Patents by Inventor Norman D. Brown

Norman D. Brown 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: 5102262
    Abstract: A fence for enclosing impurities floating on water including a series of bands of two-ply material with the two plies fused together in selected areas including the entire upper edge and with weighted floating pickets inserted vertically between the two plies up to the fused upper edge with both plies extending beyond each band at both ends of the band, one ply at both ends being wrapped about end pickets which are pressed together to form a juncture between bands and with the other plies extending beyond the bands being folded over one another and sealed together to prevent leakage at the juncture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Inventor: Norman D. Brown
  • Patent number: 4248547
    Abstract: A fence for enclosing impurities floating on water having an elongated two-ply band of material with the two plies fused together in selected areas and with unfused sections extending between the two longitudinal edges and with unfused sections extending between the two side edges with weighted floating pickets placed within the longitudinally spaced openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1981
    Inventor: Norman D. Brown