Patents by Inventor Gregory A. Steiner

Gregory A. Steiner 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: 6217294
    Abstract: There is provided a combination container and portable electrically operated fan unit combination pursuant to which the fan unit may be carried on a mounting surface associated with the container. Holding means is provided for retaining the fan unit in position on the mounting surface portion of the container such that the apparatus presents a combination container and cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventors: Terry E. Arnieri, Gregory A. Steiner
  • Patent number: 6109874
    Abstract: There is disclosed an elongate style portable fan device having an elongate body portion including a fan device mounted on the top end of the body portion. The elongate body portion is designed to lay flat on an underlying flat surface in a manner which maintains the fan device portion at an angle of approximately 30 degrees from the central horizontal axis of the elongate body portion such that the fan blades of the fan device are free to rotate above the underlying flat surface when in the fan activated mode. The elongate body portion includes stop means for providing a resting stop position for the elongate body portion in order to permit the fan blades of the fan device to rotate freely when in the resting position and in the fan activation mode while laying on a flat underlying surface. Switch means is provided to the device for alternating between a fan activation and a fan deactivation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventors: Gregory A. Steiner, Terry Arnieri
  • Patent number: 5897027
    Abstract: There is disclosed a novelty head formed of a moldable material suitable for mounting and seatment upon a squirt trigger type bottle of the type including a bottle having a neck and a cap fitted onto the neck, and a squirt trigger assembly mounted onto the cap which includes a reciprocating trigger and a squirt nozzle positioned above the reciprocating trigger. The novelty head is three-dimensional and is formed of a substantially moldable material, the head defining a hollow chamber for accommodating the squirt trigger assembly therein. The lower portion of the head includes a first opening which is substantially key-hole shaped, consisting of a circular opening portion and having a substantially rectangular opening extending laterally from said circular opening, and a second opening spaced upwardly from the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Innovative Design Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Steiner, Terry Arnieri
  • Patent number: 5851106
    Abstract: There is disclosed an elongate style portable fan device having an elongate body portion including a fan device mounted on the top end of the body portion. The elongate body portion is designed to lay flat on an underlying flat surface in a manner which maintains the fan device portion at an angle of approximately 30 degrees from the central horizontal axis of the elongate body portion such that the fan blades of the fan device are free to rotate above the underlying flat surface when in the fan activated mode. The elongate body portion includes stop means for providing a resting stop position for the elongate body portion in order to permit the fan blades of the fan device to rotate freely when in the resting position and in the fan activation mode while laying on a flat underlying surface. Switch means is provided to the device for alternating between a fan activation and a fan deactivation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Innovative Design Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Steiner, Terry Arnieri
  • Patent number: 5363291
    Abstract: There is disclosed a two-piece portable light assembly adapted for illuminating and attention focusing with respect to a logo or other design, consisting of a base formed by a housing for accommodating a power source and appropriate leads from the power source extending therefrom. The housing includes a pair of stakes which are interconnected with the power source leads, the stakes extending laterally outwardly from the housing in parallel relation. The portable light assembly is completed by a light carrying ledge which is provided with a rear wall having a pair of stake apertures formed in the rear wall, and a light bulb positioned in a light bulb aperture formed in the ledge wall extending outwardly from the rear wall. The light bulb has a pair of leads which extend into the stake apertures, such that when the stakes from the housing are inserted into the stake apertures, the circuitry between the power source and the light bulb is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: New Erra Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory A. Steiner
  • Patent number: 5338495
    Abstract: There is disclosed an integral portable fan and atomizing head unit forming a portable cooling unit adapted for direct attachment to a fluid reservoir such as a bottle, formed by a unit having an upper chamber and a lower chamber and a connector secured to the lower chamber. The upper chamber is provided with a motor and electrical means to activate and deactivate the motor and fan means including flexible fan blades mounted externally on the upper chamber and connected to the motor to turn in response to the activation of the motor. The lower chamber is provided with pump means and pump activation means and provided with an atomizing head in order to atomize fluid pumped up through the head. The connector is attached to the lower chamber and is adapted to disengageably engage a fluid reservoir directly, such as a bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Innovative Design Enterprises
    Inventors: Gregory A. Steiner, Terry Arnieri
  • Patent number: 4890549
    Abstract: There is disclosed a food handling device especially adapted for handling sliced food products, such as pizza pies or the like, which consists of a base support means forming a food support surface, food gripping means positioned above and substantially parallel to the base support means, and flexible means interconnecting the food gripping means with the base support means. The flexible means is formed of a relatively resilient material in order to permit the food gripping means to be reciprocable toward the base support means. In the preferred embodiment, the base support means, food gripping means and flexible means are integrally formed thereby to provide a food handling device which is unitary in construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1990
    Inventors: Gregory Steiner, Hari Matsuda
  • Patent number: 4839106
    Abstract: There is disclosed a portable fan device including atomizing means associated therewith, particularly adapted for cooling sunbathers. The device is formed by a base which is adapted to contain a source of fluid, an intermediate neck portion extending upwardly from the base and terminating in a head portion, the head portion carrying a fan and atomizing means associated therewith. The portable electrical means, such as a battery pack, are carried in the base, and electrically wired to the fan with a switch interposed in said circuit in order to permit the fan to be actuated to blow air. The atomizing means is positioned in the head portion immediately below the fan means and may be manually manipulated in order to create a mist which blows out immediately in the path of the fan. The subject fan device permits the user to actuate the fan and the atomizing means at any given time in order to create a misting cooling effect, especially in the environment of sunbathing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Gregory A. Steiner
    Inventor: Gregory Steiner
  • Patent number: D439966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Inventor: Gregory A. Steiner
  • Patent number: D451186
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Inventor: Gregory A. Steiner
  • Patent number: D451588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Inventor: Gregory A. Steiner
  • Patent number: D319364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Inventor: Gregory Steiner
  • Patent number: D319474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Inventor: Gregory A. Steiner
  • Patent number: D349954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Innovative Design Enterprises
    Inventors: Gregory A. Steiner, Terry Arnieri