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Kassouni, MI

Armen S. Kassouni, Grand Rapids, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090191304MINERAL LICK - A process of attracting land animals and/or supplementing the diet of land animals with mineral nutrients involves selecting a location for attracting and/or supplementing the diet of the land animals and disposing at the selected location a compressed cohesive mass of mineral components that when consumed promotes health and/or growth, wherein the compressed cohesive mass of mineral components has a size, shape and mass that facilitates portability, ease of delivery to a selected location and avoidance of communal consumption that could promote the transmission of disease.07-30-2009
20100189752PELLETED MINERAL SUPPLEMENT FOR LAND ANIMALS - A pelleted mineral supplement for land animals is provided. Each of the pellets is a cohesive mass of mineral components that when consumed by a land animal promotes the health and/or growth of the animal, and each of the cohesive masses has a largest dimension less than 0.5 inches. In certain aspects of the invention, the pelleted mineral supplement can be combined with a conventional animal feed to provide a mineral-supplemented animal feed.07-29-2010

Haig H. Kassouni, Grand Rapids, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090191304MINERAL LICK - A process of attracting land animals and/or supplementing the diet of land animals with mineral nutrients involves selecting a location for attracting and/or supplementing the diet of the land animals and disposing at the selected location a compressed cohesive mass of mineral components that when consumed promotes health and/or growth, wherein the compressed cohesive mass of mineral components has a size, shape and mass that facilitates portability, ease of delivery to a selected location and avoidance of communal consumption that could promote the transmission of disease.07-30-2009
20100189752PELLETED MINERAL SUPPLEMENT FOR LAND ANIMALS - A pelleted mineral supplement for land animals is provided. Each of the pellets is a cohesive mass of mineral components that when consumed by a land animal promotes the health and/or growth of the animal, and each of the cohesive masses has a largest dimension less than 0.5 inches. In certain aspects of the invention, the pelleted mineral supplement can be combined with a conventional animal feed to provide a mineral-supplemented animal feed.07-29-2010

Van Kassouni, Grand Rapids, MI US

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20090199443WIRE MARKER - A wire marker that can be removably attached to a wire, such as an aerial or fence wire. The marker can have a base and an integral deformable arm having a first and second distal tip. The tips can have catches on the same side and a catch on the opposite side oriented between the catches and offset along a longitudinal axis between the catches. The offset can be distal or proximal to the base on the longitudinal axis between the catches, and the offset can be configured to accommodate a diameter of a fence wire. The marker base can be substantially triangular in shape and made of injection molded plastic and colored to make it visible relative to its surroundings, such as international orange.08-13-2009
20090314908HANGING OBJECT RETAINING DEVICE - A device and kit to retain hanging objects that is wall mounted and does not require additional structures mounted to the hanging object. The device can have at least one base configured to be adjacent to the wall and at least one tab extending from and at approximately right angles to the second face. Various means of attaching the base can be used such as adhesives, nails, and the like. Where a nail is used, the base can have a hole to allow passage of the nail. In use, the device can have one tab or two tabs at right angles. Where two tabs are used, the device is suited for placement at a lower corner of a frame. The device may be presented as a kit having a plurality of identical bases or a variety of sizes and shapes, double sided adhesive tape, nails, and packaging.12-24-2009

Van M. Kassouni, Grand Rapids, MI US

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20100313472SUPPORT FOR PLANTS - A plant support is assembled from a plurality of interchangeable parts that can be readily assembled together to form a complete plant assembly having a desired size, in either an open or closed configuration, and to readily permit disassembly for storage or reconfiguration of the support. The plant support may be made up of various horizontal and vertical members that are configured to readily attach and detach from one another in order to form supports in various shapes and sizes such as enclosures or trellis-type supports.12-16-2010
20100325950SUPPORT FOR PLANTS - A plant support is assembled from a plurality of interchangeable parts that can be readily assembled together to form a complete plant assembly having a desired size, in either an open or closed configuration, and to readily permit disassembly for storage or reconfiguration of the support, The plant support may be made up of various horizontal and vertical members that are configured to readily attach and detach from one another in order to form supports in various shapes and sizes such as enclosures or trellis-type supports,12-30-2010
20110165351COMPOSITE HANDLE - An elongated composite element includes an elongated form comprising a flexible material and having a plurality of holes or a plurality of indentations or the like established thereat, and a core material that either (a) substantially fills an interior cavity of an elongated tubular form and that protrudes at least partially through the holes established in the elongated tubular form, or (b) is disposed along and over a plurality of elongated members and is at least partially received in indentations to adhere the core material to the plurality of elongated wire members. An outer layer may substantially encase the elongated form and the core material to provide an outer surface of the composite tubular element. The elongated composite element may include strengthening elements and the polymeric core portion may be disposed along and over the plurality of strengthening elements.07-07-2011
20120205575METHOD OF MAKING CALCIUM CHLORIDE - AGGREGATE COMPOSITION - A method of forming a calcium chloride and aggregate composition includes providing a calcium chloride compound, adding an aggregate into the calcium chloride compound, and mixing the aggregate and calcium chloride compound to establish a mixed composition having the aggregate substantially uniformly suspended in the calcium chloride compound. The aggregate may comprise any suitable aggregate material, such as sand, salt or rock salt or the like. The aggregate may be mixed with the calcium chloride when the calcium chloride is in a paste form so as to substantially uniformly mix or blend the aggregate and calcium chloride and to substantially uniformly suspend the aggregate in the calcium chloride paste.08-16-2012
20130269246SUPPORT FOR PLANTS - A plant support is assembled from a plurality of interchangeable parts that can be readily assembled together to form a complete plant assembly having a desired size, in either an open or closed configuration, and to readily permit disassembly for storage or reconfiguration of the support. The plant support may be made up of various horizontal and vertical members that are configured to readily attach and detach from one another in order to form supports in various shapes and sizes such as enclosures or trellis-type supports. The vertical members are stackable and held together or joined via one or more couplers that join an upper end of one vertical member with a lower end of another vertical member.10-17-2013
20130333287PLANTER ASSEMBLY - A planter assembly includes a support and a plurality of planter units configured to attach at the support. The support is an elongated support that is configured to be generally vertical when used in the planter assembly. Each of the planter units includes a planting portion at which a plant may be disposed and each of the planter units is configured to attach at the support at a respective level along the support. Each of the planter units is circumferentially disposed relative to the support and relative to others of the planter units so that the planter units are arranged along the support with the planting portion of each of the planter units being at least partially circumferentially separated or disposed relative to the planting portions of others of the planter units.12-19-2013
20130334164CONTAINER WITH LOCKING LID - A container assembly comprises a container and a lid, with the lid and container including threads for threaded engagement of the lid to the container. One of the container and the lid includes a lock member and the other of the container and lid includes a receptacle, with the lock member engaging the receptacle to inhibit counter rotation of the lid relative to the container via threaded engagement of the lid from one starting orientation relative to the container, and where the lock member does not engage the receptacle when the lid is threaded to the container from another starting orientation relative to the container. In a particular embodiment the lid may be threaded onto the container from either of two 180 degree opposite starting orientations.12-19-2013
20140041757COLLAPSIBLE FUNNEL - A funnel assembly includes a plurality of legs and a funnel element having a larger opening and a smaller opening. The funnel element is attached at the legs and is collapsible and expandable between a use state, where the larger opening is substantially opened and the legs are arranged to support the funnel assembly in a free-standing manner, and a collapsed state, where the funnel and the legs are collapsed for storage. When in the use state, the funnel assembly may be disposed at a floor or support surface and the larger opening is at an upper region of the funnel assembly and the smaller opening is at a lower region of the funnel and spaced from the floor or support surface.02-13-2014
20140099417INDIVIDUAL COFFEE PACKETS WITH FILTER - A method of brewing with a brewing device includes providing a plurality of individual filter units. The brewing device has a reservoir for flowing water through a composition in the filter units, such as coffee grounds to brew coffee. The individual coffee filter units each comprise a filter pouch that contains a predetermined amount of coffee grounds or the like. An amount of filter units is selected depending on at least one of (i) the amount of coffee to be brewed and (ii) the strength of the coffee to be brewed. The selected amount of coffee filter units are placed in the reservoir and the brewing device is activated to brew the coffee or the like.04-10-2014

Patent applications by Van M. Kassouni, Grand Rapids, MI US

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