Patents by Inventor Jerry A. Markle

Jerry A. Markle 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: 5069343
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided wherein an organization includes a lower container of a trapezoidal cross-sectional configuration accommodating a lid defined by a further trapezoidal cross-sectional configuration, wherein the lid is complementarily received upon the container and includes a pivoted entrance door, as well as a handle mounted on the lid receivable within a recessed cavity to permit vertical stacking of containers and lids. Each lid includes plural pairs of "L" shaped brackets to align and position a container thereon. A modification of the invention includes a disposable intermediate lid plate positioned between the lid and the container to receive disposed components of a lesser volume to minimize cleaning and maintenance of the container during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Inventor: Jerry A. Markle
  • Patent number: 4617542
    Abstract: A switch having gold-plated contacts on which is formed a gold-mercury amalgam, at least the contacts being immersed in a totally fluorinated hydrocarbon fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1986
    Assignee: IMCS Corporation
    Inventors: Erno B. Lutz, Bruce A. Weber, Jerry Markle