Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Asher

Thomas M. Asher 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).

  • Gap cover device for side-by-side appliances
    Patent number: 7150166
    Abstract: A gap cover device for covering a gap between clothes washer and dryer appliances having generally parallel juxtaposed sidewalls defining a gap between the appliances. The gap cover device includes a flexible elongated member having a generally T-shaped transverse cross-sectional configuration defining a gap spanning portion of sufficient transverse width to span the gap between the appliances, and an insert arm portion disposed generally normal to an underside of the gap spanning portion and adapted to be inserted into the gap. The insert arm portion has outwardly facing side surfaces at least one of which has a magnetic strip carried thereon operative to releasably secure the gap cover device to a selected one of the appliances to prevent objects from falling into the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Any Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Braun, Thomas M. Asher
  • Gap cover device for side-by-side appliances
    Patent number: 7140206
    Abstract: A gap cover device for covering a gap between clothes washer and dryer appliances having generally parallel juxtaposed sidewalls defining a gap between the appliances. The gap cover device includes a flexible elongated member having a generally T-shaped transverse cross-sectional configuration defining a gap spanning portion of sufficient transverse width to span the gap between the appliances, and an insert arm portion disposed generally normal to an underside of the gap spanning portion and adapted to be inserted into the gap. The insert arm portion has outwardly facing side surfaces at least one of which has a magnetic strip carried thereon operative to releasably secure the gap cover device to a selected one of the appliances to prevent objects from falling into the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Any Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Braun, Thomas M. Asher