Patents by Inventor Aasef M. Shafik

Aasef M. Shafik has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6220992
    Abstract: Boxing exercise apparatus has an adjustable frame that can selectively adjustably support different types of punching bags in optimum position to be struck with the hands and/or feet of a person or persons using the apparatus. In particular, the frame is releasably attachable to a conventional treadmill for simultaneous use of the boxing exercise apparatus and the treadmill. In one form of the invention, the frame is capable of being free-standing independently of use with a treadmill, and in another form the frame relies upon its attachment to a treadmill to support it in an operative upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: N/A
    Inventor: Aasef M. Shafik
  • Patent number: 6142384
    Abstract: A personal portable filtration device for removing contaminants from water. In one form, the filtration device is attachable to an ordinary drinking straw, and in another form the filtration device is attachable to an enlarged section of a tubular member. In a first embodiment of the first form, the drinking straw is insertable at one end into an opening in the filter device, whereby the filter device is applied externally of the straw, and in another embodiment the filter device is sized and shaped for insertion into an end of the straw. In one embodiment of the second form, the filter device is received in an enlargement at one end of the tubular member, and in another embodiment is received in an enlargement between and spaced from the ends of the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Inventor: Aasef M. Shafik
  • Patent number: 5971141
    Abstract: A toilet accessory kit includes a holder with receptacles at opposite ends receiving and holding a toilet brush and a toilet plunger, respectively. A divider extends across the holder to separate the receptacles from one another, and a handle extends from the divider for lifting and carrying the holder and also for storing extra rolls of toilet paper. The brush includes bristles and an elongate narrow pick, with the pick insertable into the jets beneath the rim of a toilet bowl to clean the jets. The plunger has a spherical member with a concavo-convex open end that fits various sizes of drain openings. A depending cylindrical skirt surrounds the concavo-convex open end and acts as a shield to prevent splashing and also forms a secondary seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventor: Aasef M. Shafik
  • Patent number: D414064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Inventor: Aasef M. Shafik
  • Patent number: D419019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Inventor: Aasef M. Shafik
  • Patent number: D419806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Inventor: Aasef M Shafik