Patents Examined by Allan W. Shoap
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Patent number: 6264028Abstract: A golf bag capable of raising golf clubs received therein is provided. The golf bag has a bottom part having a front flat portion and a rear slope portion. The rear slope portion has two holding tubes projecting into said golf bag. The holding tubes each has a sliding member movably received therein. The sliding members each has a raising block passed through a lengthwise arranged guide slot of a respective one of the holding tubes. The sliding members have lower ends contacting a first raising plate pivoted on the bottom part. A second raising plate is movably received in the golf bag with a bottom resting on the raising blocks of the sliding members. The second raising plate has holes for the holding tubes to be passed therethrough. When the golf bag is supported on the ground in a sloping position with the rear slope portion of the bottom part resting on the first resting plate, the first raising plate will force the sliding members to move upwards.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Sports World Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Fang-Li Wu
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Patent number: 6234335Abstract: A sealing element for sealing a container includes a cap having a top with an opening therein in combination with a septum. The septum includes an elastomer in direct physical contact with an interior surface of the cap. The septum occludes the opening in the top. There is no layer of adhesive or plastic material between the elastomer and the interior surface of the cap. The cap may be made of plastic or metal. Also provided is a method of directly bonding an elastomer, such as silicone rubber, to a plastic or metal.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1997Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Integrated Liner Technologies Inc.Inventors: Alan R. Gee, William R. Delaney, Paul M. Petrosino
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Patent number: 5918786Abstract: A handcuff container (1) is made of pieces (3, 4, 5) of material that are connected together to form compartments (13, 19) between the pieces into which a pair of handcuffs may be held. One of the handcuffs (the "inner" handcuff) is held in the inner compartment (13) which is formed by the two inner pieces (3, 4), and the second handcuff (the "outer" handcuff) is held in the outer compartment (19) which is formed by fastening the two outer pieces (4, 5) to each other using a releasable fastener (22A, 22B). When thus held in place, the outer handcuff is partially exposed. The handcuff container (1) can be attached to a user's belt (7) or equipment. Using a natural forward motion, the user, such as a law enforcement or security officer, grabs onto the outer handcuff which wedges between the outer two pieces (4, 5) that make up the outer compartment (19) and releases the fastener.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1997Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Inventor: Michael R. Wise
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Patent number: 5791504Abstract: A child resistant container having a container body, a ring and closure. The container body has an annular guide disposed on its neck's outer surface. The ring has an annular support disposed on its inner surface. The ring rotatably couples to the container body by sliding the ring over the container body's neck and positioning the support inside the guide. The ring has an annular protrusion on its outer surface. The protrusion is divided into segments. The closure has an annular protrusion on its wall's inner surface. The closure's protrusion is divided into segments. The closure is snapped on the ring and retained on the ring via an interlocking of the segments. The closure is removed from the ring by aligning the closure segments in a position so they will pass through the gaps in the ring protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1996Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Magenta CorporationInventors: Richard W. Hofmann, Alex J. Kutaj
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Luggage having supplementary tow handle for wheeled luggage and method of towing combination of same
Patent number: 5699886Abstract: A luggage system of the present invention is provided for transporting an additional piece of luggage having a supplementary tow handle when positioned on a piece of wheeled luggage. The luggage system preferably includes a first piece of wheeled luggage including a body, wheels connected to lower end portions of the body, and a wheeled luggage tow handle connected to the body for towing the wheeled luggage. A second piece of luggage detachably mounts to the wheeled luggage tow handle of the first piece of luggage and is positioned to overlie upper portions of the body of the first piece of wheeled luggage. The second piece of luggage preferably includes a body, a handle retainer connected to the body for retaining the wheeled luggage tow handle, and a supplementary towing handle connected to the body for towing the combination of the first and second pieces of luggage. A method for towing a combination of a piece of luggage and a piece of wheeled luggage by a user is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1995Date of Patent: December 23, 1997Assignee: Purdy Neat Things Co., Inc.Inventor: Ricky J. Latshaw -
Patent number: 5405197Abstract: A tamper-evident seal for a plastic envelope with a pocket and closing flap having first adhesive sealing means for sealing the flap to the envelope and a second, tamper-evident sealing means adhering to the end of and extending beyond the end of the flap which also adheres to the envelope after the flap is closed and sealed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1991Date of Patent: April 11, 1995Inventor: Kenneth R. Makowka
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Patent number: 5346309Abstract: An improved portable cooler that is a collapsible, portable, multiple use insulated bag with a companion detachable multiple use bag for use in transporting and storing items especially those items commonly used while driving an automobile. The bag may be used to carry cassettes which are then insulated from outside heat as well as beverage containers such as in aluminum cans that are thus maintained at a cooler temperature. The bag is especially convenient for placing on the center console of automobiles that have such space on the floor.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1992Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Assignee: Auto-Shade, Inc.Inventor: Steven C. Book
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Patent number: 5339951Abstract: A folding golf bag stand mounting hardware includes two legs pivoted to a top mounting frame on the bag body of a golf bag and having a respective locating frame, a spring supported between the legs, an adjustable fastening belt inserted through the loop on the locating frame on either leg and having two opposite ends fastened to the bag body, a bottom mounting frame fastened to the bag body near the bottom thereof, a constraint member fastened to the bag body and aligned between the top and bottom mounting frames, a connecting rod having a bend in the middle hung on the bottom mounting frame and two opposite ends inserted through a hole on the constraint member and then respectively hung on a respective hanging hole on either locating frame, wherein the bottom mounting frame consists of a vertical mounting plate fastened to the bag body, a curved supporting plate pivoted to the vertical mounting plate in the middle, the curved supporting plate having a stop bar at one end, which stops at the vertical mountinType: GrantFiled: January 24, 1994Date of Patent: August 23, 1994Inventor: Cheng-Tung Chen
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Patent number: 5332113Abstract: A cap assembly for an enteral feeding container having an inner and outer cap. The inner cap has an upper end forming a tray with an inner peripheral lip and an outer peripheral lip, A flexible inner membrane covers the inner side of the tray of the inner cap to form a seal between the neck of the container and the tray. An outer membrane is placed over the outer side of the tray to form a sealed chamber, A cavity containing an appropriate disinfectant is centrally formed in the tray for receiving an enteral feeding tube spike when the outer membrane is removed, Access to the cavity is achieved by first removing the outer cap, then stripping away the outer membrane.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1991Date of Patent: July 26, 1994Assignee: Elan Pharmaceutical Research CorporationInventors: John E. Kusler, III, Leonard W. Cooke
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Patent number: 5295601Abstract: A caulk cartridge cap is designed to enable the storage of unused portions of products of the types supplied within caulk cartridge type containers to thus maintain them in a reusable condition. The cap operates as a closure for purposes of resealing a caulk type cartridge to prevent the premature drying out or aging of the materials stored within the cartridge and to also prevent blockage within the cartridge applicator tube. The cap includes an orifice retention rod which is positionable within the applicator tube, and a self-threading insert positioned within the cap is then used to threadably attach the cap to the cartridge. Modified embodiments of the cap include the use of a tether, a scraping edge formed on the orifice retention rod, and a bracket assembly to which the cap is rotatably attached and which may be mounted to a conventional caulk cartridge holding gun.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1992Date of Patent: March 22, 1994Inventor: Richard F. Bostelman
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Patent number: 5265745Abstract: A multilayer innerseal having a grip tab extending across the innerseal. Force applied to the grip tab is concentrated at the base of the grip tab and promotes a complete failure of the innerseal. In use, a substantial portion of the original innerseal remains adhered to the container to providing evidence of tampering and to frustrate efforts to reseal the container.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1993Date of Patent: November 30, 1993Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Rodger J. Pereyra, Pierre H. LePere, Wayne K. Morris, Theresa A. McCarthy
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Patent number: 5191979Abstract: A set of drinking cups is provided with a series of individual identifying indicia, which serve to distinguish one cup of the set from another. The indicia may be printed or otherwise applied to the cups. The indicia may also be hidden as the cups are supplied, to be revealed when a mask is removed therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1985Date of Patent: March 9, 1993Inventor: Allan Nemeroff
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Patent number: 5140932Abstract: A brake wear indicator, which in one aspect is clampable to a push rod of a brake and having an indicator member contactable with or affixable to a brake housing or other member of a vehicle, the indicator member contained in and freely movable from a hollow cartridge and being exposed upon actuation of the brake and movement of the push rod and being returned into the cartridge upon deactivation of the brake; in one aspect the indicator indicating brake overadjustment and having readjustment indicia; and in another aspect the hollow cartridge having a closure member for closing off an end thereof after the insertion of an indicator member or other items e.g. a spring, therein.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1991Date of Patent: August 25, 1992Assignee: LGS Research, Inc.Inventors: Nathan L. Goldfein, Frank J. Sonzala
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Patent number: 5092609Abstract: A sealing device wherein at least one of the sealing assemblies comprises at least two concentrically arranged rigid wedge rings having confronted conical surfaces, the inner and outer rings having respective inner and outer cylindrical surfaces slidingly confronting the plunger and the cylinder recessed portion, respectively, whereby axial compression of the wedge rings of each sealing assembly causes relative axial displacement and thus radial expansion thereof and forced mating of all confronting surfaces of said rings, plunger and cylinder, wherein the low-pressure end of one of the wedge rings of the first sealing assembly operatively abuts against the corresponding step of the cylinder recess while the second sealing assembly is slidably mounted in the recess and the high-pressure end thereof is exposed to the compressed liquid; and wherein an intermediate chamber defined in the recess between the sealing assemblies is filled with a sealing liquid to which the high pressure of the compressed liquid is tType: GrantFiled: September 16, 1988Date of Patent: March 3, 1992Assignee: Berlen & CieInventors: Lucien D. Balzano, Marc V. A. Lepretre, Claude Portier
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Patent number: 5050893Abstract: A valve stem oil shield comprises a cup-shaped deflector having a radial flange with an aperture therein for the acceptance of the valve stem. An annular grommet of U-shaped cross-section is disposed between the deflector and the valve stem to mechanically secure the oil shield to the valve stem. Leg portions of the grommet slidably engage the deflector thereby to effect a seal between the deflector and valve stem.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1990Date of Patent: September 24, 1991Assignee: Macrotech Fluid Sealing, Inc.Inventor: Bernard G. Stritzke
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Patent number: 4913448Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a container in which an auger having vanes is disposed in the chamber thereof for moving particulate material stored therein. A threaded sealing member is adapted to engage the auger vanes so as to be driven along the container on rotation of the auger. The sealing member is mounted slidingly within the container but is restrained from rotating about the auger. On rotating the auger, in one direction, the sealing member moves along the auger to a storage position located beyond the auger vanes.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1988Date of Patent: April 3, 1990Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Anil G. Bhagwat, Robert A. Carter, Roger D. Masham
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Patent number: 4181226Abstract: A bucket has a tapered tubular side wall including a wide rim-forming end and a narrow end, and a bail having ends secured to the side wall adjacent the wide end. The side wall is formed with at least one elongated portion forming an inwardly convex projection defining an outwardly open groove and extending from adjacent the wide end past the base wall. The side wall further having a web bridging the end of the groove adjacent the wide end and formed with a holder for an end of the bail.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 1978Date of Patent: January 1, 1980Assignee: Firma Weinert & Co.Inventor: Franz Weinert
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Patent number: 3990602Abstract: A fuel tank consisting of a housing in which a port is located. A fuel fill tube is connected to said housing. A barrier is located beneath said port to prevent the insertion of a siphon tube into said fuel tank.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1974Date of Patent: November 9, 1976Inventor: Jesse R. Hollins