Patents by Inventor Dirk Nickel

Dirk Nickel 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).

  • Publication number: 20070264138
    Abstract: A pressure sprayer includes an accumulator vessel adapted to hold a pressurized fluid therein and a container that is configured to hold a chemical concentrate. A motor in fluid communication with the accumulator vessel and the container is adapted to be driven by the pressurized fluid and to pump the pressurized fluid and the chemical concentrate. A chamber is adapted to receive the chemical concentrate and the pressurized fluid from the motor to form a chemical solution. A nozzle is in fluid communication with the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Jonathan Mandell, Kenneth Waeber, Dirk Nickel, Donald Schumacher, James Yonker, Eric Luther, Shannon Read, Clinton Haynes, Todd Bucholz
  • Publication number: 20060265944
    Abstract: Bait stations are provided which present the ability to monitor bait and expand capacity of bait without materially adversely affecting feeding activity. In one form a slow acting toxicant-laced attractant is provided in the station. The station has an outer housing, an openable opaque lid, and a transparent window moveable relative to both the lid and housing. One can move the lid while leaving the window in place, or move both the lid and window. Removal of both permits attachment of a second such housing to the first, while the first remains in place. The lid and window can then be affixed to the second housing. These stations can be used to control termites and other crawling pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Maude Meier, Dirk Nickel, Donald Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20050252074
    Abstract: A dual bait toxicant station includes a wick that can be moved to access a liquid reservoir, thereby activating the liquid feeding portion of the station. The wick can be selectively forced downward into the reservoir by activation of a lid which can have a bi-stable portion. The station may have a pie wedge-shaped top view, with multiple entrances along an arc portion of the station side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Tyler Duston, Steven Mineau, William Madala, Dirk Nickel, Maude Meier, Donald Schumacher