Patents by Inventor Hess M. Roberts

Hess M. Roberts 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).

  • Publication number: 20040264172
    Abstract: An illuminated cane, having a shaft arranged between a handle and lower end cap, the shaft may be solid or tubular formed, having a light source provided therein, and which light source may be permanently illuminated, by depressing of a button, or ignition switch, to illuminate the light and light the entire height of the shaft for the cane, or the light may be turned on either by depressing a switch in the vicinity of the hand grip or actuating a push button at the bottom of the cane, as when the cane is rested upon the surface of the ground. Or, a flasher may be included within the structure of the light source, which may include a battery, spring, ignition switch, or even a flasher, to provide for either permanent, temporary, or blinking lighting, along the height of the cane shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventor: Hess M. Roberts
  • Patent number: 6405907
    Abstract: A pump for use in combination with a drum, of varying sizes, to provide an easily fabricated and facily assembled pump from various molded components, that may be temporarily or permanently installed to the drum. The pump includes a pump cylinder, that fastens at its upper end to a cap ring that secures with the drum through its bung opening. The lower end of the pump cylinder engages with a lower cap, the lower cap connecting with the inlet tube for drawing fluids into the pump, during its usage, and the lower cap incorporates a valve, being of one-way design, that allows for passage of fluid into the pump, but prevents its discharge through the inlet tube, during functioning. A pump handle removably engages within the cap ring, can be drawn upwardly to provide for the pump stroke, and has connected to its downward end a pump rod, that has secured to its lower end the piston for the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Inventor: Hess M. Roberts
  • Patent number: D435409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Inventor: Hess M. Roberts