Hans S Croteau

US Patent:

57910685, Aug 11, 1998

Filed:

Jul 19, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/277235

Inventors:

Rejeanne M. Bernier - San Diego CA
Hans S. Croteau - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A43C 1112

US Classification:

36 501

Abstract:

The shoe incorporates adjustable straps that are positioned to tighten the shoe casing around a wearer's instep. A retractor mechanism incorporates elastic members. The elastic members are charged when the wearer loosens shoe by pulling on the straps. The stored energy is released when a catch is released releasing the elastic members to tighten and cinch the shoe on the wearer's foot. During charging a first elastic member is extended an intermediate distance and a second elastic member is charged a greater distance. The second elastic member triggers the release of the first elastic member when it reaches the intermediate position, increasing the tension available for cinching the straps.

US Patent:

58392106, Nov 24, 1998

Filed:

Sep 23, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/717928

Inventors:

Rejeanne M. Bernier - San Diego CA
Hans S. Croteau - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A43C 1112
A43B 1100

US Classification:

36 501

Abstract:

The shoe incorporates adjustable straps that are positioned to tighten the shoe casing around a wearer's instep. A retractor mechanism incorporates elastic members. The elastic members are charged when the wearer loosens shoe by pulling on the straps. The stored energy is released when a catch is released releasing the elastic members to tighten and cinch the shoe on the wearer's foot. During charging a first elastic member is extended an intermediate distance and a second elastic member is charged a greater distance. The second elastic member triggers the release of the first elastic member when it reaches the intermediate position, increasing the tension available for cinching the straps.

US Patent:

50962833, Mar 17, 1992

Filed:

Apr 23, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/512830

Inventors:

Hans Croteau - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G02B 718

US Classification:

359865

Abstract:

An adjustable rear view mirror extension apparatus that attaches to a standard existing rear view mirror found in most automobiles and other motor vehicles. The apparatus has a mirror, a mirror frame to secure the mirror, a plurality of lateral supports to position the mirror on the frame, and a flexible mirror retainer to releasingly retain the mirror in the mirror frame. There is a mirror frame support that allows the mirror to rotate on a vertical axis and a rotating device to allow the mirror to rotate on a horizontal axis. The rotating device has a housing comprising two sections. The two sections are adjustably connected to adjust the tension of the insert spring which controls the ease of movement of the mirror around its horizontal axis. The rotating device has a first and second surface with a plurality of radial bosses and grooves, respectively, included are an insert, spring and insert gripping device to restrict rotation. Thre is a bending device such as a flexible metal tubing to selectively position the mirror.

US Patent:

20170013792, Jan 19, 2017

Filed:

Jul 6, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/202588

Inventors:

Hans Steve Croteau - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

A01G 31/00
A01G 9/10
A01G 1/04
C12N 1/14
C12N 11/00

Abstract:

A soil-less biodegradable and porous rigid foam substrate for cultivating plants that has been formed of a heterogeneous matrix of organic fibers pasteurized with organic matter and natural minerals, and then contacted with a fungus, resulting in a biocomposite foam with excellent capillary dynamics, the whole of which does not compact and whose organic bio-composition favors the proper micro-biological activity upon a plants' rhizosphere. The preferred embodiment is to grow said substrate inside a waxed hexagonal prism shaped box, and around an externally accessible means of internal aeration, for approximately 3-5 days, and then to deactivate the live fungus in said biocomposite foam by exposure to microwave radiation.