Patents by Inventor Gerald Lange

Gerald Lange 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: 20050256621
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for protecting pressure-sensitive, touch-sensitive, or injured parts of the human body when using a belt that is worn on the body, such as a seat belt of a vehicle. Said protective device comprises a side facing the body of the user and an opposite upper side. The inventive protective device is characterized by the fact that the upper side (24) is embodied as a surface which does not comprise any unwanted protrusions or edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventor: Gerald Lange
  • Patent number: 4273852
    Abstract: An instant film unit, including first and second superposed sheets, and conventional internal spacers for controlling the depth of a layer of processing fluid distributed by flowing the fluid between the sheets, is provided with additional internal spacers that reduce the resistance to fluid flow and augment the quantity of fluid supplied to the lateral edges of the imaging area. In the disclosure, the first spacers comprise portions of a mask, which frames the imaging area. The additional spacers are side rails which separate the lateral edges of the sheets by an amount greater than the thickness of the mask. The film unit is adapted for use with a processing device which includes a pressure nip long enough to span the imaging area, but the side rails are outside of the pressure nip adjacent the ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gerald A. Lange, Charles J. Simpson