David Alan Friedman

20060021989, Feb 2, 2006

Jul 29, 2004

10/901805

David Friedman - Boca Raton FL, US

A47G 19/22

220703000

A beverage container for immersing food including an open container, a holder defining an area adapted to hold food and a handle. The holder fits within the open container and has a first magnetic portion such that when the holder is in the container, the first magnetic portion is adjacent an interior part of the walls of the container. The handle has a second magnetic portion such that when the second magnetic portion of the handle is placed adjacent an exterior part of the walls of the container near the first magnetic portion of the holder, a magnetic bond formed between the first and second magnetic portions permits movement of the handle to control movement of the holder. The holder can take many forms such as a basket. Channels and/or tracks may be added to guide the holder and/or handle during movement. A retrofit kit is also claimed.

20060021990, Feb 2, 2006

Oct 6, 2004

10/959838

David Friedman - Boca Raton FL, US

A47G 19/22

220703000

The present invention includes a food immersing apparatus adapted to be retrofit onto an open beverage container having walls continuously connected to a substantially horizontal base. The apparatus includes a holder defining an area adapted to hold food that fits within the container. An elongated member couples a handle to the holder. The elongated member extends out of the container, over its walls and down at least a portion of an exterior part of its walls. The handle can be attached to the elongated member at the top of the container or along the part that extends downward. The holder may include a basket defining drainage holes to allow liquid to drain from the basket upon removal from the container. A restraint or lid member may be added atop the food holder to secure the food during immersion in the liquid.

20070068948, Mar 29, 2007

Sep 18, 2006

11/522625

David Friedman - Boca Raton FL, US

B65D 25/04

220501000

The present invention includes a hand-held food immersing apparatus to allow a user to immerse a food item in a container having liquid. The apparatus includes a handle portion adapted to facilitate the user's grip on the apparatus and a plurality of flexible, elongated, and outwardly curved members adapted to firmly grasp the food item between these curved members. The apparatus can be made from a single piece of material, such as plastic, polymer, resign, wood, or metal, with a resistance to deformation such that the apparatus provides pressure to retain the food item between the curved members. The curved members can be aligned symmetrically with respect to the main member. The curved members can have a bow shape and the distal ends of the members can be adapted to apply pressure to the food item and facilitate the alignment of food placed between them.

55522823, Sep 3, 1996

Jun 6, 1993

8/484044

C. Thomas Caskey - West University TX
Ying-Hui Fu - Columbus OH
David L. Friedman - Houston TX
Antonio Pizzuti - Milan, IT
Raymond G. Fenwick - Sugarland TX

Baylor College of Medicine - Houston TX

C12Q 168
C12P 1934
C07H 2104
C12N 1500

435 6

The present invention includes a DNA clone from the myotonic muscular dystrophy gene, a cosmid probe to the myotonic dystrophy site, as well as methods of detecting myotonic muscular dystrophy using RFLP. The method involves the steps of digesting DNA from an individual to be tested with a restriction endonuclease and detecting the restriction fragment length polymorphism with hybridization to probes within the myotonic muscular locus and southern blot analysis. Alternatively, the myotonic muscular dystrophy gene can be measured by determining the amount of mRNA or measuring the amount of protein with an antibody. Further, the myotonic muscular dystrophy gene defect can be detected using either fluorescence in situ hybridization or pulsed field gel electrophoresis using the probes described herein.