Thomas J Ziegler

US Patent:

54005221, Mar 28, 1995

Filed:

Nov 23, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/980332

Inventors:

Thomas J. Kremer - Loveland OH
Thomas J. Ziegler - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

The United States Shoe Corporation - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

G01B 514
A61B 310

US Classification:

33810

Abstract:

There is provided a frame measurement platform for measuring the perpendicular distance between the two temples of an open eyeglass frame, and a method for using such a device. The platform includes a support, two spaced-apart reference members which are moveable with respect to each other, and measuring scale. The reference members define respective temple measuring planes which are substantially perpendicular to a reference measuring plane defined by the support. The measuring scale is used to measure the perpendicular distance between temples of an open eyeglass frame.

US Patent:

41876105, Feb 12, 1980

Filed:

Feb 13, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/877305

Inventors:

Thomas F. Ziegler - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61C 700

US Classification:

433 24

Abstract:

Disclosed herein is an impacted tooth ligation chain having at one end a tooth loop to encircle the impacted tooth and between such loop and its other end a plurality of eyelets. In practice, the tooth encircling loop is slipped around the impacted tooth crown after surgically exposing it by removing a flap of tissue. After tightening the loop about the tooth and surgically closing the wound, a ligature elastic thread is secured to an eyelet of the ligation chain, tensioned, and then secured to a bracket or arch wire in the patient's mouth.

US Patent:

51759411, Jan 5, 1993

Filed:

Dec 31, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/816625

Inventors:

Thomas J. Ziegler - Cincinnati OH
Thomas J. Kremer - Loveland OH

Assignee:

The United States Shoe Corporation - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

G01B 514
A61B 310

US Classification:

33810

Abstract:

A method is provided for fitting an eyeglass frame to a wearer. The method includes the steps of providing frames which have been classified into predetermined temple to temple size ranges based on the temple to temple frame sizes of the frames. The wearer's temple to temple head size is measured using a device which indicates at least one temple to temple size range as corresponding to the wearer. Eyeglass frames are fitted to the wearer selected from the frames which fall within the temple to temple size ranges corresponding to the wearer.