Patents by Inventor Doug Mickelson

Doug Mickelson 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: 6630091
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a screen device for permanent placement of a screen within a plastic structure. The method of manufacturing a screen device includes providing a mold comprised of an upper mold and a lower mold defining a mold cavity, positioning plastic within the mold cavity, positioning a screen upon a lower mold, securing the upper mold to the lower mold with the screen positioned within, performing rotational molding upon the mold, and removing the finished product from the mold. The finished product is comprised of a perimeter structure having an opening within with the screen completely enclosing the opening. The outer perimeter of the screen is molded directly into the inner wall of the finished product to prevent objects from passing about the outside portion of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Inventor: Doug Mickelson
  • Publication number: 20020171174
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a screen device for permanent placement of a screen within a plastic structure. The method of manufacturing a screen device includes providing a mold comprised of an upper mold and a lower mold defining a mold cavity, positioning plastic within the mold cavity, positioning a screen upon a lower mold, securing the upper mold to the lower mold with the screen positioned within, performing rotational molding upon the mold, and removing the finished product from the mold. The finished product is comprised of a perimeter structure having an opening within with the screen completely enclosing the opening. The outer perimeter of the screen is molded directly into the inner wall of the finished product to prevent objects from passing about the outside portion of the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventor: Doug Mickelson
  • Patent number: 6022473
    Abstract: An oil changing system that utilizes one oil pump for draining contaminated oil from a vehicle and pumping clean oil into the vehicle without contamination. The inventive device includes a tank, a pair of wheels attached to the tank, a motor connected to a pump, a pair of couplers attached to opposing sides of the pump, a first filter and a second filter, a volume indicia attached to the side of the tank, a cavity within the tank which contains a light, and a drain pan fluidly connectable to the pump by a drain hose. The user positions the drain pan below the oil drain spout of the engine to receive the contaminated oil. The contaminated oil that is received by the drain pan is then drawn by the pump through the drain hose where after the contaminated oil is dispersed through an exhaust hose. The exhaust hose may be connected to a pipe system within a building structure to drain the contaminated oil into a common reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Inventor: Doug Mickelson