Patents Represented by Attorney Theresa M. Seal
  • Patent number: 8077846
    Abstract: A universal combination cordless phone/remote control device for simultaneously answering incoming phone calls, messages, texts, etc., while operating a television and peripheral equipment includes a remote control side for controlling and operating the television and peripheral equipment and a cordless phone side for controlling various standard telephonic operations with both the remote control side and the cordless phone side including electrical charging contacts that engage charging contacts located on the upper surface of a portable lightweight charging cradle when the control device is placed upon the charging cradle for electrical charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Inventor: David Luis Gonzales
  • Patent number: 8074758
    Abstract: A inertial-centrifugal drive system retrofitted onto the drive train of existing equipment or incorporated with the power unit/drive train of new vehicles includes a flywheel mounted to the vehicle's drive shaft with the flywheel comprising an outer rim section, a hub and an inner web section connecting the hub to the rim with a free-wheeling cam and clutch bearing encased within the hub and circumjacently mounted on and selectively engagable to the drive shaft adjacent the area of interconnection of the input shaft to the output shaft with the free-wheeling cam and clutch bearing controlled by the flywheel for improving and enhancing the efficiency of any powered rotating force such as the main drive shaft and transmission unit of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Inventor: Eugene Angeletti
  • Patent number: 8025117
    Abstract: A power axle for assisting an automotive vehicle in ascending and descending steep slopes and grades includes an electromagnetic motor mounted to one floating axle of the vehicle, a junction box mounted to and electrically connected to the electromagnetic motor, a DC/AC power inverter mounted to the cab interposed between and for electrically interconnecting the vehicle's battery to the electromagnetic motor for powering the motor from the battery and control switches mounted on the dashboard and which include an on/off switch and a speed control dial for regulating and controlling the interaction and engagement of the electromagnetic motor with the floating axle of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Inventors: Lawrence R. Bennett, Sr., Carol L. Bennett
  • Patent number: 8025489
    Abstract: A portable electromagnetic power system used as a remote alternate power source includes a water tank having an oil reservoir mounted on top of the tank with four cylinders extending through the tank and the two outer cylinders denoted the pressure cylinders and the two inner cylinders serving as accumulators with electromagnets mounted at the ends of each pressure cylinder for reciprocating an internal floating piston and each inner cylinder having a permanent magnet mounted at one end for actuating a magnetized floating piston disposed therein and each magnetized floating piston dividing the inner cylinder into an air chamber portion and a fluid chamber portion with the oil reservoir and the cylinders all in fluid flow registration with each other and the inner cylinders connected to a working pressure line that connects to a device, such as a hydraulic motor, so that the outer cylinder develop working pressure concomitant with the flow of oil therein that is directed to the inner (accumulator) cylinders fo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Inventors: William Francis Shacklee, Gerald W. Shacklee, Craig E. Shacklee
  • Patent number: 7969034
    Abstract: A minimal maintenance paddle wheel electric generation device for producing no cost electricity includes an A-frame base disposed in a fast flowing stream with a paddle wheel mounted between A-frame supports, with the supports resting on the base, and the paddle wheel including radially arranged dip blades with the rotation of the paddle wheel by the swiftly running water turning a drive gear that engages a series of reduction gears that, in turn, actuate a generator for producing electricity. A pair of paddle wheels can be ganged together on several floating members with the floating members tethered by cables to stanchions fixed on opposed banks of the stream. The paddle wheel can also be supported on buoyant inflatable tubes that have curvilinear members attached to the rear ends for directing water into the channel formed between the tubes thereby enhancing water flow and the angular speed of the paddle wheel for increased power generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Inventor: Henry C. Winius
  • Patent number: 7887464
    Abstract: A motorized rehabilitative device for simulating and inducing normal walking motion for individuals needing physical rehabilitation includes a base, a pair of side supporting members, and adjustable u-shaped handle bars mounted to the side supporting members. Each side supporting member includes an interiorly mounted foot bar and foot bar support plate that are capable of reciprocable up and down motion to simulate and facilitate the walking motion of the individual disposed on the device having one foot secured to each foot bar and positioned upright and between the side supporting members with the handle bars used as support. The foot bars and foot bar support plates are interconnected to motor driven gear and pulley systems contained with the side supporting members and the gear and pulley systems include cyclically extending and retracting pistons that transfer mechanical motion to the foot bars and the speed of motion being controllable from a handle bar mounted control panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Inventors: Jasper Jones, Dorothy Jones
  • Patent number: 7871229
    Abstract: A temporary, disposable bulkhead disposed within a refrigerated structure such as a refrigerated cargo trailer for separating frozen product from non-frozen product and maintaining the integrity of both types of product includes a pair of pivotally attached insulation members with each insulation member including a cavity containing a flexible, inflatable air bag and a measuring device for measuring the interior dimensions of the cargo trailer so that the bulkhead can be cut to fit the interior dimensions whereupon the air bags are inflated for sealing against the cargo trailers' sidewalls and a foam insulation strip extending along the upper side of both insulation members seals against the cargo trailer ceiling thereby creating two separate compartments within the cargo trailer that are airtight sealed from each other for maintaining the integrity and quality of the frozen and non-frozen product throughout the transport and shipping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel Anthony Haddad, Joyce Christine Frieze
  • Patent number: 7819545
    Abstract: An outdoor solar powered decorative lighting system includes a light string having a plurality of light bulbs evenly spaced along the length of the string and being electrically connected to a roof mounted solar collector having one or more solar panels or cells for collecting sunlight—radiant energy—from the sun and which is then conveyed to a rechargeable battery enclosed within the solar collector for discharge to provide the power to illuminate the light bulbs and thus create the decorative lighting effect with the solar collector including a switch to automatically turn the light bulbs on at dusk and to switch the light bulbs off at the following sunrise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Inventor: Gwendolyn R. Ponamar
  • Patent number: 7703777
    Abstract: A portable contractor cart for use on construction sites that have not yet been hard wired includes a frame having front and rear wheels and arranged on the upper deck side of the frame from front to back are a 50 foot electric cord reel and a 50 foot compressed air line, an air compressor, an electrical generator, a refrigerated cooler and a weatherproof radio/cd player. A handle is mounted to the rear of the frame and a pivotable foot brake is interconnected to the rear axle for locking and unlocking the rear wheels, and the cart can be motorized wherein a motor and pulley arrangement would be mounted to the underside of the frame. Snaps are spaced about the periphery of the frame for attaching a covering thereto thereby protecting the cart when it is left outside on the job site. A welder generator for a TIG or MIG welder can also be mounted on the frame in place of the air compressor, and a trailer hitch can extend from the front of the frame for towing the cart from site to site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Inventor: Charles Eugene Horn, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7686720
    Abstract: A portable power take-off unit for mounting to and dismounting from the rear of a vehicle, such as a pickup truck, providing mechanical operational power to construction and farm implements and machinery includes an engine for driving a belt and pulley assembly that drives a chain and sprocket assembly that, in turn, drives a power take-off shaft at selectable high or low speeds. An elongated drive shaft from the machinery is connected to the power take-off shaft for connection to the implement or machinery so that power can be provided thereto. The power take-off unit includes a hydraulic system, comprising a pump, reservoir, couplers, and hoses, for controlling the operation of the machinery, and a manually operable engagement lever for engaging and disengaging the belt and pulley system thereby controlling the engagement and disengagement of the power take-off shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventor: Roger Nikolai
  • Patent number: 7636033
    Abstract: A multi sensor detection and disabling lock system includes detector cases for holding interchangeable detectors that sample for chemical, biological and radiological compounds, agents and elements, with each detector case disposed in or upon the monitored product whereupon light alarm indicators (color coded) on the detector case light up when a specific compound or agent is detected whereupon the detector case transmits detection information to a monitoring computer terminal and transmits a signal to a lock disabler engaged to the product to lock or disable the product's lock thereby preventing untrained, unauthorized and unequipped individual's from gaining access and entry to the product, and also preventing further contamination of the area. An authorized individual resets the detection system, and the system's power source is electrical, battery or computer generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Inventor: Larry Golden
  • Patent number: 7549692
    Abstract: A compact ramp and tailgate system for a vehicle tailgate includes a tailgate having an interior hollow cavity for collapsible storage therein of a pair of ramps that are also telescopically extendable therefrom for loading and unloading heavy equipment into and off the bed of the vehicle such as a pickup truck with each ramp mounted to a locking hinge that allows the ramps to pivot up to ninety degrees and each ramp composed of at least three ramp members of decreasing size starting from the largest ramp members that are pivotally interconnected to the locking hinges. The ramps are independently pivotable and slidably adjustable left and right relative to the tailgate and the longitudinal extension of the vehicle for properly aligning the ramps with respect to the wheels, rollers, casters, etc., of the equipment to be on loaded and off loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Inventor: DerRon K. Washington
  • Patent number: 7536732
    Abstract: A toilet seat device removably attachable to the underside of the toilet seat for preventing the toilet seat from sliding back and forth and for shock absorption when the toilet seat is dropped includes a bracket having a lip portion and a leg portion with the lip portion extending downwardly against the toilet rim and the leg portion having a recess for receiving therein a rubber bumper insert member that faces the toilet rim and provides for the shock absorption when the toilet seat is dropped. The bracket includes an interior attaching surface that comprises both the leg portion and the lip portion, and the interior attaching surface further includes a grid matrix to increase surface area contact between the bracket and toilet seat underside when glue bonding is used, and the insert member includes through holes that align with a slot formed on the leg portion for also screwing the bracket to the toilet seat underside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Inventor: Creig Albert Dunlap
  • Patent number: 7520478
    Abstract: A hose attachment for securing a water hose in position adjacent and against a shampoo bowl of a salon sink at a beauty salon so that a pre-set water pressure and temperature can be maintained without interruption throughout the various steps, such as soaping, shampooing, conditioning and rinsing, of the hair styling procedure for a client's hair includes a bracket securable to a wall adjacent the shampoo bowl and having at least one clamp projecting therefrom, with the clamp including a pair of semi-circular flexible gripping arms for receiving and holding the water hose and thereby freeing the stylist's hands for performing the various steps, and the clamp or clamps being oriented vertically or horizontally with respect to the counter top of the salon sink and also capable of rotation on the bracket for adjustably positioning and securing the water hose in place against the shampoo bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Inventor: Mariel G. Whitfield
  • Patent number: D593394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Inventor: Edward L. Ward, III
  • Patent number: D605525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Inventor: Dale D. Zitterkopf
  • Patent number: D626181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Inventor: Pedro Santos Lima
  • Patent number: D627875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Inventor: Andrew P. Maskeill
  • Patent number: D630334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Regina Gale Paige
  • Patent number: D640015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Inventor: Kenneth William Birck