Patents by Inventor C. Michael Carter

C. Michael Carter 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: 6161777
    Abstract: A portable spraying and drinking apparatus with soft fan blades having a spraying apparatus, a drinking apparatus, and at least one container for holding drinking and/or spraying liquids. The spraying apparatus directs a cooling liquid through a nozzle placed in the air stream created by a portable fan. The airflow over wet surfaces increases cooling by speeding evaporation. The apparatus also has a separate drinking container which can be filled with a beverage in order to further hydrate and cool the user. The entire drinking and spraying containers can additionally have an insulating jacket surrounding them to keep the liquids cold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: C. Michael Carter
    Inventors: C. Michael Carter, Donald Freed
  • Patent number: 5725356
    Abstract: A portable fan for use on a child 's stroller. The fan has a housing, an electric motor in the housing powered by a source such as a battery so that the motor does not require any physical connection to a fixed location, a mechanism for moving air including a shaft connected to the motor, a hub on the shaft and a plurality of blades, made of a resiliently flexible material, projecting radially outwardly from the hub, a shroud having an animal face depicted thereon connected to the housing and substantially enclosing said air moving mechanism, a clamp for releasably clamping the fan onto the stroller being shaped in the form of an animal foot and a bendable support interconnecting the housing and the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Inventor: C. Michael Carter
  • Patent number: 5304035
    Abstract: A portable fan worn in a self-oriented position on a wearer for directing a current of cooling air toward the wearer. The fan has a housing made of lightweight material, a lightweight electric motor in the housing powered by a source such as a battery so that the motor does not require physical connection to a fixed location remote from the wearer, a mechanism for moving air including a shaft connected to the motor, a hub on the shaft and a plurality of vanes projecting radially outwardly from the hub, the shaft, hub and vanes being made of a lightweight material, a shroud made of lightweight material connected to the housing and substantially enclosing said air moving mechanism, and a mechanism for supporting the fan below the wearer's face in an orientation wherein said air moving mechanism directs a current of air upwardly toward the wearer's face without being manually held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Great Idea Products Company
    Inventor: C. Michael Carter