Patents by Inventor Edward J. Khoury

Edward J. Khoury 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).

  • Publication number: 20130052893
    Abstract: A mooring retrieval device for retrieving a mooring rope in water, the device comprising a buoyant member adapted to be tethered to the end of the mooring rope. An elongate retrieval member having an end adapted to engage with the buoyant member whereby, in use, the end of a mooring rope tethered to the buoyant member can be more easily retrieved. Advantageously the end of the retrieval member engages with the buoyant member by magnetic attraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Philip L. Golding, Edward J. Khoury
  • Patent number: 8276595
    Abstract: A lice comb (10) including a plurality of teeth (14) for capturing lice when the teeth (14) are passed through hair. The lice comb (10) is provided with a receptacle (22) including an adhesive inner surface and a means for moving lice captured by the teeth (14) into the receptacle (22) such that the lice come into contact with the adhesive surface, preventing escape of the lice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Inventors: Moshe Maor, Edward J. Khoury, Robert C. A. Culley
  • Patent number: 8104485
    Abstract: A lice comb (10) comprising a plurality of parallel teeth (12) having upper surfaces (16) and lower surfaces (18). Each pair of adjacent teeth (12) includes a first set of projections (22) on a side surface (24) of one tooth and a second set of projections (26) on a side surface (28) of the adjacent tooth. The first set of projections (22) are provided along at least a portion of the length of the tooth such that hair moving downwardly between the pair of teeth (12) passes through gaps (32) defined between the first set of projections (22). The second set of projections (26) are interspersed between and in a direction toward the lower surface (18) of the teeth (12) such that the strands of hair passing through the gaps (32) are deflected in a direction parallel to the teeth (12) in use by the second set of projections (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventors: Moshe Maor, Edward J. Khoury, Robert C. A. Culley
  • Publication number: 20110005540
    Abstract: A lice comb (10) including a plurality of teeth (14) for capturing lice when the teeth (14) are passed through hair. The lice comb (10) is provided with a receptacle (22) including an adhesive inner surface and a means for moving lice captured by the teeth (14) into the receptacle (22) such that the lice come into contact with the adhesive surface, preventing escape of the lice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Moshe Maor, Edward J. Khoury, Robert C.A. Culley
  • Publication number: 20100252060
    Abstract: A lice comb (10) comprising a plurality of parallel teeth (12) having upper surfaces (16) and lower surfaces (18). Each pair of adjacent teeth (12) includes a first set of projections (22) on a side surface (24) of one tooth and a second set of projections (26) on a side surface (28) of the adjacent tooth. The first set of projections (22) are provided along at least a portion of the length of the tooth such that hair moving downwardly between the pair of teeth (12) passes through gaps (32) defined between the first set of projections (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Moshe Maor, Edward J. Khoury, Robert C.A. Culley
  • Patent number: 5384928
    Abstract: A valve member which is suitable for use in a fluid control valve in a swimming pool cleaner, which is made from a resiliently deformable material and which has a tubular core with a fastening formation near one end and a substantially mushroom-shaped annular flexible component at an opposed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Swimline Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Edward J. Khoury