Patents by Inventor B. Clyde Dollar, Jr.

B. Clyde Dollar, Jr. 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).

  • Varmint guard feeder and method of using same
    Publication number: 20110036298
    Abstract: A method for dispersing feed that includes the steps of providing a feed apparatus configured to contain feed, the feed apparatus having a hopper body with a base, a feed sheet mounted below the base, a powered fan blade coupled with the hopper body, and at least one window disposed between an outer edge of the hopper body and an outer edge of the feed sheet. The feed sheet is mounted below the base in order to provide distribution of feed to a predetermined wildlife, such that the at least one window, the base, and the feed sheet are configured to provide a feed stream in all radial directions as the powered fan blade rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: B. Clyde Dollar, JR., Robert Croft
  • Varmint guard feeder and method of using same
    Patent number: 7849816
    Abstract: A feed dispensing apparatus comprising a hopper to contain feed and a large sheet of metal adjustably attached below the base of the hopper. The base of the hopper has small openings to allow for feed to fall from the hopper to the sheet of metal below the hopper. The feed dispensing apparatus also comprises a motor and a fan blade which operate to disperse feed through the gap between the base of the hopper and the sheet of metal. The gap between the base of the hopper and the sheet of metal is adjustable in order to ensure that a specific type of varmint cannot gain access to the feed in the hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Diamond Wildlife Feeders, Ltd.
    Inventors: B. Clyde Dollar, Jr., Robert Croft
  • Directional control feeder with self-closing door and method of using same
    Publication number: 20090241841
    Abstract: A directional control unit having a fan blade and a counter-weighted door. The fan blade is powered by a motor that spins the fan blade which disperses feed within the directional control unit and causes the counter-weighted door to open. The feed is then distributed solely through the counter-weighted door for distribution in preferably a single, predetermined direction and, at the same time, keeping varmints from getting into the control unit and stealing the feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: B. Clyde Dollar, JR., Robert Croft
  • Varmint guard feeder and method of using same
    Publication number: 20090241846
    Abstract: A feed dispensing apparatus comprising a hopper to contain feed and a large sheet of metal adjustably attached below the base of the hopper. The base of the hopper has small openings to allow for feed to fall from the hopper to the sheet of metal below the hopper. The feed dispensing apparatus also comprises a motor and a fan blade which operate to disperse feed through the gap between the base of the hopper and the sheet of metal. The gap between the base of the hopper and the sheet of metal is adjustable in order to ensure that a specific type of varmint cannot gain access to the feed in the hopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: B. Clyde Dollar, JR., Robert Croft