Patents by Inventor Frank R. Connors

Frank R. Connors 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).

  • Publication number: 20020148247
    Abstract: A thermally-regulated bottle has a generally cylindrical body portion defining a first chamber for containing a drinking fluid and defining a central longitudinal axis. A passage is provided for accessing the drinking fluid. A secondary thermal-regulating container contains a thermal-regulating material, such as ice water, or heated water. According to a first embodiment of the invention, the bottle includes a recess which is positioned generally parallel to and remote from the central longitudinal axis, along the side of the bottle. The recess being sized and shaped to selectively receive the secondary thermal-regulating container so that the thermal-regulating material may thermally interact with the drinking fluid located within the chamber and either keep the drinking fluid heated or chilled with respect to the ambient temperature for a prolonged period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Frank R. Connors, Caroline Connors
  • Patent number: 6415624
    Abstract: A thermally-regulated bottle has a generally cylindrical body portion defining a first chamber for containing a drinking fluid and defining a central longitudinal axis. A passage is provided for accessing the drinking fluid. A secondary thermal-regulating container contains a thermal-regulating material, such as ice water, or heated water. According to a first embodiment of the invention, the bottle includes a recess which is positioned generally parallel to and remote from the central longitudinal axis, along the side of the bottle. The recess being sized and shaped to selectively receive the secondary thermal-regulating container so that the thermal-regulating material may thermally interact with the drinking fluid located within the chamber and either keep the drinking fluid heated or chilled with respect to the ambient temperature for a prolonged period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Inventors: Frank R. Connors, Caroline Connors
  • Patent number: 6283661
    Abstract: The writing utensil includes a generally elongated hollow housing having a first longitudinal slot, a second longitudinal slot and a third longitudinal slot. A roll of paper is rotatably mounted within the housing. The roll of paper has a leading edge that is threadable out of the housing through the first slot, back into the housing through the second slot, and out of the housing through the third slot so that a selective portion of the roll of paper is removable from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventor: Frank R. Connors
  • Patent number: 5211998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mounting decorative devices, emblems and flags to automobiles and more particularly to the mounting of such items to the hood ornament of an automobile. The present invention is attached to the hood ornament by a first body means which fits over the hood ornament and which contains on its inside rubberized strips or gaskets or the like which cause it to fit snuggly onto the hood ornament. A second body means is of similar shape and a slightly larger size than the first body means and fits over the first body means and snaps onto the first body means. The second body means is transparent so that any designs, emblems, logos or the like placed between the two body means will be visable from outside the device. The two body means have rounded edges so that the risk of injury from impalement thereon is greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Inventors: Frank R. Connors, Caroline M. Connors
  • Patent number: 4485384
    Abstract: The new invention is a description of a double sideband commutated Doppler microwave system for landing aircraft or spacecraft. It is capable of providing angular information in elevation and azimuth by the measurement of a Doppler frequency in an airborne receiver at a distant point. Furthermore the system has the ability to detect and correct residual multipath errors present in the Doppler signal. It achieves this by the use of an additional beacon signal of known design frequency.The new system is an air-derived navigation system and the main features of its design include the use of two reference radiators, a single moving source along a baseline of radiators, a Doppler signal for deriving angular information, some useful bandwidth economy, a beacon signal for precise multipath error detection and correction and a large time-bandwidth product for averaging errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Inventor: Frank R. Connor