Patents by Inventor Herbert C. Swim

Herbert C. Swim 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: PP4243
    Abstract: A new hybrid tea rose of the tall bush type, tender to semihardy, raised as an outdoor seedling and useful primarily for garden decoration. The most notable characteristic is the bicolor nature of the blooms which have a general color effect between orange and yellow, usually with 25 to 35 petals plus 1-5 petaloids, and a color reverse, especially on the outer petals. The color changes from reddish orange to yellowish pink as the flower matures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1978
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Arnold W. Ellis
  • Patent number: PP4666
    Abstract: A new variety of rose plant of the floribunda class, being a dwarf bush seedling, much branched and of moderately vigorous growth. Flowers are borne sometimes singly, sometimes three or more in irregular clusters on short to medium-length stems. The petal color, both inside and outsie, is a bright golden yellow, fading at maturity to a lighter shade of the same color. The plant blooms profusely, with from 20 to 26 broad round petals on a plant of nearly ideal floribunda habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1981
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Jack E. Christensen
  • Patent number: PP4670
    Abstract: A new hardy variety of hybrid grandiflora rose plant, of the outdoor, bush type, having a strong citrus fragrance and blooming abundantly almost throughout the growing season. Blooms are borne sometimes singly but usually three to five on a stem, and display color effects predominantly of off-white, suffusing to yellow-green. Flowers range from 3 to 31/2 inches across, with from 25 to 30 petals, plus 0 to 5 petaloids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Jack E. Christensen
  • Patent number: PP4707
    Abstract: A new variety of hybrid tea rose, being a tender seedling of the tall bush type, well adapted for greenhouse cultivation. The plant is of upright-bushy habit, moderately branched and moderately vigorous in growth. Blooms are borne singly, and have a uniform all-over pink coloration which lightens with maturity to a pink color slightly less deep than at first opening. There is a moderate tea fragrance, with a somewhat spicy cast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Arnold W. Ellis
  • Patent number: PP4723
    Abstract: A hybrid floribunda rose plant of the tall bush type particularly adapted for green house cultivation and having a vigorous growth habit and a tendency to bloom heavily, throughout most of the growing season. The blooms are of a two-tone deep coloration, the centers of the new blooms being of a deeper pink which accentuates their classic form. Cut flowers usually preserve their freshness for a vase life longer than average for roses of this class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Arnold W. Ellis
  • Patent number: PP5077
    Abstract: A hybrid tea rose plant having two-toned blossoms of pink with a white reverse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1983
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Arnold W. Ellis
  • Patent number: PP5168
    Abstract: A hybrid tea having blossoms of a rich apricot color, produced on strong stems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Jack E. Christensen
  • Patent number: PP5213
    Abstract: A climbing rose plant originating as a sport of Ole'.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1984
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: George S. Haight, Herbert C. Swim
  • Patent number: PP5219
    Abstract: A new variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class, being a tall, bushy, half-hardy outdoor seedling, particularly adapted for garden decoration. This new rose cultivar is unique and distinguishable from existing rose cultivars by the following combination of characteristics: its extremely large foliage attractively clothes the plant, covering unsightly stems; the inside of each petal is very velvety, lending an effect of iridescence to the red coloration; the deep red coloration is relatively uniform throughout the life of the flower; its flowers are very slow opening both on the plant and in the vase; and its abundant production of strong, long-stemmed flowers well lend the variety for cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Jack E. Christensen
  • Patent number: PP5295
    Abstract: A new variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class, being a half-hardy outdoor tall bush seedling, particularly adapted for garden decoration. This new rose cultivar is unique and distinguishable from existing rose cultivars by the following combination of characteristics: its large flowers of pastel coloration are borne singly on long strong stems suitable for cutting; its abundant large deep green foliage attractively clothes a tall, well-branched bush; its large, long pointed buds open in a classic spiraled form; and its vigor and profusion of bloom provides an easy-to-grow satisfying garden plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Jack E. Christensen
  • Patent number: PP5398
    Abstract: A new variety of rose plant of the Hybrid Tea class, being a half-hardy, outdoor, tall bush seedling, particularly adapted for garden decoration and which produces large pointed buds and large, slow-opening, long-lasting blooms on long, strong cutting stems. In contrast to other yellow roses, its clear yellow coloration lasts well throughout the life of the bloom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack E. Christensen, Herbert C. Swim
  • Patent number: PP5399
    Abstract: A new variety of rose plant of the hybrid Floribunda class, being a hardy, tall outdoor seedling of the bush type, grown mainly for garden decoration and which displays a unique multicoloration which is basically yellow, blushing to orange and finishing red. The flowers are produced in abundance, nearly continuously and are well distributed over the tall bush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack E. Christensen, Herbert C. Swim
  • Patent number: PP5704
    Abstract: A new hybrid tea rose for garden decoration, having as its seed parent Angel Face (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,792) and as its pollen parent First Prize (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,774). The new cultivar produces an unusual flower color combination of tan centers surrounded by bright pink outer petals. It grows vigorously, displaying an abundance of deep green, semi-glossy foliage. Removal of old blooms to maintain a continual production of flowers during the growing season is not required as the plant is unable to set hips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Jack E. Christensen