Patents by Inventor Gerald K. Smith

Gerald K. Smith 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: 5771581
    Abstract: Presented is a cigar cap-cutting and ejection tool provided with a very sharp circular cutting edge susceptible of being pressed into the cap-end of a cigar to thereby define the configuration of the central cigar cap-end portion to be cut from and withdrawn from the cigar by the tool. Plunger members are provided in the tool manipulable from the end opposite the circular cutting edge for ejecting the cut central cap-end portion of cigar from within the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Inventor: Gerald K. Smith
  • Patent number: 5526963
    Abstract: A hand-held gravity feed spray bottle. The liquid reservoir which supplies the spray mechanism is situated so that it is above the spray and pump mechanism when held by a user. The reservoir is affixed so that its longitudinal axis is at an angle to that of the spray mechanism. The pump mechanism is a standard hand pump with a plunger reciprocating in a chamber. The reservoir includes a liquid feed tube and a pressure equalization tube. One-way check valves in each of these tubes ensures that there is no leakage from the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Inventor: Gerald K. Smith