Patents by Inventor Austin E. Johnson

Austin E. Johnson 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).

  • Patent number: 4899967
    Abstract: A readily assembled and disassembled portable flexible bag holder comprising an annular member having an annular recess formed in its outer peripheral surface and a partially inflated air impervious flexible annular tubular member seated in the annular recess and having an annular contacting relationship therewith. A plurality of arcuate members are provided for contacting a portion of the open end portion of a flexible bag that has been stretched over the annular member and the air impervious flexible annular tubular member. A plurality of clamps are provided to urge each of the arcuate members in radially inward directions to clamp a portion of the open end portion of the flexible bag between each of the arcuate members and a radially opposite portion of the air impervious flexible tubular annular member. A leg is removably secured to each of the arcuate members for holding the open end portion of the flexible bag a distance above a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Inventor: Austin E. Johnson