Patents by Inventor Wayne Knoll

Wayne Knoll 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: 6341812
    Abstract: A wind deflecting device for use with a convertible automobile or jeep type vehicle with side windows and a front seat and/or a rear seat area. This new design wind deflecting device has cloth plus either vinyl plastic (for a windshield) or see-through netting (for a windscreen) spread in back of both front seats extending horizontally from the left inner car wall to the right inner car wall and vertically from the top edge of side windows to the seat interface of the rear seating area. The completed wind deflector will be universally adjustable for use in any motor vehicle. This simplicity of design, with a reduced number of components, makes this device uniquely simple and cheap to produce while at the same time being completely adjustable for use in any convertible vehicle. The device will deflect wind that comes from the rear of the vehicle when traveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Inventor: Wayne Knoll
  • Patent number: 6182292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shirt with an incorporated necktie retainer. The cloth retainer is used to anchor two hanging termini of a necktie, so the ends don't encumber the wearer. The vertically directed retainer has a place for two button holes that slip onto the shirt buttons after passing through the longitudinal name tag on the back of the wider hanging portion of a necktie. The retainer has the same resemblance to the shirt in color, texture, material, design etc. because it is just the lower continuation of the button front. Namely the side with the holes where the bottom goes through, at the lowest portion of the shirt. The retainer extends two hole lengths below the end of the shirt front. There is an appropriate type of stitching that allows the retainer to be cut off and apart from the shirt without any loose frayed ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventor: Wayne Knoll