Patents by Inventor Arthur R. Downs

Arthur R. Downs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4654011
    Abstract: Flower and leaf like objects are elevated by mechanical means from open ended tubes that are arranged within a non-transparent enclosure such that the non-transparent enclosure is a base to a transparent enclosure into which the flower and leaf like objects are elevated into view. More, particularly, the flower and leaf like objects are elevated by mechanical means from tubes that are arranged within a non-transparent base such that these tubes open into a transparent enclosure under a transparent cover that is attached to the non-transparent base such that when the flower and leaf like objects are elevated by mechanical means the flower and leaf like objects become visible within the transparent enclosure. Further, the observation of the upward motion of flower and leaf like objects can be repeated as the flower and leaf like objects can be mechanically lowered from view and the flower and leaf like objects can by mechanical means be elevated back into view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Inventors: Arthur R. Downs, Theresa L. Downs
  • Patent number: 4595369
    Abstract: Rounded moveable members such as a ball are directed in two established and independent lengths of transparent tubing which are arranged within a transparent sphere. The rounded moveable members such as a ball have a diameter smaller than the inside diameter of the transparent tubing thus the rounded moveable members such as a ball follow a path that gives a spinning motion. The spinning motion for the first path will be directed by the tubing secured to the inside of the transparent sphere from top to bottom. Thus the first path follows the curvature of the sphere from top to bottom. The second path is directed by the transparent tubing arranged in a cylindrical spiral about the center of the sphere which allows the rounded moveable member such as a ball to follow a cylindrical spiral path from top to bottom of the sphere. The length of tubing about the center of the sphere that is arranged in a cylindrical spiral is supported by a transparent cylinder that is secured by the transparent sphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Inventor: Arthur R. Downs