Patents by Inventor Donald B. Gaines

Donald B. Gaines 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).

  • Address sign with accommodating characters
    Patent number: 6668476
    Abstract: An address display including a signboard, the signboard having defined therethrough at least three sets of punch-out holes, each set having at least one punch-out hole defined within, at least one punch-out hole of each set substantially collinear with at least one punch-out hole of each of the other sets, the punch-out holes along a line defined by the collinearity having substantially constant spacing; and a number of characters, each character to attach to respective ones of the at least three sets of holes, the characters each having a width and a height, the characters chosen from a set of characters corresponding to characters used in an address, each character in the set of characters having substantially the same overall width and substantially the same overall height as each of the other characters in the set of characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Inventors: Theodore E. Gaines, Donald B. Gaines
  • Mailbox
    Patent number: D445988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Gaines Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore E. Gaines, Donald B. Gaines
  • Combined mailbox and post
    Patent number: D448911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Gaines Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore E. Gaines, Donald B. Gaines
  • Mailbox
    Patent number: D334272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Inventor: Donald B. Gaines