Patents by Inventor Gary J. Sonnett

Gary J. Sonnett 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: 20130268305
    Abstract: The instant invention is a method of organizing and displaying independent social club and social club events through a social network environment in which social club links and social club events are stored, organized, displayed and linked in such a manner that an individual may investigate a social club and join if desired or a member from one club may investigate and access another social club or another social club event for participation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Gerard E. Glennon, Gary J. Sonnett, Calvin A. Wantland
  • Patent number: 5490722
    Abstract: A manually powered hygienic dental floss dispenser enclosed in a housing. A user pulls a lever connected to a first drive belt engaging a free wheel and an inner ratchet wheel, causing the wheels to rotate clockwise. When the user releases the lever, a spring pushes the lever back toward its original position, causing the inner ratchet wheel to engage an outer ratchet wheel engaged with a second drive belt and a daisy wheel. Counterclockwise rotations of the wheels cause the daisy wheel to engage and advance a string of dental floss at pairs of opposing radial extensions of the daisy wheel. When the lever reaches its original position it activates a cutting mechanism that severs the string of dental floss at a measured length. The measured length of dental floss passes from the interior to the exterior of the housing through a feed tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Sprouse and Sonnett, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary J. Sonnett, Frederick V. Sprouse, David L. Hector, Robert G. Lowry, Bradley M. Woodworth