Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Dopps

Daniel A. Dopps 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: 9539077
    Abstract: A method for controlling menstrual flow including sphincterally contracting and expanding labia minora having left and right labium minuses, such anatomical structures moving to a closed position upon each sphincteral contraction or to an opened position upon each sphincteral expansion; adhering and disjoining the labia minora, each adhesion securing the labia minora at the closed position, the disjunctions freeing the labia minora for opening movement; and resisting and permitting menstrual flow, the resistance occurring on sphincteral contraction and adhesion, and the permission occurring upon sphincteral expansion, each adhering step disposing a hydrophobic and bio-compatible adhesive selected from acrylic adhesives, polyisobutylene adhesives, and silicone adhesives, and each disposition step utilizing an applicator selected from brushes, swabs, rub-on sticks, roll-on applicators, pump sprayers, aerosol sprayers, squeeze tube applicators, bottle applicators, and finger applicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Inventor: Daniel A. Dopps
  • Patent number: 8733567
    Abstract: A bottle capping assembly including a “C” member having an upper arm, a lower arm, a stem section extending between the upper and lower arms, and having a laterally opening concavity formed by the arms and stem; a ceiling member, the ceiling member incorporating the “C” member's lower arm; and a frangible channel incorporated operatively into the ceiling member, the frangible channel being adapted for, upon an application of an upward force to the “C” member's upper arm, segmenting the ceiling member to form a fluid outlet port; the assembly further including a cylindrical wall fixedly attached to and extending downwardly from the ceiling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel A. Dopps
  • Publication number: 20140138341
    Abstract: A bottle capping assembly including a “C” member having an upper arm, a lower arm, a stem section extending between the upper and lower arms, and having a laterally opening concavity formed by the arms and stem; a ceiling member, the ceiling member incorporating the “C” member's lower arm; and a frangible channel incorporated operatively into the ceiling member, the frangible channel being adapted for, upon an application of an upward force to the “C” member's upper arm, segmenting the ceiling member to form a fluid outlet port; the assembly further including a cylindrical wall fixedly attached to and extending downwardly from the ceiling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel A. Dopps
  • Publication number: 20030227004
    Abstract: An aerosol composition, and the method of making the same, having flourescent pigments, suitable for spray application to a substrate surface and rapid air drying, where said spray application is transparent when applied, and also when dried, but where the pigments will reflect visible light under long wave uv or black light exposure. This aerosol composition is removable using soap and water, making this composition useful in numerous settings where a nonpermanent paint is desired. The paint is virtually invisible following application, but appears to brilliantly glow under black light exposure, creating a medium suitable for artistic endeavors. The composition comprises at least one alcohol, comprising 30 to about 40 percent by weight of the total aerosol composition, a polymer resin, comprising an acrylic copolymer, comprising 5 to 10 percent by weight of the total aerosol composition, a propellant, comprising 40 to 60% by weight of the total aerosol composition, pigment, comprising 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventor: Daniel A. Dopps
  • Patent number: 5743652
    Abstract: An improved resealable bag, typically used for snacks such as potato chips, cookies, and other types of chips. A set of snaps are fixed directly onto the bag, and are spaced along each side of the bag, closer to the top than the bottom, with the space between a snap and the top of the bag sufficient so that the top edge and a portion of the bag can be folded over, and then the top portion of the bag being rolled in the opposite direction until the snaps are again oriented similarly as they were prior to the rolling. The snaps are grasped, which causes the sides of the bag adjacent to the snaps to move inward, providing an open space through which the snaps are urged together and attached to each other, so that the rolled portion is formed into a U-shape. This causes the folded top edge and layers of the rolled portion to press together, so as to prevent any air from moving from the outside of the bag to the contents, or from the contents to outside the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Inventor: Daniel A. Dopps