PAUL JOSEPH BLANCHETTE
Pilots at Ventres Way, Unionville, CT

6612065, Sep 2, 2003

Mar 23, 2001

09/787805

Paul J. Blanchette - Burlington CT
Robert P. Nadeau - Terryville CT
Alan Gnann - Tolland CT

Ultimate NiTi Technologies, LLC - Bristol CT

A01K 8704

43 24

Fishing rod components such as guide ( ), hook keepers ( ), and tops ( ) are formed from shape memory alloy materials such as nickel-titanium alloys and provide lighter weight coupled with improved performance, high flexibility and superelasticity.

5722827, Mar 3, 1998

Feb 23, 1996

8/606216

Timothy J. Allesee - Geneva IL
David J. Brosius - Crete IL
Paul J. Blanchette - Burlington CT

Ortho Specialties - Hickory Hills IL

A61C 300

433 20

A torqued archwire for use in an edgewise orthodontic bracket system. The archwire is substantially rectangular in cross-section, is made of titanium-based alloy and has a plurality of segments, including an anterior segment which is sized to cooperate with brackets attached to a person's central and lateral teeth. Torque is built into this anterior segment, being maximized at the centerpoint and adjacent the central teeth brackets and then decreasing continuously along the remaining length of the segment. Extending from the respective ends of the anterior segment are a pair of transition segments, in which the torque built into the archwire diminishes to zero. The lengths of the transition segments are such that these "zero" points occur, in use, between the corresponding adjacent lateral and cuspid brackets. Posterior segments of the archwire, which extend distally from the transition segments, generally include no built-in torque. For ease of reference by an orthodontist, the "active" anterior and transition segments of the archwire are colored with non-toxic ink.

2003006, Apr 10, 2003

Oct 5, 2001

09/971422

Paul Blanchette - Burlington CT, US
Craig Blanchette - Burlington CT, US

B62M003/08

074/594600

A clipless pedal system incorporates a static hook plate fixable to the pedal of a cycling machine and an SPD compatible cleat with resiliently biased retaining mechanisms engageable with the hook plate to form a cycle/rider power transfer interface. Each hook plate includes front and rear arcuate hooks that together define a center of rotation for the cleat. The front and rear hooks define arcuate retaining channels that receive the retaining mechanisms to engage the cleat to the hook plate. The received cleat is permitted to rotate relative to the hook plate between inward and outward release points defined by release ramps at either end of each retaining channel. The hook plates may be configured with asymmetrical inward and outward release points. Alternatively, arcuate fastener openings may permit the hook plates to be mounted at a variety of angular orientations relative to the pedal. Pedal pads permit use of a bicycle equipped with the clipless pedal system without engagement of the rider's foot to the pedal.