Patents by Inventor Debs E. Grantham

Debs E. Grantham 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: 4839986
    Abstract: A hand-held tool for making grafting-flap cuts in the bark of a tree limb includes an elongated tubular body having an open end for accommodating coaxial insertion of the limb. The end of the body adjacent the open end has a plurality of elongated slots longitudinally disposed in the tubular body. A plug within the tubular body limits the insertion depth of the limb to a preselected distance. A plurality of elongated knife members are provided. The longitudinal axis of each of the knife members registers with the longitudinal axis of one of the circumferentially spaced slots in said tubular body. The knife members are supported by a support ring radially projecting above the outer surface of the tubular body and are disposed in a corresponding plurality of radially projecting circumferentially equally-spaced slots in the support ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Inventor: Debs E. Grantham