Patents by Inventor Doug E. Tidwell

Doug E. Tidwell 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).

  • Apparatus and method for transmitting a message
    Patent number: 5016918
    Abstract: An elongate flexible sheet member having a message imprinted thereon is encoiled about an object to be transmitted from a sender to a receiver. Pressure sensitive adhesive secures the first end of the sheet member to the object and secures the final coil to the penultimate coil. Tab, which may carry and encodement to identify the message extends from the final coil and serves to remove the sheet member. In a exemplary embodiment, the sheet member carries a joke pertaining to golf and is spirally wound about the shank of a golf tee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Inventor: Doug E. Tidwell