertent contact with the lid, is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Inventor: Daniel Bernhardt
  • Anti-spill recloseable container
    Patent number: 4555043
    Abstract: A spill-resistant container of deformable polymeric material is disclosed. The container includes a lid mountable in the container. A characterizing feature of the device resides in the provision of portions of the container surrounding the lid being inwardly deflectible into overlapping relation of the lid responsive to lateral, inwardly directed forces applied thereagainst. The invention includes a method of forming the container which involves applying a heat-sealable, heat-shrinkable membrane to portions of the container outwardly of the lid and thereafter causing the membrane to shrink, thus to deflect portions of the container into upwardly lapping relation of portions of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Inventor: Daniel Bernhardt
  • Binder assembly with randomly removable leaves
    Patent number: 4551039
    Abstract: A binder assembly comprises a binder and leaves which are randomly removable therefrom. The leaves may be removed only by a sidewise shifting movement. Blocking portions are movably mounted on the device selectively to permit or prohibit sidewise movement of the leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Inventor: Mark T. Basseches
  • Cinching clamp device and method of attachment
    Patent number: 4541146
    Abstract: An integral and inexpensive tying or bundling clamp device is disclosed, together with the method of applying the same. The clamp comprises a metal band having at one end an anchor defined by a series of convolutions of the band wrapped to provide a passage for the free end of the band. The device is applied by encircling an article and passing the free end through the passage and tightening the band while applying a reacting pressure against the convolutions, whereby the same are caused to constrict and frictionally to retain the band in the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Duro Dyne Corporation
    Inventor: Charles Giannone
  • Chewing gum product
    Patent number: 4526790
    Abstract: An extrudable chewing gum packaged in a deformable container having a capped extrusion orifice, said gum being readily extrudable from said container at ambient temperatures, being resistant to syneresis over long storage periods, and exhibiting minimal filamenting tendencies. The process involves admixing with a gum formulation including gum base and sweetener, the base preferably including poly vinyl acetate, a solution of thermo reversible gelling agent the solution being heat activated, and in sufficient quantity to raise the free water content of the gum composition to at least about 11%, and extruding the formulated gum composition into the deformable container while the gum admixture is at a temperature above the thermal reversal temperature of the gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: Topps Chewing Gum, Incorporated
    Inventor: Fred Samala
  • Viewer for X-ray and like films
    Patent number: 4510708
    Abstract: A viewing device for X-ray films or the like automatically masks the areas of the viewing screen not in registry with the film to be viewed responsive to the insertion of a film. The device includes a dimension sensing mechanism which aligns a selected mask with a positioned film automatically in accordance with the sensed dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: Bar-Ray Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jordan J. Pokrinchak
  • Longitudinal finned resistance weld pin
    Patent number: 4482795
    Abstract: An improved resistance weld pin is disclosed, the pin being especially adapted to hold insulation batts to the surfaces of ducts. The pin is characterized by the provision of axially directed heat radiating ribs which terminate at and extend radially beyond the junction of the tip of the pin and the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Inventor: Milton Hinden
  • Clearance adjustable drawer slide assembly
    Patent number: 4480878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drawer slide assembly of the type including three telescoping channels including a cabinet mounted channel, a drawer mounted channel, and an intermediate channel coupling the drawer and cabinet channels. The apparatus is characterized in that the position of the drawer relative to the drawer channel may be accurately adjusted without the necessity for demounting the drawer channel from the intermediate channel, thereby greatly shortening the time of installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Hardware Designers, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred B. Leiper
  • Blood letting apparatus
    Patent number: 4462405
    Abstract: Blood letting apparatus is disclosed which is particularly adapted for operation by the patient, the device being characterized by a substantial reduction in the pain of administration and by the provision of an efficient release of blood with minimal admixture of tissue fluids. A feature of the invention resides in the provision of a lancet carrier for removably receiving disposable sterile lancets and a hammer member for activating the carrier, the carrier being free of connection with the hammer whereby the point of the lancet may be disposed against the skin of the user in advance of the carrier being struck by the hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1984
    Inventor: Joseph C. Ehrlich
  • Telephone terminal assembly
    Patent number: 4460233
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a telephone terminal assembly of the type adapted to receive the standard connector plug of a conventional telephone. The device is characterized by the receptor socket for the telephone plug being snap-fittedly mountable in the terminal, the device including locking means for preventing the snap-fitting components from being outwardly deflected, with resultant possible removal of the socket from the terminal device. Preferably the locking means comprises connector terminals emplanted in the base portion of the terminal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1984
    Assignee: Programmed Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Newton, Robert P. Wallace, Ernst Ohnell
  • Balancing game
    Patent number: 4448416
    Abstract: A balancing game includes a table continuously tilted in a variety of planes by a motorized drive. The player is provided with a control mechanism which, if skillfully employed, will retain the table surface in a horizontal plane against the actions of the motorized drive. A sphere placed on the table will roll off if the player is unable to maintain the table in a level or near level orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Inventor: Paul Belter
  • Self-leveling drawer slide
    Patent number: 4447095
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-leveling drawer slide assembly. The assembly incorporates roller assemblies intended to be attached to the opposed faces of a cabinet and channel assemblies adapted to be affixed to the cabinet-adjacent faces of the drawer. The device of the invention is characterized in that the rollers are mounted on a short section and the channel assembly comprises a substantially longer section, the inner and outer ends of the channel section being inclined upwardly relative to a central horizontal section whereby, in the inner and outer limiting positions of the drawer, the tendency of the drawer to sag is counteracted by the tendency of the rollers to tilt the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1984
    Assignee: Hardware Designers, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian S. Fielding
  • Bottom mounted drawer slide assembly
    Patent number: 4441773
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to improvements in bottom mounted drawer slide assemblies and pertains more particularly to an assembly adapted to provide a secure connection between the drawer channel component of the assembly and drawers of a wide variety of depths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: Hardware Designers, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred B. Leiper
  • Separable bottom mounted drawer slide
    Patent number: 4441772
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bottom mounted drawer slide for supporting a drawer in a cabinet. The device is characterized in that the slide assembly is provided with means for enabling the drawer to be removed and to be replaced with a minimum of manipulative effort. The slide assembly incorporates fail-safe features which assure that the assembly latching the drawer channel to the stationary channel is automatically shifted to locked position responsive to assembly of the channels and is always in a position locked against accidental removal when the channels reach their mutually extended positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: Hardware Designers, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian S. Fielding, Fred S. Leiper
  • Insulation support hanger
    Patent number: 4437282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a support hanger for maintaining insulating material, which is supplied in roll form, in the spaces between joists and particularly floor joists. The device comprises a mounting member adapted to span the space between adjacent joists and transversely extending retainer members for supporting the insulation material in a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Inventor: Michael B. O'Brien
  • Weld pin applicator device having automatic reload
    Patent number: 4438314
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for attaching welding pins to sheet metal, and particularly for attaching by a resistance welding procedure pins for retaining insulating material to a duct substrate. A characterizing feature of the invention resides in the provision of a fixed hopper member for receiving bulk quantities of weld pins and a carriage movable relative to the hopper for enabling the pins to be applied to the duct at spaced points, the combination including means for discharging a plurality of oriented pins from the bulk supply hopper to the movable carriage responsive to predetermined movement of the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Assignee: Duro-Dyne Corporation
    Inventor: Charles Giannone
  • Resistance welding pin
    Patent number: 4429209
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved resistance welding pin especially adapted for fastening of batts of insulating material to metallic air conduits, such as the ducts of air conditioning and heating systems. The pin is characterized by a novel corrugated shank portion extending between the head of the pin and the sharpened tip which functions, inter alia, to dissipate the heat generated in the shank during welding, with a plurality of attendant advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: Duro Dyne Corporation
    Inventor: Milton Hinden
  • Napkin clip
    Patent number: 4425680
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a napkin clip device, and more particularly to a device which may be utilized in the manner of a tie clip and which also functions to hold a napkin in selected position. The device is especially adaptable for use as an advertising medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Inventors: Harold Basseches, Donald R. Oswald
  • Storage container for novelty items or the like
    Patent number: D272420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: Lurie Import, Ltd.
    Inventor: Stanley R. Shaland