Patents by Inventor William P. Cannon

William P. Cannon 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).

  • Apparatus and method for splitting poultry breasts
    Patent number: 4251901
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for receiving, positioning and clamping a chicken and severing the breast bone of the clamped chicken before releasing it while moving the chicken in a directed path of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Assignee: Holly Farms Poultry Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip R. Thomas, William P. Cannon, Jackie T. Whittington, James H. Steelman, Donald C. Oliver, Howard W. Adams, Michael A. Johnson
  • Music stand lamp
    Patent number: 4089046
    Abstract: A lamp for mounting on a music stand having a lower ledge with an upstanding support plate. The lamp has a horizontally elongated base connected to an upwardly extending front upright, having a lamp assembly mounted at its upper end. A downwardly extending rear upright is connected to and spaced rearwardly from the upper end of the front upright by an adjustable connector. The front and rear uprights together form a vertically elongated and downwardly open slot for receiving the support plate of a music stand with the base resting on the lower ledge of the stand. The connector is adjustable to vary the spacing between the front and rear uprights to bring said uprights into abutting engagement with the front and rear sides of the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Inventor: William P. Cannon