Patents by Inventor Brian A. Fenner

Brian A. Fenner 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: 4732112
    Abstract: A bird feeder which utilizes the common necked container such as a plastic soda or soft drink bottle as the feed storage container, with its screw neck downward, attached to a conduit, hood and cup assembly and a perch extending around the cup. The container holds an ample supply of feed, which flows by gravity through a conduit to refill the cup as birds remove the feed. A hanging device on the container bottom provides an attachment point for the hanging up the feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald C. Fenner, Brian A. Fenner
  • Patent number: 4706525
    Abstract: A vehicle door unlocking device utilizes a pair of spaced, rigid hollow guide tubes to form a guide member that is insertable into the interior of a vehicle through an opening in the vehicle formed by the door or window and a resilient seal. A pair of flexible wires are slideably carried in the guide tubes and have manipulating handles on ends thereof which remain on the exterior of the vehicle. The ends of the wires positionable interiorly of the vehicle are manipulatable from outside the vehicle to form an enlarged loop that is positioned about a poor unlocking rod. Once the loop has been properly positioned, its size is reduced and the door lock rod can then be raised to unlock the vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian A. Fenner