Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Lang, Jr.

Joseph A. Lang, Jr. 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: 7611117
    Abstract: The laptop computer document holder is an unobtrusive plastic sheath with two plastic telescopic arms for moving in and out of the sheath. One of the telescopic arms has a top with a document clipper for clipping the document to the top when the telescopic arms are extended. This clipper secures the document at eye level above a screen or monitor of the laptop computer. The plastic sheath has a flat face with adhesive tape affixed for permanently attaching the plastic sheath to the laptop computer. Once the document holder is attached to the laptop computer, the holder cannot be misplaced or lost. Thus, the laptop computer holder is readily available and accessible when needed to hold a document at eye level above the laptop computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Inventor: Joseph Lang, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5352866
    Abstract: An oil fryer control system simultaneously controlling oil temperature and cooking time. A proportional, integral and derivative temperature control is used to maintain the oil temperature below and above a predetermined set point temperature. In addition, a cooking time control varies the cooking time within a predetermined range of temperature error as a function of a stored time-temperature relationship. The invention provides the capability of cooking different products having different cooking parameters in the same or different oil vats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Premark FEG Corporation
    Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Joseph A. Lang, Jr., Raymond M. Lepore