Weather Vane Patents (Class D10/59)
  • Patent number: 5727980
    Abstract: A decorative wind device that rotates about a central point. The axis of rotation can vary depending upon several factors including the direction of the wind and the speed or intensity of the wind. The device includes multiple strips of flexible, lightweight material that are connected at a common point at one end (the top of the device); the bottom ends of the strips are not connected at a common point but are, instead, linked to multiple concentric connecting rings made of, for example, sections of connecting material such as wire. The strips are positioned at an angle that places them in an optimum position to be blown by the wind. The resulting device, when hung outdoors or in any other area that has a source of wind, requires very little wind current to cause it to rotate. Further, because of the lightweight, flexible material used for the strips, the strips bend when the wind blows upon them, deforming the device into a pleasing, rounded shape approaching the shape of a sphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventor: Guido Stipa
  • Patent number: 5365685
    Abstract: A lightweight wind tube utilized for advertising, constructed of fabric with a constant diameter having annular sleeve at each end. The forward end sleeve being held in an open circle by flexible frame members with furled ends which are positioned in lateral openings in the forward end sleeve to provide attachment points for mounting yoke strings and access for disassembly. The wind tube further includes a rear sleeve formed in the exit end of the tube including a string for adjusting the choke in the exit end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Inventor: Lynn D. Shank
  • Patent number: 4031656
    Abstract: A plastic toy integrally formed and molded in an injection molding machine and comprising a relatively thin body portion, a propeller with angled blades and a ring-like member as part of the body portion in which the propeller is manually detachable from the integrally formed toy unit and is mounted for rotation with respect to said body portion. The ring-like member has a thickness or width closely approximating that of the thin body portion and with lateral extensions on said ring-like member. The ring-like member permits securement of said toy unit on a support, such as the bars of a bicycle or tricycle so that the forward movement of the unit will cause said propeller to rotate with respect to the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Assignee: R B Toy Development Co.
    Inventors: Sam Kupperman, Dennis I. Kupperman
  • Patent number: D436320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Inventor: Lee R. Osborne
  • Patent number: D436542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Inventor: Lee R. Osborne
  • Patent number: D437240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventor: Lee R. Osborne
  • Patent number: D437241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventor: Lee R. Osborne
  • Patent number: D443535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Greater Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Pak Chung Tai
  • Patent number: D444080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventor: Robert Charles Wertz
  • Patent number: D248735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Inventor: Joseph O. Tally, Jr.
  • Patent number: D252383
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1979
    Inventors: Theodore Jackson, Ken Johnson
  • Patent number: D253687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1979
    Assignee: Fannon Metal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Fannon, Ronald T. Kosmider
  • Patent number: D254430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Inventor: James M. Coffey
  • Patent number: D254724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1980
    Assignee: Twindicator Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Cassedy, Nancy V. Cassedy
  • Patent number: D454083
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Inventor: Michael Oppenheimer
  • Patent number: D258640
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Inventor: Jack D. Hefling
  • Patent number: D258641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Inventor: Charles F. Woodhouse
  • Patent number: D460007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Shin Yeh Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chuen-Jong Tseng
  • Patent number: D271183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Conrad, Suzanne G. Sadow
  • Patent number: D275085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1984
    Inventor: Richard A. Mauro
  • Patent number: D278131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Inventor: Gary Felix
  • Patent number: D281232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Inventors: Gary Felix, Thomas Rivell
  • Patent number: D315105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Inventor: Gary C. Sutton
  • Patent number: D328872
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Inventor: Gary C. Sutton
  • Patent number: D344463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Invicta Plastics Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael Gerrard Lannie
  • Patent number: D345110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Invicta Plastics Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael G. Lannie
  • Patent number: D347393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Inventor: Wayne K. Young
  • Patent number: D352473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: A Southern Season, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael C. Barefoot
  • Patent number: D352909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Inventor: Andrew P. Newman
  • Patent number: D360370
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Inventor: Nickie E. Roth, Jr,
  • Patent number: D366841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: N R G Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Blittersdorf, Paul R. Kenyon
  • Patent number: D368866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Inventor: Jonathan R. Smith
  • Patent number: D386991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Inventor: Herman Joseph Carlson
  • Patent number: D387687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Inventor: Iris D. Larson
  • Patent number: D391875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Inventor: Walter James Frontz, II
  • Patent number: D394463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Joao Romao Farias Filho
  • Patent number: D410201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Inventor: Ian T. Allison
  • Patent number: D411958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Chi Bon Metal and Plastic Manufactory Limited
    Inventor: Chi Ming Hui
  • Patent number: D412856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Inventor: Bernhard Zirkelbach
  • Patent number: D426782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventor: Alexandra M. Nodes