Patents by Inventor Douglas R. Russell

Douglas R. Russell 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: 6671920
    Abstract: A pop-out toothbrush having a toothbrush that is movable between (i) a retracted position in which the toothbrush bristle head and toothbrush handle are substantially enclosed within a housing and one or more cover portions and (ii) an extracted or extended position in which the toothbrush bristle head and toothbrush handle extend out of the housing to facilitate practical use by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Inventors: Jay C. Pearlman, Douglas R. Russell
  • Publication number: 20010045369
    Abstract: A pop-out toothbrush having a toothbrush that is movable between (i) a retracted position in which the toothbrush bristle head and toothbrush handle are substantially enclosed within a housing and one or more cover portions and (ii) an extracted or extended position in which the toothbrush bristle head and toothbrush handle extend out of the housing to facilitate practical use by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Jay C. Pearlman, Douglas R. Russell
  • Patent number: 5702101
    Abstract: A handheld character selector and display device for the agitation, random selection and display of spherical objects bearing characters thereon includes a main housing having disposed therein for random mixing through agitation a plurality of spherical objects bearing characters thereon. A sub-housing, preferably substantially smaller in volume than the main housing, is in communication with the main housing for receiving from the main housing for kinetic energy dissipation a sub-plurality of the spherical objects. A transparent identification chute, preferably substantially smaller in diameter than the sub-housing, is in communication with the sub-housing for receiving from the sub-housing and displaying in alignment a predetermined number of the spherical objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Inventor: Douglas R. Russell
  • Patent number: 5135219
    Abstract: A baseball batting practice device in which a diametral bore in a baseball is snugly lined by a metal tube, the ends of which are flared to secure the cover of the baseball adjacent the ends of the ball bore. A suspending line secured adjacent its upper end to an overhead support extends successively through a sleeve and the tube in the ball and has ball restraining means below the ball which rests thereon. A swing-and-lift line connects the suspending line above the sleeve to an upright support below and laterally of the suspended ball. When a batter bats the ball the suspending and swing-and-lift lines are wound progressively about the upright support toward the ball until the ball strikes and rebounds from the upright support and returns to the batting zone to be batted again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Inventors: Tim O. McKeon, Douglas R. Russell
  • Patent number: D375679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Cap Toys Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas R. Russell
  • Patent number: D397731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Inventor: Douglas R. Russell