Patents by Inventor William Lauchlin Gulledge, Jr.

William Lauchlin Gulledge, Jr. 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).

  • Applicator with individually flexible pad support fingers
    Patent number: 8745808
    Abstract: A liquid applicator is configured to apply liquid to a contoured surface. The liquid applicator includes a frame with a laterally extending base and a plurality of elongated fingers spaced laterally along the base. The fingers flex to follow the contoured surface when a liquid application force is applied. The liquid applicator also includes a flexible applicator pad assembly supported on multiple ones of the fingers. The applicator pad assembly is operable to carry liquid and is flexible at least generally with the fingers so as to follow the contoured surface during liquid application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Joseph Best, Marco Carroll Perry, Mark David Prommel, Kevin Min O'Leary, William Lauchlin Gulledge, Jr., William Daniel Richardson, Chad Edward Brott, B. Deré Newman, Melodie Lea Wendleton, Benjamin A. Shobert, Richard S. Dale, Todd Brunner
  • Applicator with flexible pad and handle
    Patent number: 8713744
    Abstract: A liquid applicator includes a frame and a flexible applicator pad. The frame includes an elongated handle that presents opposite handle margins and extends in a longitudinal direction between the margins. The flexible applicator pad presents opposite applicator pad ends. The handle margins are coupled relative to the flexible applicator pad adjacent corresponding applicator pad ends. The handle presents an intermediate region that is flexible and spaced from the pad, with the liquid applicator thereby being shiftable into and out of a relaxed applicator condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Joseph Best, Marco Carroll Perry, Mark David Prommel, Kevin Min O'Leary, William Lauchlin Gulledge, Jr., William Daniel Richardson, Chad Edward Brott, B. Deré Newman, Melodie Lea Wendleton, Benjamin A. Shobert, Richard S. Dale, Todd Brunner
  • APPLICATOR WITH INDIVIDUALLY FLEXIBLE PAD SUPPORT FINGERS
    Publication number: 20120023695
    Abstract: A liquid applicator is configured to apply liquid to a contoured surface. The liquid applicator includes a frame with a laterally extending base and a plurality of elongated fingers spaced laterally along the base. The fingers flex to follow the contoured surface when a liquid application force is applied. The liquid applicator also includes a flexible applicator pad assembly supported on multiple ones of the fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SPECIALTY PRODUCTS OF GREENWOOD, MISSOURI, INC.
    Inventors: Jim Joseph Best, Marco Carroll Perry, Mark David Prommel, Kevin Min O'Leary, William Lauchlin Gulledge, JR., William Daniel Richardson, Chad Edward Brott, B. Deré Newman, Melodie Lea Wendleton, Benjamin A. Shobert, Richard S. Dale, Todd Brunner
  • APPLICATOR WITH FLEXIBLE PAD AND HANDLE
    Publication number: 20110247162
    Abstract: A liquid applicator includes a frame and a flexible applicator pad. The frame includes an elongated handle that presents opposite handle margins and extends in a longitudinal direction between the margins. The flexible applicator pad presents opposite applicator pad ends. The handle margins are coupled relative to the flexible applicator pad adjacent corresponding applicator pad ends. The handle presents an intermediate region that is flexible and spaced from the pad, with the liquid applicator thereby being shiftable into and out of a relaxed applicator condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SPECIALTY PRODUCTS OF GREENWOOD, MISSOURI, INC.
    Inventors: Jim Joseph Best, Marco Carroll Perry, Mark David Prommel, Kevin Min O'Leary, William Lauchlin Gulledge, JR., William Daniel Richardson, Chad Edward Brott, B. Deré Newman, Melodie Lea Wendleton, Benjamin A. Shobert, Richard S. Dale, Todd Brunner
  • Flow-through brush head
    Patent number: D647308
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Joseph Best, David Zachariah Block, William Lauchlin Gulledge, Jr., William Daniel Richardson, Chad Edward Brott, Barbara D. Newman, Melodie Lea Wendleton, Benjamin A. Shobert, Richard S. Dale, Todd Brunner
  • Double-ended applicator
    Patent number: D654216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Joseph Best, Marco Carroll Perry, Mark David Prommel, Kevin Min O'Leary, William Lauchlin Gulledge, Jr., William Daniel Richardson, Chad Edward Brott, B. Deré Newman, Melodie Lea Wendleton, Benjamin A. Shobert, Richard S. Dale, Todd Brunner
  • Applicator with individually flexible pad and handle
    Patent number: D655470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Joseph Best, Marco Carroll Perry, Mark David Prommel, Kevin Min O'Leary, William Lauchlin Gulledge, Jr., William Daniel Richardson, Chad Edward Brott, B. Deré Newman, Melodie Lea Wendleton, Benjamin A. Shobert, Richard S. Dale, Todd Brunner
  • Flow-through extension pole handle
    Patent number: D661905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Joseph Best, David Zachariah Block, William Lauchlin Gulledge, Jr., William Daniel Richardson, Chad Edward Brott, B. Deré Newman, Melodie Lea Wendleton, Benjamin A. Shobert, Richard S. Dale, Todd Brunner
  • Applicator with individual pad support fingers
    Patent number: D663501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Joseph Best, Marco Carroll Perry, Mark David Prommel, Kevin Min O'Leary, William Lauchlin Gulledge, Jr., William Daniel Richardson, Chad Edward Brott, B. Deré Newman, Melodie Lea Wendleton, Benjamin A. Shobert, Richard S. Dale, Todd Brunner
  • Basic applicator head
    Patent number: D668827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Joseph Best, Marco Carroll Perry, Mark David Prommel, Kevin Min O'Leary, William Lauchlin Gulledge, Jr., William Daniel Richardson, Chad Edward Brott, B. Deré Newman, Melodie Lea Wendleton, Benjamin A. Shobert, Richard S. Dale, Todd Brunner
  • Applicator head
    Patent number: D674567
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Joseph Best, Marco Carroll Perry, Mark David Prommel, Kevin Min O'Leary, William Lauchlin Gulledge, Jr., William Daniel Richardson, Chad Edward Brott, B. Deré Newman, Melodie Lea Wendleton, Benjamin A. Shobert, Richard S. Dale, Todd Brunner
  • Applicator head
    Patent number: D677031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Joseph Best, Marco Carroll Perry, Mark David Prommel, Kevin Min O'Leary, William Lauchlin Gulledge, Jr., William Daniel Richardson, Chad Edward Brott, B. Deré Newman, Melodie Lea Wendleton, Benjamin A. Shobert, Todd Brunner