Patents by Inventor Floyd W. Blanchard

Floyd W. Blanchard 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: 5121845
    Abstract: A molded plastic oil bottle includes an upwardly extending threaded neck having a sealing edge. A cup-shaped cap is threadably received upon the neck to provide closure thereof. A quantity of oil is received within the molded plastic bottle. A removable seal comprises a thin seal membrane secured to the edge of the bottle neck and includes an outwardly extending tab which is used to remove the seal from the bottle in the filling process. In one embodiment, the extending tab is multiply folded and received within the cap while in alternate embodiments the tab extends outwardly from beneath the cap in the closed position. In a still further embodiment, a smaller tab having an aperture therein extends from the seal member and is operated by a separate puller which is attachable to the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Inventor: Floyd W. Blanchard
  • Patent number: 4360930
    Abstract: Flexible headband is connected to one side of a flashlight in a manner such that the headband may be wrapped around the body of the flashlight with the terminal wrap being secured to the flashlight when the headband is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1982
    Inventor: Floyd W. Blanchard
  • Patent number: 4336916
    Abstract: Elongated support members are coupled to the elongated grip portion of a hand-held implement, such as a reading glass, mirror or the like, in a manner such that each support member may be moved from a convergent position where the major axes of the support members lie substantially parallel to each other and to the major axis of the grip portion in contact therewith along a major portion of the length of each support member to a divergent position where each of the support members extends laterally from the lower end of the grip portion with the major axes of the support members diverging outwardly from each other for supporting the implement in a vertical or a near-vertical position, thereby freeing the hands of a user of the implement. The support members and hand-held implements may be held in many predetermined rotated positions with respect to their associated grip portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1982
    Inventor: Floyd W. Blanchard
  • Patent number: 4285489
    Abstract: Elongated support members are coupled to the elongated grip portion of a hand-held implement, such as a reading glass, mirror or the like, in a manner such that each support member may be moved from a convergent position where the major axes of the support members lie substantially parallel to each other and to the major axis of the grip portion in contact therewith along a major portion of the length of each support member to a divergent position where each of the support members extends laterally from the lower end of the grip portion with the major axes of the support members diverging outwardly from each other for supporting the implement in a vertical or a near-vertical position, thereby freeing the hands of a user of the implement. The support members and hand-held implements may be held in many predetermined rotated positions with respect to their associated grip portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1981
    Inventor: Floyd W. Blanchard