Patents Represented by Attorney Raymond Underwood
  • Patent number: 4471600
    Abstract: A leaf collecting and bagging assembly is made up of a plastic bag having an open end and sheet means of plastic material integral with the bag and attached thereto around its opening, the integral sheet means being capable of being spread out on the ground to serve as a leaf collecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Inventor: Daniel W. Dunleavy
  • Patent number: 4458834
    Abstract: A carrier for suspending an infant from a person's shoulders has a seat and a partial back support, a separate back which is removably attached to said partial back support so it can be adjusted and shoulder bands attached to the front and rear of the seat; the front attachment being separable from the seat. A rain-sun hood is removably attached to the back as an option. The back is stiffened with plastic so that its curvature around the back makes it stiffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Inventor: Joyce B. Rosen
  • Patent number: 4418438
    Abstract: A carpet cleaning pad to go underneath a rotary floor cleaning machine is of disc or circular outline; it is made up of a base sheet material which supports radial strips of fiber bristles and also an annular strip of fiber bristles around the periphery of the disc, the remainder of the space within the annular strip being filled in with firm loops of strand material to form a bed of hooked rug solidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Inventor: Barry L. Cutler
  • Patent number: 4341421
    Abstract: A child restraining article is made up of a sheet of material which has two holes in it to receive a child's legs and also has tie tabs at its edges to be tied to a chair frame. It may also include an integral or detachable sheet with arm holes and tie tabs to be tied to the chair. In addition a bib may be integral with or detachably connected to the portion with arm holes in it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: Barbara J. Braun
    Inventor: Kathryn E. Rowley
  • Patent number: 4337753
    Abstract: A wood or coal burning stove has a main opening from the fire box into a heating chamber at a remote location from the flue exit from that chamber so the combustion gases must move around within the chamber before escaping and an auxiliary opening from the fire box directly to the flue exit, there being a movable closure which closes the auxiliary opening when the front door is closed and which is operatively connected to the front door so it is opened when the front door is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1982
    Assignee: Penn-Field Stove, Inc.
    Inventor: Terrance E. McGinn
  • Patent number: 4323261
    Abstract: A framework for removable attachment to a skate board is made up of longitudinal and transverse bars or rods fastened together in the form of a grid which is in the shape of a shallow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Inventor: Harold Samuelson
  • Patent number: 4319697
    Abstract: A lever is permanently attached to an aerosol can so it cannot be lost and the lever has a projecting pin which can be forced to penetrate the can to make a small hole for the complete release of the internal gas pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Inventor: Robert E. De Barth
  • Patent number: 4304217
    Abstract: A wood or coal burning stove has an air inlet opening in it which is controlled by a movable closure, a movable front door providing access to the interior fire box, and connecting linkage means which opens the closure when the front door is closed and shuts the closure when the front door is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Assignee: Penn-Field Stove, Inc.
    Inventor: Terrance E. McGinn
  • Patent number: 4302330
    Abstract: A fluid filter apparatus has a standard filter element in it which has the usual end gaskets seated in annular grooves. An axial drive shaft positively rotates the filter element through key-like means between the shaft and the wall of a groove. An automatic system starts and stops the rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Inventor: John Cusato, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4295622
    Abstract: A framework structure for holding a fluid container on a floor machine is made up of three uprights which are attachable to the machine and have retaining means which hold encircling bands which clamp the container within the uprights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1981
    Inventor: Barry L. Cutler
  • Patent number: 4293269
    Abstract: An extension beam is provided to convert a hydraulic excavator to a crane-type hoisting vehicle or to extend the length of a boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Inventor: Grant W. Zook
  • Patent number: 4279380
    Abstract: A signal unit which is attached to a mailbox to indicate that its door has been opened is made up of a plate which is frictionally held up against the underside of the box by a spring and a lip that bears on the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1981
    Inventor: Douglas P. Husted
  • Patent number: 4273172
    Abstract: A hammer head has a longitudinal groove leading from the striking face to temporarily hold a nail and has a plurality of transverse grooves to receive the nail heads and provide nail head abutment surfaces, the bottom of the longitudinal groove being stepped upwardly between the transverse grooves away from the striking surface so that finishing nails will be accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Inventor: Jack D. Hoosier
  • Patent number: 4272001
    Abstract: A ticket dispenser includes a drive roller and an idler roller so that power rotation of the drive roller advances tickets between them; the drive roller is movable toward and away from the idler roller and is so disposed and supported that a manual pull on the tickets to withdraw them when the power is off will serve to bind the tickets firmly between the rollers and prevent them from being pulled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Inventor: Stephen Horniak
  • Patent number: 4230113
    Abstract: An infant's diaper has a notch centrally located along one of its narrow edges to thereby expose the navel area and eliminate diaper contact with the umbilicus of newborn and low weight babies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Inventor: Khusal Mehta
  • Patent number: 4200127
    Abstract: Leaf collecting equipment and a method for its use comprises a blanket having a central hole through it and an attachment means around the hole to which the blanket is secured, the attachment means having provisions for removably attaching a trash bag to it to receive leaves dropped through the blanket hole and the attachment means directly into the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Inventor: Daniel W. Dunleavy
  • Patent number: 4171352
    Abstract: A quantitative evaluation of the intestinal microflora is made by administering to an animal organism an effective amount of novel chemical conjugates of a bile acid or related acid with an amino acid which will be cleaved from the bile or related acid by the enzymes elaborated by the intestinal microflora and then measuring the amount of the released amino acid in the urine after a predetermined time interval. The novel compounds and their use in in vitro tests are included in the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1979
    Assignee: Polysciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Wolgemuth, Kenneth M. Hanson, Peter H. Zassenhaus
  • Patent number: 4147782
    Abstract: Novel pharmaceutical preparation useful for cleaning the skin of persons affected with acne, chronic oily skin and other skin ailments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1979
    Assignee: William H. Rorer, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Klein, Mary E. Foxx
  • Patent number: 4127650
    Abstract: Simethicone is entrapped in solid, discrete particles of a matrix composition of glycerol and corn syrup solids. A mixture of these particles and a therapeutic antacid overcomes the incompatability of the simethicone and the antacid, due to the shielding action of the matrix composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1978
    Assignee: William H. Rorer, Inc.
    Inventor: John D. Buehler
  • Patent number: 4117116
    Abstract: This invention describes a method of lowering the viscosity of aqueous gels of agents used in pharmaceutical preparations and of aqueous suspensions used as pharmaceutical preparations. Particular gels and suspensions and the viscosity lowering ingredients which are most useful are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: William H. Rorer, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Buehler, Pravinchandra B. Shah, Robert S. Joslin