Patents by Inventor Charles E. Layton

Charles E. Layton 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: 20020108303
    Abstract: A support for a branched plant includes an upper perimeter spaced apart by two or more spacers from a lower perimeter. The lower perimeter compression fits into a flower pot, resting on the ledge on the interior surface of the pot so that the upper perimeter extends above the top edge of the poet. the upper perimeter provides support for the branches of a mature branched flower, holding them in such a way as to display them without either bunching them too tightly or allowing them to spread out too much. The display is achieved by the right combination of spacing of the upper perimeter above the flower pot and diameter of the upper perimeter for a given size of plant. The support may be molded as a flat price and then formed into a cylinder when its ends are snap fitted together. When the plant is immature, the support is applied so that, by the time the plant blooms, the support is there to provide support for its stems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventor: Charles E. Layton
  • Publication number: 20020069581
    Abstract: A support for a branched plant includes an upper perimeter spaced apart by two or more spacers from a lower perimeter. The lower perimeter compression fits into a flower pot, resting on the ledge on the interior surface of the pot so that the upper perimeter extends above the top edge of the pot. The upper perimeter provides support for the branches of a mature branched flower, holding them in such a way as to display them without either bunching them too tightly or allowing them to spread out too much. The display is achieved by the right combination of spacing of the upper perimeter above the flower pot and diameter of the upper perimeter for a given size of plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventor: Charles E. Layton
  • Patent number: 6030011
    Abstract: A hand-held waste collection device comprising a handle having first and second ends and a waste receptacle mounted to the handle second end, the receptacle including a top surface, a bottom surface and side walls forming an open front end and an open back end, and a slot formed in each of the side walls, each of the sidewall slots adjacent the bottom surface and substantially parallel thereto whereby a liner may be slidingly received over the receptacle top surface and the side walls to thereby be maintained in an open position for receiving waste therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Inventor: Charles E. Layton