Patents by Inventor James O. Murdock, III

James O. Murdock, III 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: 4740706
    Abstract: A sanitizer for bathroom articles such as toothbrushes includes a closeable housing having a rotatable rack therein for receiving the bathroom article, a sanitizing element such as a germicidal lamp within the housing to sanitize the bathroom article, and a drainage diaphragm located beneath the bathroom article to receive precipitated drainage fluid therefrom (under the force of gravity) and direct the same towards the peripheral portions of the housing due to the concave shape of the drainage diaphragm. Drainage holes located in the peripheral area of the housing pass drainage fluid from the housing directed thereto. Adjunct electrical devices, such as a radio, clock or a calculator may be contained within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Murdock Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: James O. Murdock, III
  • Patent number: 4625119
    Abstract: A sanitizer for bathroom articles such as toothbrushes includes a closeable housing having a rotatable rack therein for receiving the bathroom article, a sanitizing element such as a germicidal lamp within the housing to sanitize the bathroom article, and a drainage diaphragm located beneath the bathroom article to receive precipitated drainage fluid therefrom (under the force of gravity) and direct the same towards the peripheral portions of the housing due to the concave shape of the drainage diaphragm. Drainage holes located in the peripheral area of the housing pass drainage fluid from the housing directed thereto. Adjunct electrical devices, such as a radio, clock or a calculator may be contained within the housing underneath the protective covering of the drainage diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Inventor: James O. Murdock, III