Patents by Inventor George J. Herbst

George J. Herbst 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: 4102160
    Abstract: This is a washboard device intended for permanent attachment to an inner wall of a washbowl or washbasin for use in washing personal and small articles of clothing. It includes a sheet of semi-rigid material having a peelable protected adhesive back coating and a front washboard surface. The washboard surface may be corrugated with alternate rounded ridges and intervening furrows in the preferred form. Alternately, it may include any type surface having a plurality of hills and valleys, in any regular or irregular pattern or spaced dots of material on a flat surface, etc. It is made of a suitable semi-rigid material in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors and can be made to conform to any size or shape basin wall, the material being a suitable plastic such as polyurethane, polyvinyl, semi-hard rubber. The edge of the sheet is preferably feathered and may be readily installed in operative position by the average person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Inventor: George J. Herbst