Noted Clients

Larry Levine is principal of Creative Services, LLC, a Connecticut-based engineering consultancy focusing on:

Developing New Products - Clients look to Larry to transform their ideas into efficient, cost-effective, and often patentable products and to generate proof-of-concept and functional prototypes and production designs; guiding material and component selections. 

Addressing Product Safety and Performance Issues and Liability Claims - Larry regularly conducts safety and performance testing that identifies issues and then finds their root causes. He works with marketers and suppliers to implement corrective action plans.  For claims work, Larry provides clear assessments of associated risks. 

Securing Global Safety Listings and Certifications – Once all product issues are addressed, Larry manages third-party laboratory test programs that yield global product safety Listings and Certifications, including UL, ETL, CE, and many more.   He troubleshoots issues that can arise in the course of such programs.

Selected Patents Awarded

11,183,880 Wireless Charging Gripping Apparatus for Handheld Device

11,076,983 Thermal eye compress systems and methods of use

10,624,443 Gripping apparatus for handheld devices

10,244,854 Gripping apparatus for handheld devices

D826,503 Dustpan

10,194,765 Hand operated fruit squeezer

9.706,869 Hand operated fruit squeezer

9.237,822 Hand operated fruit squeezer

8,007,596 Cleaning device having drive means with multiple driving   modes

6,877,924 Applicator and dispensing device using same

6.792,199 Variable temperature vaporizer

6,768,865 Liquid vaporization with housing stabilization system

6,661,967 Variable temperature vaporizer

6,606,762 Hinge for a rotatably connected cover

D477,067 Electric liquid vaporizer

D477,066 Electric liquid vaporizer bottle

D477,065 Electric liquid vaporizer

5,859,952 Humidifier with UV anti-contamination provision

5,765,467 Beverage brewing apparatus

5,677,982 Humidifier with UV anti-contamination provision

D380,820 Humidifier

WO2014078297A1 Stop valve for coffee maker

WO20090183636A1 Air purifier device

WO2006046053A8 Autonomous robot for cleaning of a flooring surface

WO2005079650A1 Cleaning device

GB2411107A Automatic cleaning device using continuous roll of material

Professional Affiliations/Memberships

- Registered Professional Engineer, State of Connecticut

- 20+ Year Member, UL Standards Technical Panels:

     -  UL 283, ANSI/UL Standard for Safety for Air

         Fresheners and Deodorizers

     -  UL 982, ANSI/UL Standard for Safety for Motor-      

         Operated Household Food Preparing Machines

- Tau Beta Pi Honor Society

- Inventors' Association of Connecticut, Past President

Prior Experience – Before joining Creative Services, Larry was an engineering analyst for the Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Technologies, Inc., investigating composite materials and fatigue and fracture issues. 

Education - Larry graduated from Cornell University Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and received his Bachelor of Science, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics.