Patents Represented by Attorney Rathe Patent & IP Law
  • Patent number: 8065823
    Abstract: A snow blower has an auger housing that pivots relative to an axle supporting ground engaging members of the snow blower or about an axis substantially perpendicular to a direction of travel of the snow blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas D. Morrell
  • Patent number: 8020257
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method relating to a handle having a neck portion having a throat extending along an axis and having a reduced axial opening and a slit extending along the throat and alongside the axial opening are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: M Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Merten, Jay Z. Muchin
  • Patent number: 8020792
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a mill, a rotary actuator configured to apply torque to the mill, a sensor configured to sense a parameter corresponding to rotation of the mill and a controller configured to generate control signals based upon acceleration of the mill. Rotation of the mill is modified as a result of the control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yvon Theberge, Edward M. Stopper
  • Patent number: 7934671
    Abstract: An apparatus and method relate to an auxiliary drive for rotating a gearless grinding mill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William S. Thome
  • Patent number: 7914609
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is a fan to direct air through a screen to cool the engine. A cyclonic air cleaner assembly receives air from the blower fan and directs the air towards a carburetor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan A. Sullivan, Gary S. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7861453
    Abstract: A decoy has a body and a stand to support the body. In one embodiment, the stand has a least three legs which pivot between extended and collapsed positions, wherein a retainer structure releasably retains the legs in the extended positions. In another embodiment, the decoy includes an interconnect for securing the stand to the body. The interconnect snaps into connection with the body. In one embodiment, the interconnect has a pair of circumferential openings retaining the stand along the body during shipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: DDI, Inc
    Inventors: John Brian Priest, Gregory Gustav Ladehoff
  • Patent number: 7815328
    Abstract: A decorative light and a method for making a decorative light having layers of distinct flexible materials on a bulb are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Vicki Jean's Creations, Inc.
    Inventor: Victoria Jean Van Dyn Hoven
  • Patent number: 7784762
    Abstract: A wall hanging mounting device for use with at least one wall support and a wall hanging having a mounting portion includes a coupling unit configured to couple the at least one wall support to a wall while the wall support is in at least close proximity to the mounting portion of the wall hanging. The coupling unit includes a drive surface that moves in a plane or about an axis between the wall hanging and the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Fermions, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Don W. Klein
  • Patent number: 7694904
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a shell connection mechanism configured to be actuated between a connected state in which a mechanism is connected to a shell and a disconnected state and an actuator configured to move the first mechanism while the first mechanism is in the connected state to move the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William S. Thome
  • Patent number: 7546318
    Abstract: A time entry recording and management system includes a plurality of fields, a selector and an actuator. The plurality of fields includes a date field configured to display a date, a start field configured to display a starting time of a time entry, a stop field configured to display an ending time of the time entry, a description field configured to display a description of the time entry, and at least one code or designation field configured to display a code or designation assigned to the time entry. The selector is movable between at least two of the plurality of fields. The actuator is configured to perform at least one of a plurality of functions upon being actuated depending upon in which of the plurality of fields the selector is located. The actuator is also configured to fill in at least two of the fields upon being actuated once in some instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Inventor: David J. Bates
  • Patent number: 7448497
    Abstract: A battery bundle includes a first battery having a first outer surface with a first graphic, a second battery substantially identical to the first battery in all respects except that the second battery has a second outer surface with a second graphic distinct from the first graphic and a packaging binding the first battery and the second battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: FCK, LLC.
    Inventors: Jay Z Muchin, David J. Merten
  • Patent number: D566302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Vickie Jean's Creations, Inc.
    Inventor: Victoria Jean Van Dyn Hoven
  • Patent number: D569216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: M Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Z. Muchin, David J. Merten
  • Patent number: D572386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: cKie Jean's Creations, Inc.
    Inventor: Victoria Jean Van Dyn Hoven
  • Patent number: D577874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Theresa M. Mayer, Alan J. Schommer, James E. Redlich
  • Patent number: D580563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Vickie Jean's Creations, Inc.
    Inventor: Victoria Jean Van Dyn Hoven
  • Patent number: D581066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Vickie Jean's Creations, Inc.
    Inventor: Victoria Jean Van Dyn Hoven
  • Patent number: D618077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: M Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Merten, Jay Z. Muchin, Michael S. Potempa, Brian S. Potempa
  • Patent number: D623715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: DDI, Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan J. Fens
  • Patent number: D646924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Acwineco LLC
    Inventors: Chris M. Coleman, Rion E. Austin, Scott A. Farling