Patents by Inventor Holmes E. Ertley

Holmes E. Ertley 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: 4682699
    Abstract: A waste recycling kit by which trash can be separated into its categories at its source, placed into standard size supermarket grocery bags and delivered to a collection point, such as at curb side, while in the bag for maintaining categorization of the trash until it reaches a recycling facility. The kit includes a wall mounted organizer in the form of a rack having a plurality of compartments shaped and configured to receive supermarket paper bags with indicia designating the category of trash to be placed in each bag. The bags may be removed from the compartments and placed in an exterior container which may be an in-ground container or a wheeled container that may be oriented at curb side so that a plurality of the bags may be placed in the container for pickup by personnel attending a pickup vehicle which is constructed to maintain the separated trash categorized until it delivers the trash to a recycling facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Inventor: Holmes E. Ertley