Patents Assigned to R & J East, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9926684
    Abstract: Roof runoff water control systems for a building with gutters and a downspout and buildings without gutters. Both systems employ a swale in the ground that is lined with rock filled bags that are opened and laid overlapped end-to-end. For the downspout, a closed bag filled with rock is placed under the downspout with open bags filled with rock laid overlapped end-to-end in the swale and overlapped downstream from the closed bag. For a building without gutters and having a drip line in the ground, open bags filled with rock are laid overlapped end-to-end in the swale. The swale and the open bags are aligned with the drip line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: R & J East, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, James Earl Hawkinson
  • Patent number: 9637886
    Abstract: A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover. In addition, the bag may be used for planting individual plants in a planting bed, for establishing a buffer zone around the foundation of a building, or for controlling erosion around a downspout of a building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: R & J East, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, James Earl Hawkinson
  • Patent number: 9445552
    Abstract: A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover. The weed suppression material is a porous, water permeable, biodegradable film made from mixtures of a polybutylene succinate (PBS) resin, a polyhydroxy alkanoate (PHA) resin, a polylactic acid (PLA) resin, a polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) resin, a polybutylene adipate succinate (PBAS) resin, or a thermoplastic starch (TPS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: R & J East, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, James Earl Hawkinson, Kelvin T. Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8935882
    Abstract: A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover. In addition, the bag may be used for planting individual plants in a planting bed, for establishing a buffer zone around the foundation of a building, or for controlling erosion around a downspout of a building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: R & J East, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, James Earl Hawkinson
  • Patent number: 8931211
    Abstract: A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover. In addition, the bag may be used for planting individual plants in a planting bed, for establishing a buffer zone around the foundation of a building, or for controlling erosion around a downspout of a building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: R & J East, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, James Earl Hawkinson
  • Publication number: 20140219731
    Abstract: A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover. In addition, the bag may be used for planting individual plants in a planting bed, for establishing a buffer zone around the foundation of a building, or for controlling erosion around a downspout of a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: R & J East, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, James Earl Hawkinson
  • Patent number: 8615926
    Abstract: A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: R & J East, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, James Earl Hawkinson
  • Publication number: 20130340331
    Abstract: A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: R & J East, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, James Earl Hawkinson
  • Publication number: 20130336729
    Abstract: A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover. In addition, the bag may be used for planting individual plants in a planting bed, for establishing a buffer zone around the foundation of a building, or for controlling erosion around a downspout of a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: R & J East, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, James Earl Hawkinson
  • Patent number: 8522476
    Abstract: A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: R & J East, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, James Earl Hawkinson