Patents by Inventor Garey I. Tomlinson

Garey I. Tomlinson 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).

  • Method and apparatus for remotely severing a prefabricated vertical drain
    Patent number: 6908259
    Abstract: Vertical prefabricated drains are installed into soil underlying a body of water for soil stabilization and thereafter from the surface of the water the drain member is captured within a drain cutting assembly which is lowered by an operating line that is tethered to the assembly into the water as guided by the captured drain. Then the prefabricated drain is severed below the surface of the water by actuating the cutter assembly at the water surface with the operating line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Nilex Construction, LLC.
    Inventor: Garey I. Tomlinson