Patents by Inventor Sam Sullivan

Sam Sullivan 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).

  • Publication number: 20230061578
    Abstract: A platform is provided for supporting a vehicle on a combine. The platform includes a frame, and at least one guide supported by the frame. The at least one guide is configured to receive at least one wheel of a vehicle to thereby position the vehicle on the frame. The platform also includes a mount coupled to the frame and configured to connect the frame to a feeder house of the combine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sam SULLIVAN, William WATNER
  • Publication number: 20220088738
    Abstract: A device for removing a tread from a wheel (e.g., a closing wheel of a planter, a gauge wheel of a planter, a gauge wheel of a cultivator, a gauge wheel of seed drill etc.) includes a body configured to support the wheel, and a fastener coupled to the body. The fastener is configured to engage the wheel when the wheel is supported by the body, and position the wheel on the body, and then compress the wheel against the body to thereby allow removal of a tread from the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: Sam SULLIVAN
  • Patent number: 5318550
    Abstract: A urine collecting apparatus includes a condom for receiving the penis of a user. A container receives urine from the condom. A conduit extends from the condom to the container. There is a first one-way valve along the conduit which permits a flow of urine from the condom towards the container and prevents a reverse flow of urine towards the condom. There is a resilient squeeze bulb along the conduit between the first one-way valve and the container for pumping urine towards the container when the bulb is squeezed and for providing a suction in the condom when released after squeezing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Tetra Development Society
    Inventors: Paul Cermak, Sam Sullivan