Patents by Inventor Nick Schmidt

Nick Schmidt 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: 6953039
    Abstract: A medicament dispensing device for dispensing metered dosages of medicaments from a container. The device includes a container and an indicating device. The container has a first end and an opposite second end spaced from the first end along a longitudinal axis. The first end includes a valve stem extending longitudinally therefrom and moveable between a closed position and an open position. The container contains a plurality of metered dosages of medicaments, with the valve stem dispensing one of the plurality of metered dosages when the valve stem is moved to the open position. The second end has an end surface. The indicating device includes a housing and an indicator member disposed in the housing. The housing is mounted to the second end of the container with a bottom surface thereof disposed adjacent the end surface of the second end of the container. The housing and the second end of the container have substantially the same shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Trudell Medical International
    Inventors: Peter Mycola Scarrott, Jerry R. Grychowski, James Nick Schmidt, Martin P. Foley
  • Patent number: 6926002
    Abstract: An indicating device for indicating the number of dosages of a substance that have been dispensed from or remain in a container includes a first indicator member incrementally moveable to a plurality of positions and a second indicator member operably connected to the first indicator member. The second indicator member is moveable in response to a predetermined number of movements of the first indicator member. One of the first and second indicator members includes numerical indicia and the other thereof includes color indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Trudell Medical International
    Inventors: Peter Mycola Scarrott, Jerry R. Grychowski, James Nick Schmidt, Martin P. Foley
  • Publication number: 20050166258
    Abstract: A centralized Digital Video Recording (DVR) and reproduction system (100) linking several reproduction and control units (such as television receivers (124, 128, 132), etc.) to a centralized media server (152) allows system users (124, 128, 132) to not only access the same program or programs from different receivers (106, 110), but to pause and resume the same programs from the same marker points (“bookmarks”) established by any system user (124, 128, 132). The program “bookmark” representing the program pause point is conveniently shown via a graphical user interface display with a bookmark icon, including the name of the user (124, 128, 132) who established the bookmark and the exact pause point in the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Alexander Vasilevsky, Carlton Sparrell, David Lively, Nick Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20040226555
    Abstract: An indicating device for indicating the number of dosages of a substance that have been dispensed from or remain in a container includes a first indicator member incrementally moveable to a plurality of positions and a second indicator member operably connected to the first indicator member. The second indicator member is moveable in response to a predetermined number of movements of the first indicator member. One of the first and second indicator members includes numerical indicia and the other thereof includes color indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Mycola Scarrott, Jerry R. Grychowski, James Nick Schmidt, Martin P. Foley
  • Patent number: 6761161
    Abstract: An indicating device for indicating the number of metered doses of medicaments that have been dispensed from or remain in a container having a valve stem extending longitudinally therefrom and moveable between an open and closed position. The indicating device includes a base member adapted to be mounted to the container, a cap member moveably connected to the base member, one or more indicator members rotatably mounted to the cap member and an indicating mechanism adapted to rotate the indicator member an incremental amount upon a predetermined number of axial movements of the cap member relative to the base member. A preferred embodiment of the indicating device includes a ratchet wheel, a drive member selectively engaging the indicating member, a pawl selectively engaging the ratchet wheel, and a non-return member adapted to selectively engage the ratchet wheel so as to maintain a unidirectional rotation of the ratchet wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Trudell Medical International
    Inventors: Peter Mycola Scarrott, Jerry R. Grychowski, James Nick Schmidt, Martin P. Foley
  • Patent number: 6729330
    Abstract: An indicating device suitable for indicating the number of metered dosages that have been dispensed from or remain in a container including a base member adapted to be mounted to the container and a cap member moveably connected to the base member. The cap member is moveable relative to the base member along an axial path between a first position and a second position a predetermined number of axial movements. An indicator member is rotatably mounted to the cap member. A first lock member disposed on the base member, and a second lock member is disposed on one of the indicator member and the cap member. The first and second lock members are engaged after the predetermined number of axial movements of the cap member relative to the base member, wherein the first and second lock members maintain the cap member and the base member in one of the first position and the second position when engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Trudell Medical International
    Inventors: Peter Mykola Scarrott, James Nick Schmidt, Jerry R. Grychowski, Martin P. Foley
  • Publication number: 20030188741
    Abstract: An indicating device for indicating the number of metered doses of medicaments that have been dispensed from or remain in a container having a valve stem extending longitudinally therefrom and moveable between an open and closed position. The indicating device includes a base member adapted to be mounted to the container, a cap member moveably connected to the base member, one or more indicator members rotatably mounted to the cap member and an indicating mechanism adapted to rotate the indicator member an incremental amount upon a predetermined number of axial movements of the cap member relative to the base member. A preferred embodiment of the indicating device includes a ratchet wheel, a drive member selectively engaging the indicating member, a pawl selectively engaging the ratchet wheel, and a non-return member adapted to selectively engage the ratchet wheel so as to maintain a unidirectional rotation of the ratchet wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Peter Mycola Scarrott, Jerry R. Grychowski, James Nick Schmidt, Martin P. Foley
  • Publication number: 20020153005
    Abstract: An indicating device suitable for indicating the number of metered dosages that have been dispensed from or remain in a container including a base member adapted to be mounted to the container and a cap member moveably connected to the base member. The cap member is moveable relative to the base member along an axial path between a first position and a second position a predetermined number of axial movements. An indicator member is rotatably mounted to the cap member. A first lock member disposed on the base member, and a second lock member is disposed on one of the indicator member and the cap member. The first and second lock members are engaged after the predetermined number of axial movements of the cap member relative to the base member, wherein the first and second lock members maintain the cap member and the base member in one of the first position and the second position when engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Mykola Scarrott, James Nick Schmidt, Jerry R. Grychowski, Martin P. Foley
  • Patent number: 6336453
    Abstract: An indicating device for indicating the number of metered doses of medicaments that have been dispensed from or remain in a container having a valve stem extending longitudinally therefrom and moveable between an open and closed position. The indicating device includes a base member adapted to be mounted to the container, a cap member moveably connected to the base member, one or more indicator members rotatably mounted to the cap member and an indicating mechanism adapted to rotate the indicator member an incremental amount upon a predetermined number of axial movements of the cap member relative to the base member. A preferred embodiment of the indicating device includes a ratchet wheel, a drive member selectively engaging the indicating member, a pawl selectively engaging the ratchet wheel, and a non-return member adapted to selectively engage the ratchet wheel so as to maintain a unidirectional rotation of the ratchet wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Trudell Medical International
    Inventors: Peter Mycola Scarrott, Jerry R. Grychowski, James Nick Schmidt, Martin P. Foley
  • Patent number: 6328037
    Abstract: An indicating device for indicating the number of metered doses of medicaments that have been dispensed from or remain in a container having a valve stem extending longitudinally therefrom and moveable between an open and closed position. The indicating device includes a base member adapted to be mounted to the container, a cap member moveably connected to the base member, an indicator member rotatably mounted to the cap member and an indicating mechanism adapted to rotate the counter member an incremental amount upon a predetermined number of axial movements of the cap member relative to the base member. A preferred embodiment of the indicating device includes a ratchet wheel, a drive member selectively engaging the indicating member, a pawl selectively engaging the ratchet wheel, and a non-return member adapted to selectively engage the ratchet wheel so as to maintain a unidirectional rotation of the ratchet wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: 1263152 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Mykola Scarrott, James Nick Schmidt, Jerry R. Grychowski, Martin P. Foley
  • Patent number: 6082358
    Abstract: An indicating device for indicating the number of metered doses of medicaments that have been dispensed from or remain in a container having a valve stem extending longitudinally therefrom and moveable between an open and closed position. The indicating device includes a base member adapted to be mounted to the container, a cap member moveably connected to the base member, an indicator member rotatably mounted to the cap member and an indicating mechanism adapted to rotate the counter member an incremental amount upon a predetermined number of axial movements of the cap member relative to the base member. A preferred embodiment of the indicating device includes a ratchet wheel, a drive member selectively engaging the indicating member, a pawl selectively engaging the ratchet wheel, and a non-return member adapted to selectively engage the ratchet wheel so as to maintain a unidirectional rotation of the ratchet wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: 1263152 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Mykola Scarrott, James Nick Schmidt, Jerry R. Grychowski, Martin P. Foley
  • Patent number: D439534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: 1263152 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Mykola Scarrott, James Nick Schmidt
  • Patent number: D447432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Mykola Scarrott, James Nick Schmidt
  • Patent number: D456292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: 1263152 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Mykola Scarrott, James Nick Schmidt