Patents Represented by Law Firm Recka & Joannes
  • Patent number: 5971240
    Abstract: An ambidextrous, light weight, hand holster for repellent spray; the holster is made of a stretchable, elastic and porous fabric. The holster detachably retains and locates the repellent spray. Applicant's holster is disposed around the base of the fingers, from the first finger to the little finger, so as a user closes the hand, the thumb contacts the operating mechanism. The rotation of the users thumb, activates the operating mechanism, releasing the repellent spray. Finger encircling tubes, encircling the index and little finger towards the first knuckle, position the holster and prevent the rotation of the holster on the hand, as the spray is activated. The holster finger encircling tubes encircle the users index and little fingers; the two middle fingers are not simultaneously encircled by the tubes, allowing air to circulate within the holster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventor: Scott A. Dequaine
  • Patent number: 5727767
    Abstract: An adjustable support stand is disclosed for permanently supporting a mobile home above the ground. The support stand includes means for leveling the structure during initial instillation and also after the mobile home has become established. Further, means is provided whereby the stand is mechanically secured to a supporting foundation and also to the structure of the modular home thereby protecting against tip-over in the event of high winds and/or earth vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventor: Lester G. Jefrey
  • Patent number: 5487690
    Abstract: An assortment of clamps, for use by a child to clamp panels of scrap corrugated panel, to make free standing play structures. The clamps are extrusions of high density polysterene, incorporating flexible legs, that form a U-shaped panel receiving section. Each clamp has a panel insertion guide, an elastic deformation gripping section, and a crush deformation gripping section. The clamps are designed to be easy for a child to insert a corrugated panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Inventors: Thomas N. Stoffle, Linda M. Stoffle
  • Patent number: 5480666
    Abstract: A method of making blocks of pasta filata cheese, by laminating ribbons of cheese to a desired thickness, and cutting the ribbons to length. A plastic ribbon of hot, pasta filata cheese is extruded onto a conveyor. While on the conveyor, the ribbon is chilled by either brine, cold water, or super chilled air. Heat is removed from the ribbon, only until the ribbon has set up, and is self supporting. The set up ribbon is stacked on other ribbon while the ribbon is being transported. The stacked ribbons laminate at the ribbon to ribbon contact surfaces. Lengths of the laminated ribbon are cut into blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Inventor: Donald S. Lindgren
  • Patent number: 5205067
    Abstract: A device for treating mausoleums against Phorid Fly infestation by discharging a cloud of dry powder insecticide into each sealed, mausoleum cell entombment, from outside the cell; the insecticide powder covers and adheres to all surfaces in the cell; the insecticide used is chosen from those insecticides relatively harmless to human beings, and that will continue to kill Phorid Flies for a period of time greater than the expected dehydration time of the contents of the sealed mausoleum cell, which dehydration time is from five to seven years.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Inventor: Matthew J. Thomas
  • Patent number: 5148627
    Abstract: A device and method for treating mausoleums against Phorid Fly infestation by discharging a cloud of dry powder insecticide into each sealed, mausoleum cell entombment, from outside the cell; the insecticide powder covers and adheres to all surfaces in the cell; the insecticide used is chosen from those insecticides relatively harmless to human beings, and that will continue to kill Phorid Flies for a period of time greater than the expected dehydration time of the contents of the sealed mausoleum cell, which dehydration time is from five to seven years.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Inventor: Matthew J. Thomas
  • Patent number: 4545596
    Abstract: A coupler for a trailer reach ball, comprising a housing to be mounted on a vehicle, a pair of pivotally mounted coupling plates; mounted within the housing and extending out of the housing; the plates pivot within a limited arc on counter rotating axis; ball receiving cups are mounted on the coupling plates, spring biasing of the coupling plates holds the cups apart; the ball receiving cups have extending projections to engage a trailer reach; a deadbolt within the housing locks the coupler around the reach ball when the coupler is closed by the insertion of a trailer reach ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1985
    Inventors: Floyd L. Luke, Mark C. Luke
  • Patent number: 4503837
    Abstract: Commercial baking oven with sliding doors; the doors are mounted closely parallel by cylindrical shoes of low friction material fitted to the door bottoms, the shoes slide in a plurality of equidistant bottom vee tracks, the upper part of the doors being located by guide shoes of a low friction material operating in an upper track; heat retaining lips mounted on door edges abut when the doors are closed; a heat retaining zee strip is mounted between the cylindrical shoes; the vee track is shorter than the fully closed measurement of the doors so debris is forced out of the vee track as doors are open and closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Inventors: Gilbert L. Smith, David L. Swanson, Gilbert Trick
  • Patent number: 4463469
    Abstract: An automatic bowling lane dressing applicator and buffer comprising a machine to which are mounted suspended pivotally mounted blade buffers having resilient buffing pads mounted on the periphery of the blades, which buff dressing placed on the lane surface in front of the buffer onto the lane surface, transferring excess dressing into the ball contact area of the lane as the machine is run backward and forward along the lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Assignee: Lois G. Hickey
    Inventor: Sheldon R. Green
  • Patent number: 4445460
    Abstract: A crowd gate for use in herding animals from an entry end of a holding area to the exit end of a holding area of the type in which a wheeled carriage, from which a pivoting gate is suspended into and generally spans the holding area, is moved along tracks above the holding area, the suspended gate herding the animals in the area before it, such gate being responsive to animal contact to stop movement of the carriage, such gate being used in association with gate raising means operative to raise the gate to a horizontal position for return of the carriage to the entry end of the herding area over the heads of incoming animals wherein the improvement comprises a substantially counterbalanced pivoting, spring biased gate mounted so that it hangs forwardly in the direction the animals are to be herded rather than normal to the floor of the holding area, the first contact of the gate thereby being an edge contact of the gate with the legs of the animals being herded, the resistance to pivoting of the gate acting a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Inventor: Gerald R. Stencil
  • Patent number: 4320592
    Abstract: A device for causing a trolled bait to dive and thereafter to move horizontally from side to side in a rhythmic and pulsing fashion, comprising a thin generally non-flexible planar shape having a weight or a plurality of weights mounted thereon, the center of mass of the weight being positioned radially outward from the center of mass of the non-flexible planar shape and a fishing line affixing device attached at a point on the device, on a line extending from the center of mass of the planar shape through the apparent center of mass of the weights, the preferred position being at a point two thirds of the way from the center of mass of the planar shape to the center of mass of the weight, and a release device operative to cause the device cease its side to side motion upon retrieval of the trolled bait or upon the baits being struck by a fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Inventor: John M. Kirsch
  • Patent number: 4310983
    Abstract: This ice fishing device comprises a housing, a shaft rotatably affixed to such housing, such shaft extending above and through the housing and into the water below, a removable articulated fishing rod attached to the end of the shaft that is below the water surface and biased so as to extend radially from the shaft, a device for rotating such shaft with its attached fishing rod through at least part of an arc, the arc being parallel to the surface of the water, below such surface, a signal device and a signal triggering device operative through the strike of a fish on the fishing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Inventors: Dee L. Irvin, Walter C. Strong
  • Patent number: 4308769
    Abstract: A reversing ratchet wrench employing spring biased linkage connecting a pivotally mounted pawl to a finger operated reciprocally worked finger piece mounted in the end of the wrench body opposite the ratcheting mechanism wherein the change of direction of the wrench action is accomplished by depressing a finger piece or by releasing the finger piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1982
    Assignees: Bertha Rantanen, Karen Hansen, Roger Rantanen, Cindy Christensen
    Inventor: Alfonso W. Rantanen