Patents by Inventor Marc A. Levine

Marc A. Levine 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: 6952907
    Abstract: A method for shipping a piece of furniture having a base section removably secured to a seat section that involves removing the seat section from the base section and inserting the seat section and the base section into a shipping container. A packaging apparatus suitable for overnight delivery which includes a shipping container and at least one shipping sleeve capable of receiving an edge portion of the seat section of the furniture with the at least one shipping sleeve positionable within the shipping container to abut a side wall of the shipping container is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: The Ultimate Back Store, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc A. Levin, Barry L. Donahue
  • Patent number: 6804938
    Abstract: A method for shipping a piece of furniture having a base section removably secured to a seat section that involves removing the seat section from the base section and inserting the seat section and the base section into a shipping container. A packaging apparatus suitable for overnight delivery which includes a shipping container and at least one shipping sleeve capable of receiving an edge portion of the seat section of the furniture with the at least one shipping sleeve positionable within the shipping container to abut a side wall of the shipping container is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: The Ultimate Back Store, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc A. Levin, Barry L. Donahue
  • Publication number: 20030079441
    Abstract: A method for shipping a piece of furniture having a base section removably secured to a seat section that involves removing the seat section from the base section and inserting the seat section and the base section into a shipping container. A packaging apparatus suitable for overnight delivery which includes a shipping container and at least one shipping sleeve capable of receiving an edge portion of the seat section of the furniture with the at least one shipping sleeve positionable within the shipping container to abut a side wall of the shipping container is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Marc A. Levin, Barry L. Donahue
  • Publication number: 20020152727
    Abstract: A method for shipping a piece of furniture having a back section secured to a seat section that involves the steps of: (a) removing the back portion from the furniture; (b) placing at least one protective shipping sleeve over an edge portion of the back section; and (c) inserting the back section with the at least one sleeve and the seat section into a shipping container. A packaging apparatus suitable for overnight delivery which includes a shipping container and at least one shipping sleeve capable of receiving an edge portion of the back section of the furniture with the at least one shipping sleeve postioinable within the shipping container to abut a side wall of the shipping container is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Marc A. Levin, Barry L. Donahue
  • Patent number: 6387977
    Abstract: An impoved barrier or drug delivery system which is highly adherent to the surface to which it is applied is disclosed, along with methods for making the barrier. In the preferred embodiment, tissue is stained with a photoinitiator, then the polymer solution or gel having added thereto a defined amount of the same or a different photoinitiator is applied to the tissue. On exposure to light, the resulting system polymerizes at the surface, giving excellent adherence, and also forms a gel in the rest of the applied volume. Thus a gel barrier of arbitrary thickness can be applied to a surface while maintaining high adherence at the interface. This process is referred to herein as “priming”. The polymerizable barrier materials are highly useful for sealing tissue surfaces and junctions against leaks of fluids. In another embodiment, “priming” can be used to reliably adhere preformed barriers to tissue or other surfaces, or to adhere tissue surfaces to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignees: Focal, Inc., Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Amarpreet S. Sawhney, David A. Melanson, Chandrashekar P. Pathak, Jeffrey A. Hubbell, Luis Z. Avila, Mark T. Kieras, Stephen D. Goodrich, Shikha P. Barman, Arthur J. Coury, Ronald S. Rudowsky, Douglas J. K. Weaver, Marc A. Levine, John C. Spiridigliozzi, Thomas S. Bromander, Dean M. Pichon, George Selecman, David J. Nedder, Bradley C. Poff, Donald L. Elbert
  • Patent number: 6121341
    Abstract: An impoved barrier or drug delivery system which is highly adherent to the surface to which it is applied is disclosed, along with methods for making the barrier. In the preferred embodiment, tissue is stained with a photoinitiator, then the polymer solution or gel having added thereto a defined amount of the same or a different photoinitiator is applied to the tissue. On exposure to light, the resulting system polymerizes at the surface, giving excellent adherence, and also forms a gel in the rest of the applied volume. Thus a gel barrier of arbitrary thickness can be applied to a surface while maintaining high adherence at the interface. This process is referred to herein as "priming". the polymerizable barrier materials are highly useful for sealing tissue surfaces and junctions against leaks of fluids. In another embodiment, "priming" can be used to reliably adhere preformed barriers to tissue or other surfaces, or to adhere tissue surfaces to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignees: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Focal, Inc.
    Inventors: Amarpreet S. Sawhney, David A. Melanson, Chandrashekar P. Pathak, Jeffrey A. Hubbell, Luis Z. Avila, Mark T. Kieras, Stephen D. Goodrich, Shikha P. Barman, Arthur J. Coury, Ronald S. Rudowsky, Douglas J. K. Weaver, Marc A. Levine, John C. Spiridigliozzi, Thomas S. Bromander, Dean M. Pichon, George Selecman, David J. Nedder, Bradley C. Poff, Donald L. Elbert
  • Patent number: 4315160
    Abstract: An anti-theft control provides for the delivery indirectly and from a remote location a signal that causes enabling of the starter apparatus of a vehicle, for example, to start the vehicle engine. Thus, the major portion of the anti-theft control may be well hidden in the vehicle. The means for operating the anti-theft control by providing indirectly a signal thereto from a remote location may be, for example, a permanent magnet or an electromagnet which produce a magnetic field that can be directed to a switch or the like that closes in response to the magnetic field. Very importantly, such switch or like device in particular may be hidden within the vehicle seat, dashboard, door, console, roof covering fabric, etc. and ordinarily need never be exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1982
    Inventor: Marc A. Levine