Patents Examined by K. Kupferschmid
  • Patent number: 5012537
    Abstract: An apparatus that is particularly useful in a hospital environment when cleaning bedpans and other objects which contain potentially dangerous materials. The apparatus comprises a generally transparent member that is provided with one or more openings for a person's arms, and means for mounting the member so as to locate the transparent member between the basin of the cleaning station and the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Inventor: Joanna L. Underwood
  • Patent number: 4986459
    Abstract: A tool holder which efficiently organizes a bartender's tools is disclosed. The tool holder has a pliable support, a first pocket for holding a pen having a first side edge attached to a first side of the support and a second side edge attached to a second side of the support, a hook attached to the first side of the support for holding a bottle opener, a second pocket attached to the first side of the support for holding a lighter, a third pocket attached to the first side of the support for holding a knife, and a ring attached to the first side of the support for holding a towel. The support may be secured to the body of a user by way of a belt so that the second side of the support is adjacent a hip of the user. A hook-and-pile fastening arrangement may be used to releasably fasten the support to the belt at a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Inventor: Charles R. Yarbrough, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4985940
    Abstract: A plumbing fixture for installation in women's rooms that enables female individuals to urinate from a standing position. An elongate flexible hose has a urine-collecting funnel at its top end and its bottom end is in communication with a water-holding bowl that is flushed by a siphoning action. A sanitary cuff lines the rim of the funnel so that the funnel does not contact the body of the user, and the cuff is knocked off the funnel after use by a passive ejector arm when the funnel is suspended between the arms of a hanger member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Inventor: Kathie K. Jones
  • Patent number: 4977935
    Abstract: An interlock system acts in conjunction with an arrangement in which selected ones of first and second pluralities of equipment for conveying chemicals are interconnected in accordance with a chosen operation of a process or apparatus. A separate information carrier corresponds to each piece of equipment of the first plurality and a control unit corresponds to each piece of the second plurality. The interlock system establishes an appropriate set of operating parameters for the chosen operation when the information carrier which corresponds to the interconnected first piece of equipment engages the control unit corresponding to the interconnected second piece of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William D. Durkee, Jr., Philip J. Muller