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Patents include skateboard, flask

By Karl R. Cannon

Published: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:37 p.m. MST

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Twenty-three patents were awarded to Utah inventors on Feb. 15, including:

• Form tie sleeves for composite action insulated concrete sandwich walls. David O. Keith, American Fork; Mark Donaldson, Provo. Assigned to H.K. Marketing LLC, American Fork. Filed May 29, 2003. Patent No. 6,854,229.

• Riser buoyancy system. Randall Williams Nish, Provo; Metin Karayaka, Houston. Assigned to Technip France, Courbevoie, France. Filed July 9, 2003, a continuation of Application No. 10/061,086, filed Jan. 31, 2002, now abandoned. Patent No. 6,854,516.

• Rail track vehicle. Paul G. Mc- Kinnon, Brigham City. Filed Oct. 7, 2003, a continuation-in-part of provisional patent Application No. 60/416,823, filed Oct. 8, 2002. Patent No. 6,854,540.

• Flip-top closure with child resistant packaging system. Michael G. Knickerbocker, St. George. Assigned to Summit Packaging Systems Inc., Manchester, N.H. Filed Oct. 18, 2002. Patent No. 6,854,619.

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• System for vending products and services using an identification card and associated methods. Jonathan H. Metcalf, Houston; Robert J. O'Leary and Erik S. Peterson, both of Cypress, Texas; Merlyn W. Barth, St. Louis; Jacob H. Gunther, North Logan; Heath W. Rogers, Bloomington, Ind. Assigned to Chesterfield Holdings LLC, Seattle. Filed Oct. 19, 2001. Patent No. 6,854,642.

• Lightweight convertible car seat and stroller. Janet E. Brandler, Sandy. Filed July 31, 2001, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/236,685, filed Sept. 29, 2000. Patent No. 6,854,744.

• Skateboard. James F. Wimbush, Mesa, Ariz.; Howard A. Lindsay, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Kevin Tisue, Salt Lake City. Assigned to James F. Wimbush and Lori Wimbush, both of Imlay City, Mich. Filed Dec. 6, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/340,472, filed Dec. 7, 2001. Patent No. 6,854,748.

• Cylindrical passenger air bag module. Timothy J. Whited, Waterford, Mich.; Randy Clark, Clearfield. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed Nov. 29, 2001, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,702,318, filed April 11, 2001. Patent No. 6,854,760.

• Biaxial flow inflator with independently adjusted gas orifices. Paul Dinsdale, Farr West, Weber County; David J. Green, Brigham City; Karl K. Rink, Princeton, Idaho. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed June 6, 2002. Patent No. 6,854,763.