Patents by Inventor Jerald R. Melcher

Jerald R. Melcher 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: 6854914
    Abstract: To form an applicator, at least one container having an open bottom and a closed tubular portion is molded and the at least one tubular portion has a corresponding one of a tubular mandril containing an applicator component inserted into it for permitting the application of fluidic material from its tip. The mandril is removed while leaving the applicator component in position within the tubular portion of the applicator container. To utilize the applicator after filling it with its ingredients, the end of the tube is broken free. A plurality of containers are connected one to the other on a base having an open end with elongated tubular members extending from each of the plurality of containers sealed at its end. A dense bristle is used having Nylon bristles with a diameter of 2 mils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Team Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Keating, Harley H. Mattheis, Helen Marie Melcher, Jerald R. Melcher
  • Publication number: 20020176734
    Abstract: To form an applicator, at least one container having an open bottom and a closed tubular portion is molded and the at least one tubular portion has a corresponding one of a tubular mandril containing an applicator component inserted into it for permitting the application of fluidic material from its tip. The mandril is removed while leaving the applicator component in position within the tubular portion of the applicator container. To utilize the applicator after filling it with its ingredients, the end of the tube is broken free. A plurality of containers are connected one to the other on a base having an open end with elongated tubular members extending from each of the plurality of containers sealed at its end. A dense bristle is used having Nylon bristles with a diameter of 2 mils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: Nagl Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Richard J. Keating, Harley H. Mattheis, Jerald R. Melcher, Helen Marie Melcher
  • Patent number: 5915746
    Abstract: To provide an autoclavable swab, a fibrous applicator pad is formed with a narrow slit and a handle with a plurality of barb means extending away from its longitudinal axis and from a first end toward a second end. The opening is sufficient in size to receive the first end of the handle and the adjacent portion through at least 25 percent of the applicator pad, whereby the barbs, once inserted, engage the applicator pad material within the opening to resist removal of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Nagl Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Jerald R. Melcher, Debra A. Speichert
  • Patent number: 5716104
    Abstract: A brush applicator includes inner and outer shells with a cylindrical brush mounted to the inner shell in a cylindrical groove rimmed by clamping means that are compressed against the brush when the outer shell is forced over the inner shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Nagl Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Richard J. Keating, Harley H. Mattheis, Jerald R. Melcher
  • Patent number: 5358480
    Abstract: To provide an autoclavable swab, a fibrous applicator pad is formed with a narrow slit and a handle with a plurality of barb means extending away from its longitudinal axis and from a first end toward a second end. The opening is sufficient in size to receive the first end of the handle and the adjacent portion through at least 25 percent of the applicator pad, whereby the barbs, once inserted, engage the applicator pad material within the opening to resist removal of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Inventors: Jerald R. Melcher, Debra A. Speichert
  • Patent number: 5307569
    Abstract: To support a foot, a special shoe is adapted to receive a flat flexible member having a first fastening means on one end thereof, whereby it may be fastened to a shoe. The shoe has first, second, third and fourth fastening means attached thereto. The second and third fastening means are positioned on opposite sides of the medial plane of the arch of the shoe and are spaced from each other within a range of one-half to four inches; the first and fourth fastening means being positioned within a range of one-eighth to two inches upwardly from a sole and within a range of one-half to three inches of a heel, whereby they are located lower than the arch of the shoe and within a range from the arch of one-half to three inches. The flat flexible member has a second fastening means on a second side, whereby one of said first and second fastening means may be fastened to a shoe over the arch of the foot and the other fastened to a location on the shoe near the sole adjacent to the heel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Inventor: Jerald R. Melcher
  • Patent number: 5294207
    Abstract: A brush applicator includes inner and outer shells with a cylindrical brush mounted to the inner shell in a cylindrical groove rimmed by clamping means that are compressed against the brush when the outer shell is forced over the inner shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Nagl Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Richard J. Keating, Harley H. Mattheis, Jerald R. Melcher
  • Patent number: 5212847
    Abstract: To provide an autoclavable swab, a fibrous applicator pad is formed with a narrow slit and a handle with a plurality of barb means extending away from its longitudinal axis and from a first end toward a second end. The opening is sufficient in size to receive the first end of the handle and the adjacent portion through at least 25 percent of the applicator pad, whereby the barbs, once inserted, engage the applicator pad material within the opening to resist removal of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Nagl Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jerald R. Melcher, Debra A. Speichert
  • Patent number: 5074059
    Abstract: To support a foot, a special shoe is adapted to receive a flat flexible member having a first fastening means on one end thereof, whereby it may be fastened to a shoe. The shoe has first, second, third and fourth fastening means attached thereto. The second and third fastening means are positioned on opposite sides of the medial plane of the arch of the shoe and are spaced from each other within a range of one-half to four inches; the first and fourth fastening means being positioned within a range of one-eighth to two inches upwardly from a sole and within a range of one-half to three inches of a heel, whereby they are located lower than the arch of the shoe and within a range from the arch of one-half to three inches. The flat flexible member has a second fastening means on a second side, whereby one of said first and second fastening means may be fastened to a shoe over the arch of the foot and the other fastened to a location on the shoe near the sole adjacent to the heel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Inventor: Jerald R. Melcher