Patents Represented by Attorney Tod R. Nissle

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  • Interlocking block
    Patent number: 5457926
    Abstract: Lightweight foam building blocks simplify the interlocking of the blocks when the blocks are being stacked, increase the resistance of the blocks to rotational forces which twist one block with respect to another, and decrease the passage of air and light intermediate interlocking block pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Templeton Trust
    Inventor: Daniel M. Jensen
  • Gumball machine
    Patent number: 5452822
    Abstract: A gumball machine attracts and entertains users by enabling a user, after he purchases a gumball from the machine, to visually observe the gumball as it travels from the storage area of the gumball machine to the dispenser where the user removes the gumball from the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Inventor: Dave E. Haymond
  • Garment with coextensive sliding perforated fabric layers
    Patent number: 5446927
    Abstract: A garment for facilitating the evaporative cooling of the epidermis of a user while protecting the epidermis from sunlight includes two co-extensive layers of material having openings formed through each layer of material. The layers slide over one other to continually move openings in one layer out of registration with openings in another layer so that sunlight is prevented from penetrating the garment. The openings in the garment facilitate the flow of air through the garment to assist in the evaporative cooling of the user's epidermis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Inventor: Henry H. Weldon
  • Composition and method for rejuvenating enteral feeding tubes
    Patent number: 5424299
    Abstract: An ingestible rejuvenation composition is injected into an enteral feeding tube to clean remnant food from the tube and decontaminate the tube. The rejuvenation composition includes a carrier, edible acids, enzymes for degrading the remnant food, and an edible antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Inventor: Woodrow C. Monte
  • C-clamp
    Patent number: 5423525
    Abstract: A C-clamp includes a C-shaped body. The body has an anvil end and an internally threaded second end. The second end carries a screw which is used to press a workpiece against the anvil. The second end permits the screw both to be turned through the second end and to be freely pushed through the second end and against the anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Inventor: Rodger D. Spainhower
  • Glove with floating puncture resistant pad
    Patent number: 5423090
    Abstract: A puncture resistant surgical glove. The glove includes a puncture resistant pad which is positioned on one of the fingers of the glove. A finger stall is pulled over the glove finger and the puncture resistant pad and is sealed on the glove by dipping the glove in a latex bath. The thickness of the material comprising the finger stall is less than thirty thousandths of an inch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Inventor: Neal I. Gimbel
  • Apparatus for backlighting LCD
    Patent number: 5404277
    Abstract: Apparatus for backlighting a liquid crystal display has an operational life of at least one hundred thousand hours and can be manufactured using a light source which has about one-seventh the cost of prior art light sources. The apparatus utilizes dies which laterally emit light into a light pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Inventor: Edward W. Lindblad
  • Gear with inset O-ring for setting backlash
    Patent number: 5400672
    Abstract: A gear assembly reduces gear wear by insuring that the backlash of a pair of gears is at a desired setting. A first gear in the gear assembly resiliently displaces another gear outwardly away from the first gear to achieve a desired backlash setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Inventor: Earnest B. Bunch, Jr.
  • Method for installation of dental implant
    Patent number: 5397235
    Abstract: An implant is loosely inserted in an opening in the bone. A packing composition and/or growth factor is inserted in the opening to anchor the implant in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignees: Dental Marketing Specialists, Inc., Jerry W. Bains, Salee C. Bains
    Inventor: James P. Elia
  • Earthquake resistant biosphere
    Patent number: 5394661
    Abstract: A building structure can, in the event of an earthquake, be quickly released to roll freely over the ground. Living quarters are suspended in the building structure. The living quarters remain in an upright orientation while the building structure rolls over the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Inventor: Curtis R. Noble
  • Safety cartridge
    Patent number: 5394635
    Abstract: A firearm safety cartridge lodges a projectile in the breech end of the barrel of the firearm to prevent live ammunition from being inserted into the firing chamber of the firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Edward J. Krolak
    Inventor: John C. Stuart
  • Method and apparatus for producing roof tile
    Patent number: 5392584
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are utilized to produce panels which simulate overlapping red clay roof tile. The panels are fire resistant, impact resistant, opaque, lightweight, and have sufficient strength to support fully the weight of an individual walking on the tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Inventor: George A. Perez-Wilson
  • Low pH antimicrobial food composition
    Patent number: 5389391
    Abstract: A nutritionally balanced water soluble powdered food composition which, when mixed with water, has a low pH, extended shelf life, high antimicrobial activity, and which includes protein alpha-amino acids in solution or in suspension. The food composition utilizes a binary stabilizer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Inventor: Woodrow C. Monte
  • Method for testing for esophagitis
    Patent number: 5381800
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for administering a test to detect the esophagitis in a patient utilizes a sealed pliable tube. When the tube is unsealed and inserted in the esophagus of a patient, an acidic solution stored in the tube flows into the esophagus and, if the patient has esophagitis, causes the chest pain or other symptoms which the patient experiences during esophagitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Inventor: Jean P. Angelchik
  • Fish lure
    Patent number: 5381623
    Abstract: A crank lure maintains a horizontal orientation during trolling, is weed free, is self-righting, and increases the likelihood of a strike when the lure is ingested by a fish. The lure connects a fishing line to the top of the head of the lure, generates downward displacement forces at the head and tail of the lure, and generates lateral forces at the tail of the lure. The lateral forces cause the tail to wobble from side to side. The crank lure includes a single hook fixedly attached to the top of the lure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Inventor: James J. Crisp
  • Bone augmentation method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5380329
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for augmenting the bone in the face of a human being makes an intraoral incision and delivers bone augmentation material into a containment structure intermediate facial tissue and underlying bone. The containment structure prevents the bone from migrating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignees: Dental Marketing Specialists, Inc., Jerry W. Bains and Salee C. Bains
    Inventors: James P. Elia, Jerry W. Bains
  • Method for preventing oxidation of crystalline steroid alcohols in cells, lipoproteins, and chylomicrons
    Patent number: 5380752
    Abstract: A method for preventing oxidation by the cells lining the blood vessels of the body of a crystalline steroid alcohol comprises incorporating in the bloodstream a composition comprising all ascorbyl monoester of a saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid containing from 12 to 18 carbon atoms per molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Inventor: Woodrow C. Monte
  • Method and apparatus for installation of dental implant
    Patent number: 5378152
    Abstract: A dental implant shaped like a bottle includes an involute which extends inwardly from the bottom of the implant. The smooth arcuate outer surface of the implant minimizes the likelihood the implant becoming infected after the implant is installed in alveolar bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignees: Dental Marketing Specialists, Inc., Jerry W. Bains and Salee C. Bains
    Inventor: James P. Elia
  • Apparatus for connecting oval duct sections
    Patent number: 5378028
    Abstract: A flange connection for oval shaped air conditioning ducts readily adapts to ducts of differing shape and dimension. The flange is unitary and simultaneously attaches to the ends of two adjacent ducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: MEZ Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Issagholian-Havai, George J. Ohandjanian
  • Method for installation of a dental implant
    Patent number: 5372503
    Abstract: An implant is loosely inserted in an opening in the bone. A packing composition and/or growth factor is inserted in the opening to anchor the implant in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignees: Dental Marketing Specialists, Inc., Jerry W. Bains and Salee C. Baines Irrevocable Trust
    Inventor: James P. Elia