Patents by Inventor David J. Tacke

David J. Tacke 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).

  • Binocular vending apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5353904
    Abstract: A binocular vending apparatus for attachment to a structure, preferably a seat bottom, a seat back or a pedestal, is provided. The vending apparatus includes binoculars, a housing for removably retaining binoculars, and a mounting plate which is attachable to the structure, wherein the housing is mountable to the mounting plate when the mounting plate is attached to the structure. The vending apparatus preferably includes an elongated tether connected to the housing and also to the binoculars such that the binoculars are tethered to the housing. The vending apparatus preferably includes a binocular vending machine operated by magnetic tokens. The magnetic tokens have a magnetic code for actuating elements of the vending machine such that the vending machine will respond in a predetermined manner to the insertion of the vending token. Preferably, the vending token includes a plurality of magnetic regions having opposite magnetic pole orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Binoptic International Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Tacke, Leslie Perhacs
  • Binocular vending apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5148905
    Abstract: A binocular vending apparatus for attachment to a structure, preferably a seat bottom, a seat back or a pedestal, is provided. The vending apparatus includes a pair of binoculars, a housing for removably retaining the pair of binoculars, and a mounting plate which is attachable to the structure, wherein the housing is mountable to the mounting plate when the mounting plate is attached to the structure. The vending apparatus preferably includes an elongated tether connected to the housing and also to the binoculars such that the binoculars are tethered to the housing. The vending apparatus preferably includes a binocular vending machine operated by magnetic tokens. The magnetic tokens have a magnetic code for actuating elements of the vending machine such that the vending machine will respond in a predetermined manner to the insertion of the vending token. Preferably, the vending token includes a plurality of magnetic regions having opposite magnetic pole orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Binoptic International Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Tacke, Leslie Perhacs
  • Binocular vending machine housing
    Patent number: D335506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Binoptic International Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: David J. Tacke, Leslie Perhacs