Patents by Inventor Catherine S. Bulkens

Catherine S. Bulkens 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).

  • Trash can with integral dustpan for utilization of plastic liners with handles
    Patent number: 4907710
    Abstract: An inexpensive trash can for normal household kitchen trash designed to hold thin wall plastic bags which are normally given to the customer in grocery and like retail stores. The trash can has upstanding handle support flanges which project upwardly from opposing side walls of the trash can and which terminate in a projecting lip to hold the handles of the plastic bag and to maintain the bag in an open condition. A dustpan, which doubles as a top cover for the trash can, comes as an integral part of the trash can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1990
    Inventor: Catherine S. Bulkens
  • Trash can with lid
    Patent number: D308742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Inventor: Catherine S. Bulkens
  • Wall mounted bag holding rack
    Patent number: D318353
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: French Can-Can, Inc.
    Inventor: Catherine S. Bulkens