Patents by Inventor Robert D. Follese

Robert D. Follese 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: 6138282
    Abstract: Underpants having a vertically wide waistband that may be folded down over the waistband of an outer garment for the lower torso and legs (e.g., pants or skirt) to display in a right-side-up position markings on what would be the inside face of the underpants waistband if it were not folded down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Inventor: Robert D. Follese
  • Patent number: 5495988
    Abstract: An apparatus for preparing hypodermic needle having a needle shaft with a pointed end and a hub end and having a needle hub joined to the hub end for safe disposal of the hypodermic needle includes a metal grinder assembly including a grinding member having a grinding surface and a mechanism for moving the grinding member, and a needle guide structure for holding the needle shaft adjacent to the grinding member and the pointed end oriented substantially toward the grinding surface, for guiding the needle shaft toward and against the grinding surface to progressively grind the needle shaft into very fine particles. The mechanism for moving the grinding member preferably includes an electric motor. The apparatus preferably additionally includes a housing enclosing the grinding member, having a housing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Inventors: Robert D. Follese, Felix Castro