Patents by Inventor G. Byron Gardner

G. Byron Gardner 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: 5551096
    Abstract: A disposable toilet seat cover apparatus includes a continuous, flexible, biodegradable base sheet which has two side edges, a leading edge, a top side, and a bottom side. The base sheet includes a plurality of sets of perforations positioned at predetermined intervals along the base sheet, wherein each set of the perforations extends across the base sheet from one side edge to the other side edge. A coating of tacky adhesive is placed on the bottom side of the base sheet and is coextensive with the bottom side of the base sheet. The base sheet with the tacky adhesive on the bottom side of the base sheet is wound into a roll whereby portions of the tacky adhesive contact portions of the top side of the base sheet. As a result, the roll is maintained as a compact roll. The roll is unrolled by pulling the leading edge of the base sheet away from the roll. The coating of tacky adhesive is water repellent. The base sheet is made from a relatively non-porous paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Inventor: G. Byron Gardner
  • Patent number: 5519900
    Abstract: A portable humidifier apparatus is used with a water closet tank which contains a quantity of water therein and includes a base assembly and an electrically powered and controlled water pump assembly, attached to the base assembly, which draws water from the quantity of water contained within the water closet tank through a filter connected to the distal end of the cold water intake tube. An electrically powered and controlled vaporizer assembly receives water and air and produces a quantity of vapor. A humidity chamber is connected to the vaporizer assembly for receiving vapor from the vaporizer assembly. The humidity chamber includes an exit aperture. An electrically powered and controlled fan assembly is connected to the vaporizer chamber such that a blend of air and vapor is mixed in the humidity chamber and emerges from the humidity chamber through the exit aperture. An electrically powered and controlled water heater assembly is in-line between the cold water outlet assembly and the vaporizer assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Inventor: G. Byron Gardner