Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Wellenstein & Wagner, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 6416271
    Abstract: A new drop box assembly or container having a base frame, a pair of runners to elevate the base frame from a surface, a first pair of door panels attached along one edge to the base frame, a sleeve having a plurality of sidewalls, and a top frame is disclosed. The base frame is preferably designed with a plurality of side members configured to define an opening, and a channel seated within the side members and circumjacent the opening—an upper surface of each side member being sloped away from the channel and toward the opening. Engagement of the disclosed container by a forklift or the like from four directions is permissible. A first means for securing the sleeve within the channel of the base frame includes a plurality of connecting members on one of either the base frame or the sleeve. Such connecting members include a plurality of male connecting members on the sleeve and a plurality of corresponding female connecting members on the base frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Nucon Corporation
    Inventors: Maurice J. Pigott, Peter S. Pigott, Brandon L. Pigott, Schuyler F. Pigott, Michel Trapp
  • Patent number: 5983498
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for clipping nails and retaining the clippings. The nail clipper includes a lower arm member defining an opening and a cutting edge at an end thereof. The nail clipper further has an upper arm member springingly attached to the lower arm member, the upper arm member further defining a cutting edge in corresponding placement to the cutting edge of the lower arm member. The nail clipper further includes a receptacle for retaining nail clippings, an actuating handle, and, a retaining pin connecting the lower arm member, the upper arm member, the receptacle, and the actuating handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventors: Christopher E. Lieberman, Terry W. Kreplin