Patents by Inventor Marilyn S. Vice

Marilyn S. Vice 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).

  • Apparatus and method for picking up stickers in grassy and other areas
    Patent number: 8752233
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for picking up stickers in grassy or other ground areas. A roller is rotatably mounted on a frame and a stretchable fabric is removably mounted and stretched on an outer surface of the roller. The fabric is of a construction and thickness to pick up stickers as the roller is moved by the frame and rotated in engagement with a grassy or other ground surface. When the fabric is full of stickers, it is removed from the roller and replaced with a new unused stretchable fabric that is removably mounted on the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Inventor: Marilyn S. Vice
  • Apparatus and Method for Picking Up Stickers in Grassy and Other Areas
    Publication number: 20130239350
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for picking up stickers in grassy or other ground areas. A roller is rotatably mounted on a frame and a stretchable fabric is removably mounted and stretched on an outer surface of the roller. The fabric is of a construction and thickness to pick up stickers as the roller is moved by the frame and rotated in engagement with a grassy or other ground surface. When the fabric is full of stickers, it is removed from the roller and replaced with a new unused stretchable fabric that is removably mounted on the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventor: Marilyn S. VICE
  • Apparatus and method for picking up stickers in grassy and other areas
    Patent number: 8449683
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for picking up stickers in grassy or other ground areas. A roller is rotatably mounted on a frame and a stretchable fabric is removably mounted and stretched on an outer surface of the roller. The fabric is of a construction and thickness to pick up stickers as the roller is moved by the frame and rotated in engagement with a grassy or other ground surface. When the fabric is full of stickers, it is removed from the roller and replaced with a new unused stretchable fabric that is removably mounted on the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Inventor: Marilyn S. Vice
  • Apparatus and Method for Picking Up Stickers in Grassy and Other Areas
    Publication number: 20120145190
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for picking up stickers in grassy or other ground areas. A roller is rotatably mounted on a frame and a stretchable fabric is removably mounted and stretched on an outer surface of the roller. The fabric is of a construction and thickness to pick up stickers as the roller is moved by the frame and rotated in engagement with a grassy or other ground surface. When the fabric is full of stickers, it is removed from the roller and replaced with a new unused stretchable fabric that is removably mounted on the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Marilyn S. Vice