Patents by Inventor Jesse C. May

Jesse C. May 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: 8667745
    Abstract: A military service persons burial marker assembly having an upper plaque having front and rear faces; upper indicia fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the upper plaque's front face, the upper indicia commemorating the service person; a bracket cantilevering rearwardly from the upper plaque; a lower plaque having a front face; lower indicia fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the lower plaque's front face, the lower indicia further commemorating the service person; a loop fixedly attached to and extending rearwardly from the lower plaque; and a hook connected operatively to the loop, the hook being adapted for engaging the bracket for resisting downward movements of the lower plaque with respect to the upper plaque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Inventor: Jesse C. May
  • Patent number: 8585231
    Abstract: A grave marker assembly including a support arm having proximal and distal ends, a flagpole mounting loop fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the support arm's proximal end, the flagpole mounting loop being adapted for, upon an engagement of a flagpole with the flagpole mounting loop, extending the support arm from the flagpole; a solar cell fixedly attached to the support arm; an electric light emitter fixedly attached to the support arm; a rechargeable electric storage battery fixedly attached to the support arm; and a network of electrical conductors operatively interconnecting the solar cell, the electric light emitter, and the rechargeable electric storage battery for, upon exposure of the solar cell to sunlight, charging the rechargeable electric storage battery, and upon a termination of the exposure to sunlight, actuating the electric light emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventor: Jesse C. May