Patents by Inventor Gerald A. Phillips

Gerald A. Phillips 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: 9717220
    Abstract: An aquarium filter with water stream diversion system and method of use thereof, having an intake, an outlet, and a pump to draw water into the intake and discharge water from the outlet. The system further includes a water stream diversion conduit having a first open end, an opposite second open end, and a fluid channel between the first and second open ends. The first open end of the conduit can releasably connect to the intake of the pump or the outlet of the pump. When the conduit is connected to the outlet of the pump, the water is diverted from the outlet of the pump into the conduit, for discharge from the conduit. When the conduit is connected to the intake of the pump, water is drawn into the conduit and discharged from the conduit into the intake of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: EUGENE G. DANNER MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Steven R. Sawicki, Gerald A. Phillips
  • Publication number: 20160235043
    Abstract: An aquarium filter with water stream diversion system and method of use thereof, having an intake, an outlet, and a pump to draw water into the intake and discharge water from the outlet. The system further includes a water stream diversion conduit having a first open end, an opposite second open end, and a fluid channel between the first and second open ends. The first open end of the conduit can releasably connect to the intake of the pump or the outlet of the pump. When the conduit is connected to the outlet of the pump, the water is diverted from the outlet of the pump into the conduit, for discharge from the conduit. When the conduit is connected to the intake of the pump, water is drawn into the conduit and discharged from the conduit into the intake of the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Steven R. Sawicki, Gerald A. Phillips
  • Patent number: 6805265
    Abstract: A measuring dispensing top for an aquarium fish food container which includes a base, a flip top pivotably mounted in a side wall provided on the base and movable between a closed position which closes the container and an open position which opens the container into the top; and a cover slidable in the side wall between a closing position which covers and defines a measuring chamber and allows the flip top to be moved to its open position which opens the container into the measuring chamber and enables a measured amount of fish food to be dispensed therein, and a second opening position which locks the flip top in its closed position and opens the measuring chamber for dispensing the container contents into an aquarium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Penn-Plax, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricky Scott Goldman, Gerald A. Phillips
  • Patent number: 6755154
    Abstract: A display aquarium for Betta and other small fish which is a transparent housing having an open top and a bottom wall provided with a through hole and a plug or cap for opening and closing the through hole to allow for controlled draining of water and accumulated waste from the aquarium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Penn-Plax, Inc.
    Inventors: Marvin A. Goldman, Gerald A. Phillips
  • Patent number: 5186122
    Abstract: A small animal living environment system formed from small animal enclosures fabricated from transparent thermoplastic material. The enclosures having a lid opening large enough to accommodate a human hand and ventilation openings of sufficient size and number to allow for air passage through the enclosure. The enclosures also have a plurality of through openings on the walls of the enclosure, for the passage of small animals therethrough and an attaching means formed at the opening passage for the attachment of tunnel tubes, and small animal living accessories. The attaching means is formed from a U shaped track system wherein an outside edge of the opening passage is formed into at least one U shaped channel on the lower portion of the opening passage, and tunnel tubes are formed with a protruding lip on the outside edge of the tube opening so that the lip may be securely fit into the channel of the U shaped track attaching means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Penn-Plax, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald A. Phillips, Chi-Liu Wu, Marvin A. Goldman, Jerome N. Goldman, Terry I. Goldman
  • Patent number: 5092269
    Abstract: A small animal living environment system formed from small animal enclosures fabricated from transparent thermoplastic material. The enclosures having a lid opening large enough to accommodate a human hand and ventilation openings of sufficient size and number to allow for air passage through the enclosure. The enclosures also have a plurality of through openings on the walls of the enclosure, for the passage of small animals therethrough and an attaching means formed at the opening passage for the attachment of tunnel tubes, and small animal living accessories. The attaching means is formed from a U shaped track system wherein an outside edge of the opening passage is formed into at least one U shaped channel on the lower portion of the opening passage, and tunnel tubes are formed with a protruding lip on the outside edge of the tube opening so that the lip may be securely fit into the channel of the U shaped track attaching means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Penn-Plax Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald A. Phillips, Chi-Liu Wu, Marvin A. Goldman, Jerome N. Goldman, Terry I. Goldman