Patents by Inventor Dennis W. Collins

Dennis W. Collins 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: 5404685
    Abstract: An outside STYROFOAM.upsilon. polystyrene plastic wall or fence is constructed by anchoring each of at least two styrofoam H-columns to a concrete base in the ground supporting a steel reinforcing bar which extends up into a hollow of the column by filling the hollows with concrete. A STYROFOAM.TM. polystyrene plastic panel is supported within the grooves of juxtaposed columns. The fence may have any desired length. The panel is secured to the two columns by L-shaped rebars or a continuous length of rebar laid in a recessed groove atop each panel and column and anchored in the concrete in the column hollows. An exterior mesh-stucco or paint finish covers the wall. Columns--in--line, L, T--and panels--square or T--enable making walls of any shape or configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Inventor: Dennis W. Collins