Patents by Inventor Gloria L. Manley-Hood

Gloria L. Manley-Hood 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).

  • APPARATUS WITH AT LEAST ONE REPLACEABLE RECEPTACLE ELEMENT AND A BASE WITH ELEVATING MEANS FOR RAISING THE AT LEAST ONE REPLACEABLE RECEPTACLE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20090211529
    Abstract: An apparatus has a base having a side that defines an interior space, and a periphery that defines an aperture above the interior space. A bowl element has a rim and is shaped to fit into the interior space such that the rim abuts the periphery. A lever mechanism has a lever, a fulcrum having an aperture, a pair of ears on opposite sides of the aperture, pins extending from each of the pair of ears into the lever for pivotally mounting the lever on the fulcrum, and an attachment element for attaching the fulcrum to the base. The lever has a proximal end adapted to abut the bowl element, and a distal end opposite the proximal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: EDISON NATION, LLC
    Inventor: Gloria L. MANLEY-HOOD
  • Apparatus with at least one replaceable element and a base with elevating means for raising the at least one receptacle element
    Patent number: 7527018
    Abstract: An apparatus has a base having a side that defines an interior space, and a periphery that defines an aperture above the interior space. A bowl element has a rim and is shaped to fit into the interior space such that the rim abuts the periphery. A lever mechanism has a lever, a fulcrum having an aperture, a pair of ears on opposite sides of the aperture, pins extending from each of the pair of ears into the lever for pivotally mounting the lever on the fulcrum, and an attachment element for attaching the fulcrum to the base. The lever has a proximal end adapted to abut the bowl element, and a distal end opposite the proximal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Inventor: Gloria L. Manley-Hood