Patents by Inventor Leslie E. Menard

Leslie E. Menard 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: 5713495
    Abstract: An eye-drop dispenser guide designed for aiding the insertion of an eye-drop into the eye. The guide is designed to stabilize a dispenser so that an individual can safely and accurately insert drops into any area of the eye. The guide includes three essentially perpendicular regions, one designed to grasp the eye-drop dispenser, one designed to rest on the bridge of the user's nose, and one intermediate portion designed to set the eye-drop dispenser off from the user's eye. The portion that rests on the user's nose is preferably curved so as to accommodate the user's finger and to permit easy pivoting of the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Inventor: Leslie E. Menard
  • Patent number: 5590864
    Abstract: A handicapped artist's easel is constructed with a horizontal baseboard and an easel board pivotally mounted at the front end of the baseboard for rotation through substantially 180.degree. relative to the baseboard. At least one extendable and retractable arm is coupled between the easel board and the baseboard for varying the angle of the easel board relative to the baseboard from an acute angle to an obtuse angle great enough for presenting the front side of the easel board over the face of an artist painting or sketching with mouth held instruments and confined to a bed or wheelchair. The desired angle can be set by the telescoping arm. An appropriate support structure is provided for holding the weight of the cantilevered easel board at an obtuse angle without interfering in handicapped artist access to the easel board. Multiple uses of the adjustable easel are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Leslie E. Menard