Patents Assigned to Stuart Ford Incorporated
  • Insect repellent animal collar
    Patent number: 4159314
    Abstract: An insect repellent animal collar is disclosed wherein a strip of flexible polymeric material adapted to be worn on the neck of the animal is impregnated with a thujane derivative such as thujic acid, thujic ester, thujone and a thujaplicin, or a mixture thereof. The thujone derivative is released through the porous structure of the polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1979
    Assignee: Stuart Ford Incorporated
    Inventor: Stuart Ford
  • Pellet for growing seed and process for making same
    Patent number: 4145206
    Abstract: A pellet and a process for making same are disclosed wherein the pellet comprising a high percentage, of 75% by weight and greater, of comminuted vegetable matter, particularly peanut shells, an inorganic fertilizer and a plurality of seeds. The peanut shells serve as a growing medium for the seeds. In one preferred aspect the pellets are freeze-dried to levels of less than about 5% moisture so as to minimize the seed exposure to moisture prior to use. The pellets are particularly useful in growing grass seed for lawns and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1979
    Assignee: Stuart Ford Incorporated
    Inventor: Stuart Ford