Patents by Inventor Charles R. West

Charles R. West 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: 6052840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to toilet training aids. The invention is a training aid which includes a training seat and a stand-up trainer. One embodiment of the training aid includes a child sized toilet seat. The seat defines a seat opening therein. A back extends upward from and away from the seat opening. And a plurality of sides depends from the back, the sides and the back forming a hooded splash guard having a target opening facing away from the seat, the splash guard adapted to direct fluid toward the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Inventors: Michael K. West, Charles R. West, David R. West, Bradley R. West
  • Patent number: 5795028
    Abstract: A modular occasional chair and method for assembling a modular chair are disclosed. The modular chair includes a universal seat deck to which modular side frame and seat back components constructed in various styles are attached. The universal seat deck can accommodate a variety of bases including four-leg, swivel/glider, swivel, and swivel/rocker styles. The construction method involves assembling and preupholstering each modular frame component prior to final assembly. The method further involves producing a modular chair in a "cell manufacturing" environment in which the individual components are simultaneously manufactured during parallel assembly processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: La-Z-Boy Incorporated
    Inventors: Ralph J. Dussia, Jr., Gerald E. Roberts, Margaret A. Hoffman, William A. Calvert, Jr., Duane T. Dutkievic, Charles R. West, Adam E. Thayer
  • Patent number: 5484911
    Abstract: A compound which exhibits antiviral activity having the formula: ##STR1## wherein; R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyls and alkenyls containing from 8 to 22 carbon atoms;A is selected from the group consisting of O and S atoms;R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of alkyls and alkenyls containing from 8 to 22 carbon atoms; and theNucleoside is selected from the group consisting of 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides, 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxynucleosides, and 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxynucleosides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignees: Health Research, Inc., University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Chung I. Hong, Charles R. West, Chung K. Chu
  • Patent number: 5423104
    Abstract: A film strip cleaner apparatus includes a support plate having a plurality of film guide rollers journaled thereon to define a cleaning path of the film. A cleaning roller carrying arm is pivotally mounted on the support plate and has a pair of spaced apart film cleaning rollers journaled thereon and positioned on opposite sides of the film cleaning path. A position lock pin is mounted on an end of the roller arm and is resiliently urged toward the support plate. A pair of pin receiving apertures are formed through the support plate and are positioned in angularly spaced relation to the pivot axis of the roller arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Systems & Products Engineering Co.
    Inventor: Charles R. West
  • Patent number: 5419549
    Abstract: A baseball pitcher game and training apparatus includes a free swinging target receptacle which is positioned at one end of an elongate enclosure with a player's station positioned at the opposite end of the enclosure. A target is removably positioned in the target receptacle, with the target including a target image printed thereon. An X-Y grid of conductive lines scanned by a target processor determines the position at which a thrown ball impacts the target and the direction and magnitude of spin of the ball. A radar gun positioned in the elongate enclosure has a beam directed across the flight path of the ball to determine the speed of the thrown ball. A game computer is programmed for a game strategy and methodology which rewards throwing speed and accuracy and includes an interactive voice module for verbal feedback to the player. An improved ball return mechanism permits balls to be selectively and reliably returned and dispensed to a player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Umlimited Ideas Corporation
    Inventors: William R. Galloway, Richard H. Galloway, Allen B. Ellison, Charles R. West
  • Patent number: 4622392
    Abstract: This invention relates to cytotoxic compounds. More particularly, this invention relates to conjugates of antitumor agents, and thiophospholipids exhibiting enhanced antitumor activity to methods for producing such compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions containing cytotoxically effective amounts of such compounds as a primary effective ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: Health Research Inc. (Roswell Park Division)
    Inventors: Chung I. Hong, Charles R. West
  • Patent number: 4283394
    Abstract: Nucleotides of nucleosides or bases having known cytotoxic activity are reacted with steroids, preferably corticosteroids, to form corresponding cytotoxic nucleoside-corticosteroid phosphodiester analogues of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: steroid is the residue formed by removal of a hydroxyl hydrogen atom from a natural or synthetic adrenal corticosteroid containing the characteristic cyclopentanophenanthrene nucleus which is esterified to the phosphate moiety at the 21-position;sugar is a naturally occurring pentose or deoxypentose in the furanose form, preferably ribose, deoxyribose, lyxose, xylose or arabinose and especially ribose, deoxyribose or arabinose, which is esterified to the phosphate moiety at the 5'-position and covalently bonded to the heterocycle moiety at the 1'-position to form a nucleoside; andheterocycle is a purine, pyrimidine, hydrogenated pyrimidine, triazolopurine or similar nucleoside base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: Research Corporation
    Inventors: Charles R. West, Chung I. Hong