| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6068278 |
Method and apparatus for connecting side-by-side recumbent bicycles to form a quadracycle |
May 30, 2000 |
| A method and apparatus for connecting side-by-side recumbent bicycles to form a quadracycle. The apparatus includes a pair of recumbent bicycles having front wheels and rear wheels. The bicycles have substantially rigid frame members supporting the front wheels and the rear wheels, and t |
| 5799445 |
Roof gutter overflow protection method and apparatus |
September 1, 1998 |
| A method and apparatus for providing rainwater overflow protection for a roof gutter. The method includes removing rainwater under the force of gravity from the gutter via a conduit connected at an opening in a substantially vertical wall at one end of the gutter. A further step incl |
| 5509985 |
Method for combining a tensioned elastic garter with a substrate |
April 23, 1996 |
| A method for bonding a tensioned elastic garter to a substrate while holding the garter in a predetermined shape. A garter is any continuous loop of elastic material or a laminate of elastic bands and one or more flexible backing sheets. In one embodiment a mandrel has a top surface and |
| 5454896 |
Method for attaching a flexible inner bag to the inside of a squeezebottle |
October 3, 1995 |
| A method for scaling a flexible inner bag inside a squeezebottle so that the flexible inner bag will invert in order to dispense viscous fluids. The method is particularly useful in single-piece squeezebottles which have a small ratio of discharge opening cross-section to body cross- |
| 5429702 |
Method for sealing an inner bag to an outer container |
July 4, 1995 |
| A process for forming, handling, affixing, and inverting a thin plastic half bag to a continuous inner side wall of an outer plastic container. A non-metallic mandrel is used as a tool for thermoforming a half bag over the top of the mandrel. The top of the mandrel with bag attached is |
| 5377875 |
Package with replaceable inner receptacle having large integrally molded fitment |
January 3, 1995 |
| An inner receptacle having a single integral piece flexible bag including a thin walled portion and a rigid fitment portion. The fitment portion includes a flange which is larger in diameter than the flexible bag to provide a mechanism to attach the inner receptacle to a bottle. The |
| 5373967 |
Squeezebottle dispenser having a channeled vent valve |
December 20, 1994 |
| A squeezebottle dispenser having an inner flexible bag containing a viscous fluid in fluid communication with a dispensing nozzle. A vent hole is provided in the squeezebottle side wall which is blocked by the user to prevent air from exiting the squeezebottle during squeezing so that ai |
| 5305921 |
Package with replaceable inner receptacle having large integrally molded fitment |
April 26, 1994 |
| An inner receptacle having a single integral piece flexible bag including a thin walled portion and a rigid fitment portion. The fitment portion includes a flange which is larger in diameter than the flexible bag to provide a mechanism to attach the inner receptacle to a bottle. The |
| 5305920 |
Bag-in-bottle package with reusable resilient squeeze bottle and disposable inner receptacle whi |
April 26, 1994 |
| An inner receptacle is provided which is adapted to be used with a resilient squeeze bottle. The inner receptacle includes a flexible bag and includes a mechanism for causing the flexible bag to invert upon itself about its midpoint without requiring attachment of the inner receptacle to |
| 5282304 |
Method for assembling a thin-film beam spring valve |
February 1, 1994 |
| A method and apparatus for assembling a thin film beam spring vent valve is provided. The thin film beam spring vent valve is provided in a squeeze pump package. The package includes an outer resilient bottle and a flexible bag with a relatively rigid fitment. The outer resilient bottle |
| 5277015 |
Method and apparatus for inserting a bag into a bottle |
January 11, 1994 |
| A method and apparatus is for inserting a flat flexible bag having a rigid fitment into a bottle through a small bottle finish, and expanding the bag inside the bottle. The flat flexible bag can be grasped and oriented via the fitment utilizing a friction chuck. The fitment also enables |
| 5271153 |
Apparatus for assembling a thin film beam spring vent valve |
December 21, 1993 |
| A method and apparatus for assembling a thin film beam spring vent valve is provided. The thin film beam spring vent valve is provided in a squeeze pump package. The package includes an outer resilient bottle and a flexible bag with a relatively rigid fitment. The outer resilient bottle |
| 5261565 |
Thin film beam spring vent valve |
November 16, 1993 |
| A thin film beam spring valve is provided for use in a squeeze pump package. The squeeze pump package includes a resilient outer bottle and an inner flexible bag with a rigid fitment. An apertured diptube is utilized to enable substantially all of the product within the bag to be dispens |
| 5156300 |
Bag-in-squeeze-bottle fluid dispenser with unsealed fluid passage |
October 20, 1992 |
| A bag in squeeze bottle fluid dispenser capable of dispensing substantially all of the fluid product contained therein. A suitable bag support element is inserted inside the flexible bag to prevent substantial axial movement of the bag in the direction of its discharge orifice and to enc |
| 5064671 |
Fluid impingement method for fruit extracting |
November 12, 1991 |
| Method of and apparatus for extracting whole juice sacs from citrus fruits by fluid impinging chunks of peeled fruit meat. In one embodiment, a fruit chunk is fed into a fluid impingement chamber that includes a plurality of off-center orifices. High-pressure fluid emitted from the orifi |
| 5038454 |
Injection blow molding process for forming a package exhibiting improved child resistance |
August 13, 1991 |
| A method for producing an integral bottle/collar combination for use in a package for storing and dispensing potentially dangerous material such as medicament tablets. The package is resistant to opening by children yet readily openable by adults. The process includes a step of injection |
| 5037006 |
Squeeze bottle foam dispenser with threshold pressure valve |
August 6, 1991 |
| A squeeze bottle foam dispenser with improved foam consistency throughout the range of manual squeeze conditions. The foamer includes a pressure operated valve for simultaneously restricting flow of the compressible and incompressible fluids until a predetermined threshold pressure is |
| 4979737 |
Apparatus for exercising lower leg muscles |
December 25, 1990 |
| Apparatus for lower leg exercise wherein dorsiflexion and plantarflexion movements of the foot, about a machine axis substantially aligned with the axis of the ankle, are resisted by a frictional torque that varies in a predetermined manner with the angular position of the foot. Reducing |
| 4977826 |
Fluid impingement method & apparatus for fruit meat extraction |
December 18, 1990 |
| Method of an apparatus for extracting whole juice sacs from citrus fruits by fluid impinging chunks of peeled fruit meat. In one embodiment, a fruit chunk is fed into a fluid impingement chamber that includes a plurality of off-center orifices. High-pressure fluid emitted from the orific |
| 4948002 |
Package exhibiting improved child resistance without significantly impeding access by adults |
August 14, 1990 |
| A package for storing and dispensing potentially dangerous materials, such as medicament tablets or the like, said package being resistant to opening by children but readily openable by adults, particularly adults having impaired manual dexterity of their hands and/or fingers. In a parti |
| 4937088 |
Method of and apparatus for extracting juice and meat from a fruit |
June 26, 1990 |
| A method of and apparatus for extracting the meat section and juice from a fruit while minimizing the amount of undesirable flavor components, e.g. peel oil, released from the fruit's peel. In one embodiment of the present invention, whole fruits are fed into a single station extraction |
| 4885182 |
Method of and apparatus for extracting juice and meat from a fruit |
December 5, 1989 |
| A method of and apparatus for extracting the fruit meat section of a fruit, and subsequently separating and removing the sectional membranes and seeds from the fruit meat section to produce free juice and an abundance of unruptured juice sacs. In one embodiment of the present invention, |
| 4733859 |
Exercise apparatus |
March 29, 1988 |
| An exercise machine wherein the muscles which move a part of the body such as the foot or head are exercised by restricting movement of the body part to rotation about each of at least two mutually perpendicular axes and providing independently adjustable resistance means to selectively |
| 4664248 |
Device and method for conveying and orienting randomized circular product-carrying pucks |
May 12, 1987 |
| Device and a method are taught for specifically orienting and conveying products in a common direction of travel. The products are individually mounted on a plurality of identical, circular, product-carrying pucks. Each circular puck has a flat conveyor-contacting bottom surface and at |
| 4600458 |
Method of making an absorbent laminate structure |
July 15, 1986 |
| The present invention provides a layered absorbent structure, the structure having an upper surface and a lower surface. The structure comprises:(a) n webs of fibrous material, n being an integer of two or more. The webs are layered such that there is an uppermost web, a lowermost web, n-2 |
| 4578068 |
Absorbent laminate structure |
March 25, 1986 |
| The present invention provides a layered absorbent structure, the structure having an upper surface and a lower surface. The structure comprises:(a) n webs of fibrous material, n being an integer of two or more. The webs are layered such that there is an uppermost web, a lowermost web, n-2 |
