Patents by Inventor Edward A. Smith

Edward A. Smith 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).

  • Convertible Flotation Carrier For Towing Bicycles And Kayaks
    Publication number: 20250100647
    Abstract: A convertible flotation carrier having an upper and lower sub-assembly is provided. The lower assembly preferably has a twin hull structure with a cradle portion lying between the hulls. The flotation carrier can be used to support a kayak, and a bicycle can easily tow the flotation carrier supporting the kayak over land. In turn, the flotation carrier can be converted to a watertight, buoyant container for the bicycle and the kayak can easily tow the flotation carrier containing the bicycle in the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventor: Edward A Smith
  • Metal door frame and trim clip
    Patent number: 4094112
    Abstract: A metal door frame has trim molding applied to its flanges by the aid of separate clips. Each clip interfits an aperture in the flange and a notch at the flange edge. The aperture and the notch are punched in the flange so that the spacing thereof from the corner of the flange is constant whereby alignment of the clips is assured notwithstanding lack of critical dimensional control of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Inventors: Edward A. Smith, Robert L. Day
  • Filter bag arrangement for a pressure vessel and method of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 4081379
    Abstract: A filter bag pressure vessel having a filter bag that affords significantly more filter area than the conventional filter bag per equal unit area of volume displacement. The arrangement incorporates a center feed that permits a positive 360.degree. sealing of the inlet and filter bag between two parallel surfaces with a single sealing means that eliminates close tolerances and other requirements that were utilized in the prior art constructions. In addition, the filter bag and supporting structure can be adapted to fit within existing pressure vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1978
    Assignee: Advanced Filtration Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Edward A. Smith
  • Method of forming and locating molding clip registers in a metal door frame
    Patent number: 4020544
    Abstract: A metal door frame has trim molding applied to its flanges by the aid of separate clips. Each clip interfits an aperture in the flange and a notch at the flange edge. The aperture and the notch are punched in the flange so that the spacing thereof from the corner of the flange is constant whereby alignment of the clips is assured notwithstanding lack of critical dimensional control of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1977
    Inventors: Edward A. Smith, Robert L. Day
  • Chrysanthemum plant named Crimson Anne
    Patent number: PP4393
    Abstract: A new variety of Chrysanthemum morifolium for greenhouse pot plant culture originated in England as a natural sport of Red Anne (unpatented) and distinguished by the much deeper red coloration of its blooms when compared to those of Red Anne. Otherwise the physiological characteristics of the new plant are very similar to those of its parent and the new plant enjoys the same advantages of growth, plant size and photoperiod response as the parent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Assignee: Pan American Plant Company
    Inventors: Edward A. Smith, Keith D. Butters