Patents by Inventor David Conrad Kidder

David Conrad Kidder 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: 4005865
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional amusement device comprising a hollow transparent container. Within the container is wrapped, in a multitude of bends and directions, a hollow, transparent tube joined at its ends by a joining plug, thereby forming a continuous, multi-planar three-dimensional passageway network located entirely within the container. The joining plug is marked to indicate start and finish, and forms a carrier in the passageway. Within the passageway is located a small bead of mercury capable of moving as a bead through the continuous passageway from one end of the plug to the other. The object of the amusement is to tilt the container in such a fashion as to work the mercury bead from one end of the plug to the other via the continuous passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1977
    Inventor: David Conrad Kidder