Patents by Inventor Jack F. Springer

Jack F. Springer 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: 8961579
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a portable device suited to treating psoriasis and other skin diseases in patients. The device can be carried like a suitcase from one location to another and can be used to treat various body parts, such as the hands, feet, face, and chest. The device includes a carrying case, ultraviolet bulbs, a ballast, and electrical components. The device can also include a timer to measure the duration of the phototherapy treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Medtek Lighting Corporation
    Inventors: David Jeffrey Kipp, Jack F. Springer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8043349
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device which includes a first panel, a second panel, a center panel, an upright support (pillar), and a base. The first and second panels each include one or more ultraviolet lamps. The center panel may optionally include one or more ultraviolet lamps. The panels are mounted to a swivel plate, which is in turn mounted to the upright support. The swivel plate allows the panels to be rotated by approximately 90 degrees. The upright support has a track that allows the swivel plate to move up and down the upright support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Medtek Lighting Corporation
    Inventor: Jack F. Springer, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20090012588
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device which includes a first panel, a second panel, a center panel, an upright support (pillar), and a base. The first and second panels each include one or more ultraviolet lamps. The center panel may optionally include one or more ultraviolet lamps. The panels are mounted to a swivel plate, which is in turn mounted to the upright support. The swivel plate allows the panels to be rotated by approximately 90 degrees. The upright support has a track that allows the swivel plate to move up and down the upright support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventor: Jack F. Springer, JR.
  • Publication number: 20080255640
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a portable device suited to treating psoriasis and other skin diseases in patients. The device can be carried like a suitcase from one location to another and can be used to treat various body parts, such as the hands, feet, face, and chest. The device includes a carrying case, ultraviolet bulbs, a ballast, and electrical components. The device can also include a timer to measure the duration of the phototherapy treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: David Jeffrey Kipp, Jack F. Springer
  • Patent number: 4984571
    Abstract: A collapsible tanning booth comprises at least two rear lamp units and at least two front lamp units, each of the units having a thin long casing that includes rear, side, top and bottom walls and a front panel, the front panel being of a material transmissive to ultraviolet light, a reflector panel adjacent the rear wall and lamps mounted between the reflector panel and the front panel. The rear lamp units are hinged together along their adjacent side walls so that they can be moved between a storage configuration in which they are substantially aligned transversely and a use configuration in which they are oblique transversely to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignee: KVR Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: Jack F. Springer, Jr., Timothy S. Smith, Cathy A. Cloutier, Ben A. Marcantonio, Richard A. Willis
  • Patent number: D289686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: Sun Maker Tanning Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jack F. Springer, Jr.