Patents Represented by Attorney Randal D. Homburg
  • Patent number: 6298515
    Abstract: The invention is a multi-purpose scrubbing sponge having a central rigid rod with a brush on one end, a widened base on the other, the rod surrounded by compressible foam and covered in a mild abrasive flexible mesh and a scrubbing mesh skirt, such compressible foam conforming to the interior of a glass or other hollow container, the brush and mesh assisting in removal of debris from the interior of such glass or hollow container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventor: Bessie Jane Robinson
  • Patent number: 6263524
    Abstract: The invention is a novelty shower head having a cavity in the wall of the shower head containing objects which move according to the swirl of water through the shower head providing an entertaining display of moving objects while in the shower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Inventor: Tarek A. Abdul
  • Patent number: 6243961
    Abstract: This invention is a one-piece formed tool designed for use in deck construction, incorporating a square, a hard 45 degree angle, angled edges of ⅛ inch and {fraction (3/16)} inch, a hanging hole for attachment of a string for use of the tool as a plumb, one set of green colored hole templates for placement and marking of locations for screws or nails when using 6 inch boards and another set of red colored hole templates for placement and marking of locations for screws or nails when using 4 inch boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventor: Paul N. Winski
  • Patent number: 6223762
    Abstract: The invention is a device and method for superodorizing an LP-gas tank with a mercaptan odorant for a new LP-gas tank and other situations requiring additional odorant, thus giving the new or older LP-gas tank and its contents the “skunk scent” required for proper leakage detection of the otherwise colorless, odorless LP-gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Inventors: Hooshang R. Ghaeli, Kevin L. Copple
  • Patent number: 6212286
    Abstract: This invention is a method for the non-invasive and safe testing of telecommunication and broadcast towers or other airwave or cable transmitting and receiving devices and related equipment using a calibrated infrared camera and computer, computer software, a color monitor or a color printer. This novel method of testing and determination of potential problem sites and failure prediction can be conducted from ground level and at some distance from the tower or device being tested, substantially reducing the risk of falling from extreme heights or being exposed to hazardous EMF fields, microwave or RF transmission waves, all of which are fatal or hazardous to health of the person conducting the testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Inventors: John Edward Rott, Catherine Irene Rott
  • Patent number: 6159362
    Abstract: The invention is a perpetual skimming device for insertion into a reservoir containing liquid at the liquid level which allows the top liquid layer to enter an outer cylinder of the device through longitudinal slots, raising a floating inner cylindrical portion, which in turn, shuts off the liquid entry once enough liquid has entered the device to raise the float to cut off the liquid intrusion. The liquid is then removed by a centrally affixed pickup tube having fluid entry ports at the bottom of the tube, located near the base of the outer cylinder. As the liquid is removed, the inner cylindrical float lowers and allows more liquid into the invention, for a perpetual cyclic skimming operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Inventor: Ronald N. Gilmore
  • Patent number: 6116527
    Abstract: The invention is a device for installation in a conventional center-pivot irrigation system commonly found in agriculture which prevents ruts caused by the movement of the wheels in the drive mechanism of the irrigation system by re-directing the flow of water from the front of the drive mechanism of the irrigation system to the rear of the system thus enabling the wheels of the drive mechanism to travel of dry soil instead of freshly irrigated soil in the field. The invention consists of water pipe, quick connect attachments, a reciprocating sprinkler head, support struts and connecting ports for the drop lines supplied by the center-pivot irrigation system nearest the drive mechanism of the irrigation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Inventors: Ed W. Granger, Donald L. Rose
  • Patent number: D440265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Inventor: P. Jan Cannon
  • Patent number: D441667
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Inventor: William L. Glenn, III
  • Patent number: D445952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventor: Daniel S. Orlando
  • Patent number: D447921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Inventor: Gary Ray Beltz