Patents by Inventor Irving Smith

Irving Smith 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: 11793174
    Abstract: The bee washing system washes worker bees and filters out varroa mites so that a beekeeper/operator can estimate the number of infected bees in a hive. The system includes a bee containment section with a coarse mesh filter, and a wash material section with a fine mesh filter. The system is structured so that when the bee containment section is loaded with bees, and the wash material section is loaded with wash material, an operator washes the bees by shaking the system. When the wash is complete, the operator detaches the wash material section from the system and counts the mites present on the fine mesh filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Samuel K. Abban, Irving Smith, Francisco Posada-Florez
  • Publication number: 20220053738
    Abstract: The bee washing system washes worker bees and filters out varroa mites so that a beekeeper/operator can estimate the number of infected bees in a hive. The system includes a bee containment section with a coarse mesh filter, and a wash material section with a fine mesh filter. The system is structured so that when the bee containment section is loaded with bees, and the wash material section is loaded with wash material, an operator washes the bees by shaking the system. When the wash is complete, the operator detaches the wash material section from the system and counts the mites present on the fine mesh filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel K. Abban, Irving Smith, Francisco Posada-Florez
  • Patent number: 4666216
    Abstract: A rapidly-mountable spare wheel intended for emergency roadway use of a wheeled vehicle in the event of a flat tire condition of one of the main wheels of the vehicle is mounted outwardly alongside the main wheel for joint rotation therewith in a side-by-side mounted state during the flat tire condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Inventor: Irving Smith
  • Patent number: 4570805
    Abstract: A foldable display stand of sheet material has a back panel having at least one elongated transverse slit therein, a pair of side panels each having first and second opposing edges of which the first edge is hingedly connected to a respective one of two opposite side edges of the back panel so that each of the side panels can be positioned along substantially the same plane as the back panel, and at least one front panel having first and second opposite sides which are respectively hingedly attached to the second edges of the side panels, so that the front panel extends along a plane substantially parallel to the back panel. The display stand further includes at least one shelf hingedly connected to an edge of the front panel which extends between the first and second sides of the front panel, the shelf extending from such edge of the front panel through the associated slit in the back panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Inventor: Irving Smith
  • Patent number: 4493424
    Abstract: A foldable display stand, which can be constructed from a single sheet of material, has a back panel having a longitudinal slit therein, a pair of side panels each having first and second opposing edges, the first edge of each side panel hingedly connected to opposing side edges of said back panel such that each of said side panels can be positioned in substantially the same plane as said back panel; a front panel having first and second opposing sides hingedly attached to said second edge of said side panels, said front panel being in a plane substantially parallel to said back panel; a shelf hingedly attached to an edge of said front panel connecting said first and second sides of said front panel, said shelf extending from said front panel through said slit in said back panel, and biasing means for urging said side panels into substantially parallel planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1985
    Inventor: Irving Smith
  • Patent number: 3987737
    Abstract: A collapsible display stand comprises a back wall, two side walls, and a plurality of shelf members, each of said shelf members hingedly attached to at least one of said walls and at least one of said shelf members having an extension attached to one side thereof which extends angularly of the shelf member and between said side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Inventor: Irving Smith
  • Patent number: RE32668
    Abstract: A foldable display stand of sheet material has a back panel having at least one elongated transverse slit therein, a pair of side panels each having first and second opposing edges of which the first edge is hingedly connected to a respective one of two opposite side edges of the back panel so that each of the side panels can be positioned along substantially the same plane as the back panel, and at least one front panel having first and second opposite sides which are respectively hingedly attached to the second edges of the side panels, so that the front panel extends along a plane substantially parallel to the back panel. The display stand further includes at least one shelf hingedly connected to an edge of the front panel which extends between the first and second sides of the front panel, the shelf extending from such edge of the front panel through the associated slit in the back panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Inventor: Irving Smith
  • Patent number: D307525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Arrow Art Finishers Co.
    Inventor: Irving Smith