Patents by Inventor Clifford Garland

Clifford Garland 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).

  • Coin exchanger
    Patent number: 5299671
    Abstract: An electrically operated coin exchanger has a shallow slot into which a coin is inserted. A motor is actuated by the coin, the coin exchanger vibrates, a lid on the normally closed top of the device opens, and a simulated hand appears which grasps the coin and pulls it inside the box as the lid closes. A coin or token unlike that inserted into the slot then appears from an opening near the bottom of the coin exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Inventor: Clifford Garland
  • International world clock
    Patent number: 4799203
    Abstract: This international world clock is design to readout a display of time in major cities of the world. Primarily, it consists of a world map panel secured to a pane mounted in an opening of a housing, and a motor is provided in the housing and is provided with an attached disk that is coupled to a time disk rotated by the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Inventor: Clifford Garland