Patents by Inventor Steven R. Fink

Steven R. Fink 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: 20110061277
    Abstract: A display board has a front layer with display surface and an opposite laminating surface, and a rear layer having substantially the same size and shape as the front layer. The rear layer has an integral foot and a brace arm separated from the remaining rear layer by cut lines. The rear layer is laminated to the laminating surface to the front layer with the integral foot and brace arm thereof not laminated to the front layer, wherein the integral foot and brace arm are foldably extendable from the rear layer interengageable to support the display board in an upright position on a surface, in either portrait or landscape orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Maria Forte Demott, Steven R. Fink
  • Patent number: 5467543
    Abstract: The present invention teaches an inflatable body representative of at least the upper portion of a human form including a plastic inflatable exoskeleton with an inner side and an outer side molded to represent a torso, a head and appendages. Additionally, inserting members are located on either the inside or the outside of the plastic exoskeleton and are capable of receiving elongated inserts. These elongated inserts may be flexible wire, wooden dowels, plastic rods or any other suitable material. The invention also includes a device to inflate the exoskeleton. The inflation device can assume several different embodiments in which either a sealed exoskeleton is inflated, or an exoskeleton with an open release valve is continuously inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Sterman Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Fink, Floyd J. Herman
  • Patent number: 5340350
    Abstract: The present invention teaches an inflatable body representative of at least the upper portion of a human form including a plastic inflatable exoskeleton with and inner side and an outer side molded to represent a torso, a head and appendages. Additionally, inserting means are located on either the inside or the outside of the plastic exoskeleton and are capable of receiving elongated inserts. These elongated inserts may be flexible wire, wooden dowels, plastic rods or any other suitable material. In a preferred embodiment, fasteners (preferably Velcro.RTM.) are attached to the outside of the plastic exoskeleton in the torso region and the appendage regions to hold the appendages in any number of desired positions. In another preferred embodiment, the appendages may include a hand equipped with fasteners which allow that hand to grasp and hold an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Sterman Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Fink, Floyd J. Herman