Patents by Inventor Gregory S. Foster

Gregory S. Foster 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).

  • Break-away concrete form stake with self-sealing feature
    Patent number: 7478510
    Abstract: Method for securing a foundation form disposed on a moisture barrier membrane. The method can include penetrating the moisture barrier membrane with one end of a stake, sealing a breach in the moisture barrier membrane around a periphery of the stake caused by the penetrating step; and removing a portion of the stake extending above the moisture barrier membrane. A sealing member can be disposed on the stake at a location along an axial length of the stake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Vista Investments and Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Wilson, Gregory S. Foster
  • Concrete from stake system with self-sealing plug
    Patent number: 7174681
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for securing a building foundation form disposed on a moisture barrier membrane. The method includes the steps of positioning one end of a concrete form stake in a mating structure of a plug, penetrating the moisture barrier membrane with a tip end the plug, and forming a seal between a flange extending around a periphery of the plug and the moisture barrier membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Vista Investments and Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Wilson, Gregory S. Foster
  • Heavy-duty liquid detergent and process
    Patent number: 4129515
    Abstract: Single-phase, heavy-duty liquid detergent compositions containing detergency boosting levels of magnesium cations and alkanolamines are formulated by first underbasing with magnesium hydroxide and therafter adding the alkanolamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Gregory S. Foster