Patents Represented by Attorney Roy Kiesel Ford Doody & Thurmon
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Patent number: 8318012Abstract: An oil skimming water vessel having a hull and deck forming one or more interior compartments, wherein the hull comprising a bow or forward section, a mid-section, a stern or aft section, and an oil skimmer assembly, and wherein either or both of the bow or aft section constructed having a rake bottom shell. The oil skimmer assembly having first and second separated side walls (SKEG) extending vertically down from the rake bottom shell, a skimmer bottom plate extending between and affixed at the lower end sections of each of the side walls (SKEG) wherein the skimmer bottom plate having at least one discharge opening in its leading edge section, and a weir plate assembly. The rake bottom shell having at least one standpipe opening to which a standpipe attaches and extends vertically to a corresponding vessel deck opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Gulp Oil Skimmers, L.L.C.Inventor: Lee Anthony Dragna
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Patent number: 8230638Abstract: A novel and improved turkey motion decoy and decoy mounting system is disclosed. The mounting system comprises a plurality of movable frames to support a decoy body and tail, to thereby provide a decoy capable of moving its body parts to imitate the realistic mating behavior of a turkey.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Inventor: Glenn A. Dunaway
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Patent number: 8220178Abstract: A liquid solid separator utilizing inductive heating. An electrically conductive scroll conveyor is contained within a non-magnetic and non-conductive housing under vacuum. A moveable alternating electric coil is disposed around the housing. The scroll pulls the solids through the housing. Operation of the coil heats the scroll which heats the solids. The vacuum lowers the boiling point of the liquids, and they are vaporized at a relatively low temperature. The vapors are condensed and collected. Because of the low temperatures, the separated liquids are less likely to deteriorate during separation, facilitating recycling. Thermocouples and a computer track the internal temperature of the separator and coordinate the position of the coil to maintain the desired temperature. The housing is provided with a heat insulating outer layer and the interior of the scroll is pressurized with nitrogen. The separator surfaces exposed to the atmosphere are maintained at or below 150° F.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Inventor: Herman J. Schellstede
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Patent number: 8167964Abstract: A cyclonic chamber for use in air filtration devices. The chamber includes an apex opposite a base with sidewalls extending therebetween. The cyclonic chamber is preferably parabolic in cross-section or tubular with a hemi-spherical cap. The base contains an outflow passage and a conical filter extending therefrom. An inflow passage is provided proximate the apex. The inflow and outflow passages are parallel but not aligned. The chamber interior is smooth. The smooth interior and offset relationship of the inflow and outflow passages causes air to take a cyclonic path between the inflow passage and the filter. Debris in the airstream is pushed outward—away from the filter—by centripetal force. Eddies form proximate the base. Debris escapes the airstream there, where it either remains or, depending upon the chamber's orientation relative to gravity, falls back into the airflow where it is again directed away from the filter.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Inventor: Lau Ying Wai
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Patent number: 8016273Abstract: An improved aerator for creating gas-enriched water in aquaculture bodies of water, as well as other shallow ponds and lagoons, comprising a dual diffuser system providing for a large bubble water-mixing phase coupled with a small bubble water-aeration phase.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Inventor: James R. Dartez
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Patent number: 8013733Abstract: An emergency alert system and method are disclosed. The invention employs an emergency alert message, which directs end users to take some particular action like evacuating an identified geographic area. The invention further employs a geographic area message, which is based on a particular geographic area within which all persons should receive the emergency alert message. The invention utilizes an emergency alert enabled device that receives both the emergency alert message and the geographic area message. The emergency alert enabled device determines whether it is located within the geographic area of concern, and if so, presents the emergency alert message to the end user.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Inventor: Darren M Vallaire
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Patent number: 8009035Abstract: An emergency alert system and method are disclosed. The invention employs an emergency alert message, which directs end users to take some particular action like evacuating an identified geographic area. The invention further employs a geographic area message, which is based on a particular geographic area within which all persons should receive the emergency alert message. The invention utilizes an emergency alert enabled device that receives both the emergency alert message and the geographic area message. The emergency alert enabled device determines whether it is located within the geographic area of concern, and if so, presents the emergency alert message to the end user.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Inventor: Darren M Vallaire
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Patent number: 7975417Abstract: An improved action for a bolt action rifle. The action includes a receiver containing a bolt; the bolt having two to three locking lugs surrounding a bolt face; and a threaded insert that joins the rifle barrel to the receiver. The insert also includes a series of locking lugs that mate with the locking lugs on the bolt. The position of the insert lugs relative to the barrel will position the bolt face relative to the barrel's chamber when the bolt is closed. Thus, the insert and barrel can properly set the rifle's headspace. The insert and receiver are preferably each provided with a locking lug, that serve to align the axes of the insert and receiver. The threads of the insert and the barrel are co-axial which serves to align the axes of the insert and barrel. Thus, assembled, the receiver, insert and barrel will be substantially co-axial.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2009Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Inventors: Ronald Duplessis, Kenneth W. Sedon
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Patent number: 7967268Abstract: A vertically stabilized shelf bracket assembly having at least two support strips on which a plurality of shelf brackets are mounted. A cover is provided that aesthetically enhances the shelf bracket assembly and stabilizes it at the same time. In one embodiment, the cover includes a cap and a hanging casing. In one embodiment, apertures are provided in the shelf brackets to support a rod. In another embodiment an adjustable mounting slot is provided in the support strips to facilitate their parallel installation.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Herron Intellectual Property Holdings, LLCInventors: Warren L. Herron, III, Warren L. Herron, Jr., Mark Bennett, Randall Bachtel
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Patent number: 7931921Abstract: A method for substantially preventing or inhibiting summer bentgrass decline in an outdoor environment, by exposing bentgrass beds to increased amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The invention is particularly well suited for use in warm climates. It is expected to be useful in a variety of bentgrass applications, such as golf greens, pastures, lawns, athletic fields, and the like. Similar applications for other cool-season grasses are anticipated as well.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2007Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Inventors: Frederick P. Maier, William T. Hinton
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Patent number: 7871305Abstract: Disclosed in this specification is a range of push up bras. The range comprises different bra cup sizes, and offers a different amount of padding for different cup sizes in the same range. The different padding provided facilitates a better tailoring of the bra to the body type of the wearer. The padding occupies a decreasing area of the cup as the cup size increases. The centre of the padding is also gradually lowered with increasing cup size.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Pleasure State Pty., LimitedInventor: Kay Cohen
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Patent number: D633666Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Inventor: Lau Ying Wai
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Patent number: D655706Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2011Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Southern Audio Services, Inc.Inventors: Jeff B. Jordan, Jon C. Jordan
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Patent number: D662936Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Southern Audio Services, Inc.Inventors: Jon C Jordan, Jeff B Jordan