Patents by Inventor Kenneth M. Pacunas

Kenneth M. Pacunas 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: 6267730
    Abstract: An apnea detecting system for monitoring a cyclic respiratory movement of a subject's body and for triggering an alarm signal in response to an abnormality in that respiratory movement. The apnea detecting system includes a specially designed article of clothing, which may comprise a diaper, for retaining an apnea detector adjacent to a subject's body. A projection from a body of the apnea detector cooperates with a plunger actuator and a piezoelectric member to sense a respiratory movement of a subject. The article of clothing has a body-covering element with an aperture therein for aligning with the projection on the apnea detector. The apnea detector is retained relative to the article of clothing with the projection aligned with the aperture by a pocket. First and second legs may project from the apnea detector body to be received through a slit in an outside wall of the pocket for securing the apnea detector within the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Pacunas
  • Patent number: 5001907
    Abstract: A beverage container including an inner tubular wall defining a reservoir; a transparent outer tubular wall surrounding the inner wall and spaced therefrom to form an annular chamber having upper and lower annular openings; a top wall joining upper ends of the inner and outer walls and closing the upper opening; a base closing the lower opening; and a refrigerant gel retained within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Inventors: Michael J. LaCroix, William C. Lampert, Kenneth M. Pacunas, Roger S. Spurrell, Jr.