Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Stephen M. Nipper
  • Patent number: 6382062
    Abstract: A positioned sensing device measures and/or calculates the lateral position and movement of a saw blade. These measured and calculated values are used to automatically alter the work-feed rate and/or saw blade rim speed either up or down as sawing conditions change within the work piece or between different work pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Simonds Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: H. Reid Smith
  • Patent number: 6378408
    Abstract: A positioned sensing device measures and/or calculates the lateral position and movement of a saw blade. These measured and calculated values are used to automatically alter the work-feed rate and/or saw blade rim speed either up or down as sawing conditions change within the work piece or between different work pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Simonds Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: H. Reid Smith
  • Patent number: 6368565
    Abstract: A sterilization system for dental and orthodontic tools is provided with a transport rack dimensionally sized to hold a plurality interchangeable cassettes. The interchangeable cassettes are designed and intended to hold kits of dental or orthodontic tools and are provided with top opening, double-hinged covers which lay flat on the surface when opened and used at a dental workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventors: Dennis J. Michaelson, Jeffrey W. Mix
  • Patent number: 6364591
    Abstract: Apparatus for modifying conventional automatic three table bale wagons handling small bales to load, transport, and stack big bales with dimensions in excess of 3 feet×4 feet ×8 feet. With the apparatus a modified bale wagon picks up and handles big bales during traversal of a field in which big bales of vegetative material have been deposited. The modified bale wagon with its apparatus loads the big bales one at a time and orders them without rotation, two at a time, on a loading table of a conventional three table automatic bale wagon which pivots vertically, placing the two big bales on end on the bale wagon load bed side-by-side in the bale wagon load bed. When the load bed reaches capacity, six to eight big bales, the bale wagon is driven to a storage area where the load bed pivots 90°, allowing the big bales to be pushed off the load bed, forming a compact stack of six to eight big bales.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Arrowhead Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Lynn E. Stevenson
  • Patent number: 6355989
    Abstract: A public transportation driver signalling device. The device is comprised of a tubular post member having a removable end cap. A signal light is located within the tubular post member adjacent the end cap. The signal light is preferably a light emitting diode. The light communicates with the exterior of the post through an opening in the post wall. A switch is located within the tubular post member in the lower half thereof. The switch is preferably an intermittent on/off type push button type switch with the push button extending through an opening in the wall of the tubular post member for access by a transportation patron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Stellar Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Sean G. Westcott
  • Patent number: 6345862
    Abstract: A convertible backpack chair device is disclosed. The device has a first frame portion and a second frame portion. The two portions are independent of one another and are able to be slip fitted in a chair mode, a reclining mode, and a backpack mode. In the backpack mode, the second frame portion nests within the first frame portion for convenient carrying and storage. Backpack straps may also be present to facilitate convenient carrying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Inventor: Larry D. Meinburg
  • Patent number: 6338185
    Abstract: A tie-down clip for assisting in the cinching of a rope or other flexible, elongated object. The tie-down clip has an eyelet, a rope attachment means for attachment to a rope and a helical extension extending from the rope attachment means for cooperation with the rope and assisting in cinching of the rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Inventor: Norman W. Solterbeck
  • Patent number: 6318297
    Abstract: A livestock free stall is provided, having a pair of vertically oriented posts held in fixed spaced relationship. Each of the posts has attached thereto in parallel spaced relationship upper and lower receiver tubes or posts with the receiver tubes or posts of each stanchion oriented in parallel spaced relationship to the corresponding upper and lower receiver tubes or posts of the other stanchions. A pair of rail loops, each having upper and lower ends, are then configured and sized for insertion into the upper and lower receiver tubes, or for receiving the upper and lower receiver posts, is then attached and fastened to the stanchion. A top rail interconnects the posts to form the completed free stall assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventor: John Hatfield
  • Patent number: 6295692
    Abstract: The present invention is a vacuuming apparatus convertible between a backpack mode, a canister mode and an upright mode. Additionally, the present invention is convertible into a handheld mode and a blower mode. Each of these modes are accomplished through attachments which are able to be easily attached and detached together. The apparatus has a power unit having an electric motor and impeller; a base unit containing a filter; a backpack unit for use in the backpack mode; a canister unit for use in the canister mode; a blower unit for use in the blower mode; a handheld unit for use as a handheld vacuum cleaner in a hand held mode; and a work bench waste collection mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Pro-Team, Inc.
    Inventor: Larry R. Shideler
  • Patent number: 6253519
    Abstract: Right rectangular parallelepiped construction modules including a system of latitudinal tangs and grooves and inner and outer shoulders which cooperate to interlock stacked or staggered construction modules. The construction modules can also include reliefs in their tops, sides and bottoms for receiving rebar supports, electrical lines, plumbing lines, or other means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Inventor: Aaron E. Daniel
  • Patent number: 6158100
    Abstract: A tool for opening a sealed telephone cable splice box. The tool has a fulcrum adapted to bear against various points on the ends of the splice box. The tool also has a lever adapted to cooperate with the fulcrum and a sliding member that slides longitudinally along the lever and is adapted to bear against the box top. The top of the box is separated from the bottom and ends of the splice box by transferring force between sliding member and the fulcrum through the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Inventors: Erik B. Peterson, Richard D. Peterson
  • Patent number: D440442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventor: Edward J. Koranda
  • Patent number: D455815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Inventor: Robert L. Bonzer
  • Patent number: D456487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventor: Robert L. Bonzer
  • Patent number: D456488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventor: Robert L. Bonzer
  • Patent number: D456489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventor: Robert L. Bonzer
  • Patent number: D456490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventor: Robert L. Bonzer
  • Patent number: D426727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventors: Glenn T. Rummler, Todd N. Hanson