Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Richard L. Miller, P.E.
  • Patent number: 5564212
    Abstract: A self threading fishing rod needle wrapping device that includes a body portion, a jaw blade major projection, a jaw blade major projection paw, and a jaw blade minor projection paw. The jaw blade major projection extends smoothly from and is collinear with the body portion. The jaw blade major projection has a jaw blade major projection inner surface with a jaw blade major projection inner surface intermediate position. The jaw blade minor projection extends smoothly from and is collinear with the body portion. The jaw blade minor projection has a jaw blade minor projection inner surface with a jaw blade minor projection inner surface intermediate position. The jaw blade minor projection is disposed a distance from and substantially parallel to the jaw blade major projection and defines a jaw blade slot therebetween. The jaw blade major projection paw is disposed on and projects outwardly from the jaw blade major projection inner surface intermediated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Inventor: Don R. Phelps
  • Patent number: 5565096
    Abstract: A natural filter for ecological systems is provided. The apparatus includes a rock medium container for holding rocks for filtering life, means for circulating water, means for floating the apparatus, and means for supplying sunlight to the filtering life and the normally unreachable depths of water. This natural filter maintains a healthful environment for aquatic creatures by providing means to naturally circulate and cleanse the water thus encouraging biological growth and preventing the eutrophication of that body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Inventor: John J. Phelan
  • Patent number: 5564215
    Abstract: An adjustable fish hook bail that includes a hollow substantially ring-shaped main portion that has a main portion outer surface, and a hollow substantially kidney-shaped peripheral portion formed integrally with the hollow substantially ring-shaped main portion that has a peripheral portion outer surface. The main portion outer surface is in connect with the peripheral outer surface so that the hollow substantially ring-shaped main portion and the hollow substantially kidney-shaped peripheral portion form a substantially FIG. "8" configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Inventor: Don R. Phelps
  • Patent number: 5546970
    Abstract: An animal umbrella that is adaptable to a conventional animal harness and collar. The animal umbrella includes a saddle, saddle attaching apparatus, a vertical shank, vertical shank attaching apparatus, and a rigid canopy. The saddle is detachably mounted to the conventional animal harness and is pivotally mounted to the conventional animal collar. The saddle has a lower surface. The saddle attaching apparatus detachably mounts the saddle to the conventional animal harness. The vertical shank has a proximal end with a cross section and a distal end with a cross section. The vertical shank is detachably mounted to the saddle at the proximal end of the vertical shank. The vertical shank attaching apparatus detachably mounts the vertical shank to the saddle. And, the rigid canopy is detachably mounted to the distal end of the vertical shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Inventor: Michael Amato
  • Patent number: 5546628
    Abstract: A versatile paint carrier comprising a box-shaped paint receptacle having an open top for holding paint therein. A first perforated basket is mounted in a vertical position to an inner surface of a side wall of the paint receptacle, so that paint can drip from bristles of paint brushes stored in the first perforated basket back into the paint receptacle. A second perforated basket is mounted in a vertical position to an inner surface of a rear wall of the paint receptacle, so that paint can drip from a roller of a paint roller stored in the second perforated basket back into the paint receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Inventor: Rudolph Silvera
  • Patent number: 5547529
    Abstract: The invention is a false eyelash system, for producing unknotted clusters of false eyelashes from long fibers. A plurality of long fibers are knotted around a main string with a preliminary knot. The long fibers are trimmed a distance away from the main string that corresponds to a desired eyelash length. Cement is applied to the preliminary knot and discernible distance therefrom to form a cement clot. The preliminary knot is removed by cutting through the cement clot to form unknotted clusters of false eyelashes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Inventor: David L. Woolf
  • Patent number: 5546707
    Abstract: The invention is an inflatable tube system, having an inflatable tube in the shape of a cylinder having two ends and a shaft. The tube includes a bladder, made of an elastometer in the shape of a cylinder, and a fabric covering made of woven polyethylene, the fabric covering enclosing the bladder. A pair of end closures sealing the fabric covering at the ends of the cylinder. An air valve extends into the bladder through one of the end closures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Inventor: Vincent C. Caruso
  • Patent number: 5542497
    Abstract: A ladder level adjusting attachment for a ladder of the type having a pair of generally parallel side rails, a plurality of hollow rungs interconnecting the side rails and a pair of shoes, each located on a bottom end of each side rail. The attachment comprising at least one but typically two independent, identical and height adjustable support assemblies. A structure is for installing the support assembly against the side rail of the ladder. Support assembly can be height adjusted independently to allow the ladder to stand in a level and stationary position, with respect to all uneven floor and ground base conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Inventor: Witold S. Macyszyn