Patents by Inventor Donald French

Donald French 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).

  • Shovel with living hinge
    Patent number: 9353493
    Abstract: The shovel with living hinge is an improved manual snow shovel with a feature that adds efficiency when removing loose material from the surface of sidewalks, driveways, or pavements. The shovel with living hinge is made up of both conventional and unconventional parts that in whole provide benefits unlike other manual shovels. Located within the ribs of the shovel is a living hinge that aids in reducing the manual effort put forth by the user when pitching loose material away from a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Inventor: Donald French
  • Process of in-line coating and decorative-layer lamination with panel board material employing electron beam irradiation
    Patent number: 4844764
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the use of electron beam curing and bonding irradiation in an in-line process of laminating a decorative layer, such as printed paper, to an adhesive-coated particle board panel or the like, wherein an electron-curable top coating is adsorbed into the paper and, under the electron-beam irradiation, cures with the adhesive to produce a monolithically bonded paper-to-panel polymeric structure with a hard scratch and abrasion-proof surface imparted to the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Energy Sciences Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Nablo, Donald French