Patents by Inventor Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington 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).

  • Publication number: 20130129138
    Abstract: A multi-function case replaceably receiving a wireless mobile phone and having an integral retractable and extendable headset selectively connected to the wireless mobile phone. The case includes a housing, and an earbuds and plug retractor assembly. The housing replaceably receives the wireless mobile phone. The earbuds and plug retractor assembly is replaceably attached within the housing, and includes a spring-biased and ratcheted reel, a pair of earbud cords having a pair of earbuds at a pair of free ends thereof, respectively, and a plug cord having a plug at a free end thereof. The plug of the free end of the plug cord of the earbuds and plug retractor assembly is selectively connected to the wireless mobile phone. An alternate embodiment has the earbuds and plug retractor assembly being replaceably attached outside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventor: Booker T. Washington, JR.
  • Patent number: 5857772
    Abstract: A lid has a first side, and a second side opposite the first side. The lid is adapted to cover an opening of a paint can such that the second side faces an inside of the paint can. An internally threaded first shaft is mounted to the lid such that the first shaft is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof with respect to the lid. A paddle is connected to the first shaft on the second side of the lid. An externally threaded second shaft is partially received within the first shaft and extends generally perpendicularly outward from the first side of the lid. The first shaft is rotated when the second shaft is translated along the first shaft. In another embodiment, the second shaft is not externally threaded, but is formed from an elongated planar member coiled about a longitudinal axis thereof, and the first shaft has a coiled internal slot configured to receive the second shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Inventor: Booker T. Washington