Patents by Inventor Franklin B. Thomas

Franklin B. Thomas 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).

  • Landscape edging and methods of manufacturing and using same
    Patent number: 5201154
    Abstract: An improved landscape edging is provided that comprises an elongated anchoring panel that has a plurality of hollow, molded projections extending from one or both faces. The interior of each projection is open on the opposite face of the anchoring panel, forming a concave soil socket that becomes filled with soil when the edging is installed in the soil. A trim member is provided along the top of the anchoring panel. Also provided are an extrusion method for manufacturing the edging, in which the projections and sockets are formed by molding the initial extruded form, and a method for using the edging of this invention, comprising excavating a trench, placing the edging therein, and connecting multiple segments of edging to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Easy Gardener, Inc.
    Inventor: Franklin B. Thomas
  • Paperboard having improved oil resistance
    Patent number: 3953283
    Abstract: Paperboard having improved resistance to oils is obtained by incorporating in the pulp suspension before paper formation a mixture of a cationically active material, a fatty acid salt and a bis-perflourosulfonamino alkyl phosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1972
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Continental Can Company, Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Wing, James N. Stone, Franklin B. Thomas, III