Patents by Inventor Irving I. Millard

Irving I. Millard 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: 4180932
    Abstract: A housing contains a rotating platform mounted on a shaft which is driven by a motor which can be operated by a battery, flowers plants and bells are mounted on the platform and a butterfly is mounted through a slot in a collar of the housing surrounding the platform, the wire supporting the butterfly is caused to vibrate by a cog wheel mounted on the shaft which causes cogs to press against the wire supporting the butterfly, another cog wheel mounted on the shaft causes a hammer mounted within the housing to gently hit a bell depending from a support within the housing, causing gentle bell like sounds while the butterfly moves around undulatingly as the platform rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1980
    Inventor: Irving I. Millard