Patents by Inventor Martin W. Taylor

Martin W. Taylor 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).

  • Impermeable sectional apparatus for soil moisture retention
    Patent number: 10398094
    Abstract: An impermeable sectional apparatus for soil moisture retention has a frustoconical member separable along a medial longitudinal axis into a first section and a second section for connection around a plant to inhibit evaporation from the soil matrix. Securement of the first and second sections together is effective by mating engagement between each of a first male edge with a second female edge and a first female edge with a second male edge. A plurality of rectilinear insert sections is fittable in between each of the first and second sections engaged by edgewise interconnection therebetween, whereby the frustoconical member may be elongated to cover more ground surface. Additionally, a polychromic material is included devised to signal a color change to a user in response to an environmental stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventor: Martin W. Taylor
  • Impermeable Sectional Apparatus for Soil Moisture Retention
    Publication number: 20180332778
    Abstract: An impermeable sectional apparatus for soil moisture retention has a frustoconical member separable along a medial longitudinal axis into a first section and a second section for connection around a plant to inhibit evaporation from the soil matrix. Securement of the first and second sections together is effective by mating engagement between each of a first male edge with a second female edge and a first female edge with a second male edge. A plurality of rectilinear insert sections is fittable in between each of the first and second sections engaged by edgewise interconnection therebetween, whereby the frustoconical member may be elongated to cover more ground surface. Additionally, a polychromic material is included devised to signal a color change to a user in response to an environmental stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventor: Martin W. Taylor
  • Impermeable sectional apparatus for soil moisture retention
    Patent number: D884442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Inventor: Martin W. Taylor