Patents by Inventor Nickolas Daniels

Nickolas Daniels 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).

  • Device for marking out buried objects
    Patent number: 8981903
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for marking the location of a buried object in which the location of the buried object is determined and a barhole driver or plunger bar having a detachable plug element and a marking material for marking the location of the buried object is driven into the ground proximate the location of the buried object. The detachable plug element detaches from the plunger bar as the plunger bar is removed from the ground, leaving a substantially continuous path of the marking material in the ground extending substantially continuously from proximate the detachable plug element to the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Gas Technology Institute
    Inventors: Nickolas Daniels, Christopher Ziolkowski, Frank Hennessey
  • DEVICE FOR MARKING OUT BURIED OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20110273178
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for marking the location of a buried object in which the location of the buried object is determined and a barhole driver or plunger bar having a detachable plug element and a marking material for marking the location of the buried object is driven into the ground proximate the location of the buried object. The detachable plug element detaches from the plunger bar as the plunger bar is removed from the ground, leaving a substantially continuous path of the marking material in the ground extending substantially continuously from proximate the detachable plug element to the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Nickolas Daniels, Christopher Ziolkowski, Frank Hennessey