Patents Represented by Attorney QuickPatents
  • Patent number: 7854040
    Abstract: A portable, compact germ barrier for protecting a person from direct contact with an unsanitary surface, such as a doorknob, a toilet handle, or the like, is disclosed. A flexible fabric web is fixed to a plurality of stiffening rods that are each pivotally connected at a proximal end thereof to an actuating mechanism fixed through a central aperture of the web. The actuating mechanism includes an actuator for moving the ribs between a closed and an open position. In use, the person manually actuates the actuator, causing the actuating mechanism to pivot each of the ribs from the closed position into the open position. When in the open position, the germ barrier may be used to grasp the surface through the web, preventing direct contact between the person and the surface. The germ barrier is portable, compact, easy to use and it may be kept close-by, such as on a keychain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventor: Ferdinand Ramos
  • Patent number: D626722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventors: Donna J. Macke, Diane Godinez
  • Patent number: D626724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Jose Luis Duran, Jr.
  • Patent number: D626729
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Susan W. Woodruff
  • Patent number: D626882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Cynthia B. Johnston
  • Patent number: D627014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Tristar Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Pete Gustin
  • Patent number: D627055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Sean R. Bain
  • Patent number: D627071
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Rita Sevigny
  • Patent number: D627130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventors: Samantha Gibson Postulart, Americk Lewis Decoursey
  • Patent number: D627137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventors: Sandra Keavey, Abraham Salacata
  • Patent number: D627255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventor: Roger H. Wang
  • Patent number: D627551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Inventors: Vicki Berutich, Barbara Pazornik
  • Patent number: D627965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventor: Lisa Dawn Berck
  • Patent number: D628384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventor: Jeffrey V. McCarthy
  • Patent number: D628396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventor: Anna R. Hartshorn
  • Patent number: D628460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventor: Marvin D. Seitz
  • Patent number: D628495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventors: Tauseef A. Sheikh, Maria Elpidia Sheikh
  • Patent number: D628664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventor: Rob Dewberry
  • Patent number: D629357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventor: John Rousseau
  • Patent number: D629471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventor: Rebecca J. O'Keefe