Patents by Inventor Finn A. Strong

Finn A. Strong 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: 8123585
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for a solution that safely enables a person to safely operate a body-engaging gyroscopic toy. A gyroscopic toy includes a gyroscopic disk body; an elongated central axle rod extending from both sides of the disk body, the axle rod defining a pair of body-engagement handles; and a safety, selectably releasably engaging the axle rod to a rotational axis of the disk body, inducing a rotation of the axle rod about a lateral axis of the axle rod in response to a rotation of the disk body wherein the safety disengages the induced rotation of the axle body upon an application of an anti-rotation force to the axle whenever the anti-rotation force exceeds a predetermined threshold wherein the disk body continues to rotate freely and the axle rod rotates slower than the disk body while the anti-rotation force is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Inventor: Finn A. Strong
  • Publication number: 20100206969
    Abstract: A sink drain strainer and sink straining method that does not require electricity or installation permitting a user to manually cut, grind, push, or punch clogging food debris through the drainage holes so that it will be small enough to safely pass through the plumbing system without causing clogs. A sink strainer for processing a solid organic debris object, includes a sink strainer basket, sized for overlying and covering a drain, the sink strainer basket including a plurality of drainage holes retaining the solid organic debris object and inhibiting the solid organic debris object from entering into the drain; and a manually-actuable debris processor, coupled to the basket, for interacting with the drainage holes to resize the solid organic debris object into smaller debris objects sized to enter into the drain from the basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventor: Finn A. Strong
  • Patent number: 5490481
    Abstract: An aquarium includes a tank having an interior region formed by a bottom and at least one wall extending up from the bottom. A cover, supported by the wall of the tank, substantially encloses the interior region of the tank. An intake port draws relatively cool, dry ambient air into the tank and an exhaust port exhausts relatively hot air from the tank. The exhaust port is elevated with respect to the intake port. The arrangement is such that hot air rises within the interior region and is exhausted from the interior region via the exhaust ports, which causes cool, dry air to be drawn into the tank through the intake port. The introduction of ambient air into the tank prevents the build-up of condensation on the wall of the tank. A lamp is mounted on the underside of the cover whereby the heat generated by the lamp exhausts through the exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Finn Strong Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Finn A. Strong
  • Patent number: 5083528
    Abstract: A wall-mounted aquarium assembly comprising a plurality of discreet tanks in stepped, gradually descending relation whereby water introduced to the uppermost tank flows therethrough and then down into and through each succeeding tank. Means are provided for channeling the flow of water from one tank to the next.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Finn Strong Designs Inc.
    Inventor: Finn A. Strong
  • Patent number: 5005521
    Abstract: A wall-mounted aquarium assembly comprising a plurality of discreet tanks in stepped, gradually descending relation whereby water introduced to the uppermost tank flows therethrough and then down into and through each succeeding tank. Means are provided for releasably interconnecting adjacent tanks to each other and for channeling the flow of water from one tank to the next in such a way that fish can swim from one tank to the next in both downstream and upstream directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Inventor: Finn A. Strong