Patents Assigned to Robert M. Paul
  • Patent number: 4878579
    Abstract: A tamper-proof coin case is presented. The coin case comprises a unitary assembly having a first substantially planar member which has a first element of an interlocking means disposed circumferentially thereabout, the first planar member being joined to a second substantially planar member having a second element of the interlocking means whose shape is complementary to the first element and which is disposed circumferentially about the second planar member. The unitary assembly has a first interior retention zone shaped such that a coin can be retained within the first interior retention zone, a second interior retention zone shaped such that at least one photograph of the coin can be retained within the second interior retention zone and a third interior retention zone shaped such that a certificate for the coin can be retained within the third interior retention zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Assignee: Robert M. Paul
    Inventor: Alan Hager
  • Patent number: 4445237
    Abstract: This invention relates to an adapter for coupling a toilet bowl, such as residential toilet bowl, to a flush device that is generally utilized in a commercial close coupled water-closet combination. The adapter includes a substrate having a hole therethrough, fasteners on opposite sides of the hole for attaching the substrate to a toilet bowl, a hollow fitting extending through the hole and attached to the substrate and extending both above and below the substrate and a rigidly flexible gasket frictionally attached to the fitting below the bottom surface of the substrate. The fitting has threads on the outer surface thereof for at least that portion of the fitting that extends above the substrate. The fitting has a flared circumference on that portion of its surface below the substrate. The flexible gasket is attached to the flared circumference below the substrate to form an extension of the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Assignee: Partnership of Robert M. Paul
    Inventor: Robert M. Paul