Patents by Inventor Curtis I. Hatcher

Curtis I. Hatcher 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: 5924369
    Abstract: A light weight hand tool that is very easy to use in planting seeds, bulbs, and small plants in tilled soil while standing erect. The tool consists of the following components, a primary elongated tube, a transport tube, a probe and an optional soil depth control mechanism. Three embodiments are included depicting various methods of incorporating the transport tube in union with the primary tube and the probe. The transport tube consists of an elongated tube open from top end through bottom end for transporting by gravity a planted object from hand to soil. The probe consists of a short elongated rod tapered at one end with the opposite blunt end fixed inside either the bottom end port of the primary tube or the bottom end port of a short hollow tube attached adjacent and parallel to the bottom end of the primary tube. The probe may have holes positioned horizontally through its diameter and equally spaced along the length thereof as a device for manually adjusting an optional soil depth control mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Inventor: Curtis I. Hatcher