Patents by Inventor Max A. Blanc

Max A. Blanc 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).

  • Submersible bell
    Patent number: 4724790
    Abstract: A submersible bell having a diver's compartment in the upper region thereof, a depending conduit from the diver's compartment to provide a passage for the diver to enter and leave the diver's compartment within the bell and a spiral wall between the bell and depending conduit to provide a winding passage for purging air from the diver's compartment to the water and/or for the diver to enter and leave the diver's compartment within the bell.A submersed bell having a conduit connecting a diver's compartment with the bell and a spiral passage between the bell and the conduit, the conduit and spiral passage permitting a diver to enter and leave the diver's compartment and also purging air from the diver's compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Inventor: Max A. Blanc
  • Floatable collar
    Patent number: 4622018
    Abstract: A floatable collar having a floatable chin bar to secure the collar on the neck of the swimmer and having an inflatable and expandable section to provide greater buoyancy and stability to the swimmer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: William B. Anderson
    Inventor: Max A. Blanc
  • Gum massage device
    Patent number: 4299208
    Abstract: A gum massage device adapted to be inserted on a handle and having a longitudinally extending passage containing an intermediate interlocking enlarged formation to provide a resilient cushion for the gum massaging action and interlocking enlarged formations on each side of the intermediate formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Assignees: Max A. Blanc, William B. Anderson
    Inventor: Max A. Blanc
  • Liquid dispenser
    Patent number: 4273272
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser which includes a flexible tube having a relatively heavy intake fitting engageable with the lower end of the flexible tube, the relatively heavy intake fitting having a longitudinally extending passage through it containing a stop engageable with the lower end of the tube and a constriction engaging the outer periphery of the tube at a distance spaced above the stop, the intake fitting and the liquid contents both being displaced by gravity to the same region within the container when the container is tilted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignees: William B. Anderson, Max Alain Blanc
    Inventor: Max A. Blanc
  • Snorkel
    Patent number: 4071024
    Abstract: A snorkel in which the air intake end of the breathing tube is provided with an air entrapping cap which is in communication with the ambient air through a tortuous air passage defined between the cap and the tube so that when the air intake end of the snorkel is submerged water intake is retarded and water is readily purged by blowing exhalation of the diver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1978
    Assignees: Max A. Blanc, William B. Anderson
    Inventor: Max A. Blanc