Patents by Inventor Gary Z. Irvin

Gary Z. Irvin 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).

  • Device for banding branches of a palm tree
    Patent number: 5590592
    Abstract: A device for temporarily compressing or bending branches of a palm tree into a gathered position wherein the branches extend lengthwise upwardly from the trunk of the palm tree and for holding the branches in the gathered position during relocation and planting of the palm tree. The device has several embodiments, all of which include handles for grasping and forcibly urging the trunk encircling member, when closed around the trunk just below the branches, upwardly to inwardly deflect and temporarily hold the branches in the gathered configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Gary Z. Irvin