Patents by Inventor Bruce W. Eckelman

Bruce W. Eckelman 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: 5495825
    Abstract: A housing has a base portion with a recess that holds a supply of bird seed. Walls are foldable upwardly from the base portion to form side walls and a top wall. The front and rear of the walls are open to provide access for birds using the feeder at the front and to allow the rear of the feeder to face a glass surface. The rear of the feeder has a removable attaching strip for connection to a glass surface. Attachment is preferably by a pressure sensitive adhesive. The side walls fold relative to the base and have locking engagement on the recess for confining a pre-packaged bird seed in the recess. The base portion has a flange which serves as a perch for birds at the front of the feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Inventor: Bruce W. Eckelman
  • Patent number: 4848568
    Abstract: A container has top, bottom and side walls with open ends. A slot is provided in each of the top and bottom walls and lead in opposite directions from respective ends of the top and bottom walls and terminate short of the respective other ends. The container and its end openings are dimensioned to receive slidably a plurality of batteries with the cathode of some of the batteries projecting through the slot in the top wall and the cathode of others of the batteries projecting through the slot in the bottom wall whereby to distinguish between batteries contained in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Inventor: Bruce W. Eckelman