Patents by Inventor Robert M. Foster

Robert M. Foster 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).

  • Publication number: 20200330270
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the field of medical devices and, more specifically, to a handheld device that stimulates the meibomian gland of the eyelid mechanically, and specifically stimulates the meibomian glands of the eyelid to treat Meibomian gland dysfunction, also known as “Dry eye” and chronic marginal eyelid inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Robert M. Foster, John Olkowski, Kirk Olkowski, James Joseph Laux, Clifford Hugh Price, Joel Douglas
  • Publication number: 20150276341
    Abstract: A blank firing laser adapter for use with blank firing guns wherein a user can improve the accuracy of their firing capabilities by placing a known gun sighting laser into a laser adapter of the instant invention and then attaching said laser adapter to the barrel of a blank firing gun to thereby adapt said blank firing gun to point, fire, and record the trajectory of the resulting laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Robert M. Foster
  • Patent number: 4588053
    Abstract: A hydraulic shock isolator damping valve exhibiting variable damping depending on degree of valve extension is described which comprises a hydraulic cylinder defining closed fluid reservoirs at each end, a piston within the cylinder and interconnecting the structural members between which relative movement is damped, the piston having first and second axially spaced portions sized for slidably engaging the inner surface of the cylinder and including an intermediate third axial portion of reduced outer diametric size, the first and second portions each including a predetermined number of axial holes sized for displacement of fluid through the piston in response to movement of the piston through the fluid, and an annular member of outer diameter smaller than the first and second portions slidable on the third portion between confronting surfaces of the first and second portions, the annular member including a pair of confronting peripheral flanges, each including axial holes smaller in size and corresponding in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Robert M. Foster