Patents by Inventor Michael A. Andersen

Michael A. Andersen 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: 6016643
    Abstract: A device for transporting fruit or produce on an endless chain to a produce container. The produce container is continually weighed, and as it fills with produce and reaches a warning weight, a motor which drives an endless chain slows to a lower speed. When the weight of the produce container and produce exceeds a target weight after the addition of one piece of produce or fruit, a weight comparison means signals the motor to stop. The produce container is released and removed from the device, and new empty one is placed in the device. This allows the produce container to be filled above a target weight by the addition of no more than one piece of fruit or produce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Flodin, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Andersen
  • Patent number: 4832339
    Abstract: A toy bowling game for young children includes a soft bowling ball and a ramp providing an angled bowling surface. Adjacent the raised end of the ramp are a number of wells with a pin elastically tethered to the bottom of each well. Each pin has a rounded bottom that fits into a depression adjacent the front upper edge of its respective well for setting up the pin. The underside of a flange on the pin, which is above and around the rounded bottom, engages the bowling surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: Ann C. Danielak, Michael A. Andersen, Harry Disko
  • Patent number: 4717365
    Abstract: A toy sword spaceship having a generally hollow body shell containing opposed track channels in which lateral guide rails of an elongated toy sword blade are received for sliding back and forth. Pivotally mounted wings fold out when the sword blade is slid from a retracted position to a fully extended position. Depending from the sword blade is a pivotally mounted handle which folds up and is received substantially within the body shell when the blade is retracted. To receive a toy action figure, the sword spaceship is provided with a recessed cockpit area that is covered by a pivotally mounted, transparent, canopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: Michael A. Andersen, Henry Arias, Wayne A. Kuna
  • Patent number: 4580564
    Abstract: A finger pricking apparatus is disclosed which includes a stop, a guide, a weight and a lancet. The lancet comprises a base, a handle and a needle. The needle is disposed centrally within the base and the handle such that it protrudes from the handle. The lancet is seated in a recess defined by the weight. The weight and lancet are free to reciprocate in the guide. The guide defines a first end and a second end. The stop is seated in the first end of the guide. The stop cooperates with the weight to control depth of puncture of the lancet. In use, the weighted lancet is loaded into the guide. The guide is held between two fingers and inverted. The weighted lancet is thereby caused to travel from the first end to the second end of the guide. When it reaches the first end, the weight contacts the stop, preventing further movement of the lancet. The needle of the lancet protrudes through an opening defined by the stop and pierces a finger, thereby allowing a drop of blood to be drawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Inventor: Michael A. Andersen
  • Patent number: 4571210
    Abstract: An elevator for a toy playset has a drum wound cable attached to a carrier for toy figures. The carrier includes an elongated, open bottomed shell into which is secured a folded piece of high density foam material, such as foam polyethylene. Compressed together opposed faces of the material form a slit along the length of the open bottom of the shell. Hands of a toy figure are inserted into the slit and retained by the compressed foam as the figure is transported by winding and unwinding the elevator drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: John V. Zaruba, Michael A. Andersen, Burton C. Meyer