Patents Assigned to Southwestern Products, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6116760
    Abstract: A light stake particularly useful for mounting ornamental electrical lighting is provided which includes an elongated shank and a head presenting small and large loops for respectively mounting smaller and larger light sockets. The head is angularly oriented relative to the shank and the large and small loops are cooperatively formed, preferably oriented in opposite directions. The light stake is most economically formed of a single piece of resilient wire, and may mount either a small socket, a large socket, or small and large sockets simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Southwestern Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Cox
  • Patent number: 4570812
    Abstract: A community refuse receptacle including a flexible wall container secured at its open end in depending relation to the bottom surface of a cover overlying a well in the surface of the earth. The cover is provided with a central opening opened and closed by a hingedly connected lid. A pair of horizontally disposed tubular members are connected with the cover at opposing edges of the lid. The tubes receive lifting arms of a commercial waste disposal unit for lifting and inverting the container in an emptying action wherein the lid falls by gravity to an open position. Wall stabilizing, members depending from the lid, prevent collapse of the container when inverted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: Southwestern Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Joel E. Curtis
  • Patent number: D384305
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Southwestern Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary D. Cox
  • Patent number: D409326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Southwestern Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Cox