Patents by Inventor Gilbert J. Hinz

Gilbert J. Hinz 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).

  • Modular beehive
    Patent number: 5741170
    Abstract: According to the preferred embodiment, a hive system for housing a plurality of bee colonies. The hive system comprises a hive system body, including a framework and a plurality of perimeter walls forming a hive system interior space. At least one divider wall is used to divide the interior space into a plurality of bee chambers, with each bee chamber housing one bee colony. It is thus an advantage of the present invention to provide an improved structure for housing bees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Inventors: Darryl W. Orletsky, Katherine D. Orletsky, Gilbert J. Hinz