Patents by Inventor Iain Grant Kirk McDonald

Iain Grant Kirk McDonald 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: 10773461
    Abstract: A plastic product having magnetic properties and a method for making the same is provided. The method comprises creating a mixture of a nylon and a metal, melting the mixture to create a melted mixture of the metal suspended in the nylon, injecting the melted mixture into a mold to harden the melted mixture and shape the melted mixture into the product's shape, applying an electrical current to the mold while the mixture is in a viscous state to align the poles of the metal suspended in the nylon in the mixture in a single direction before the mixture has hardened, and applying a magnetic field to the hardened mixture to provide the product with magnetic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Iain Grant Kirk McDonald, Stuart Joseph Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20170334145
    Abstract: A plastic product having magnetic properties and a method for making the same is provided. The method comprises creating a mixture of a nylon and a metal, melting the mixture to create a melted mixture of the metal suspended in the nylon, injecting the melted mixture into a mold to harden the melted mixture and shape the melted mixture into the product's shape, applying an electrical current to the mold while the mixture is in a viscous state to align the poles of the metal suspended in the nylon in the mixture in a single direction before the mixture has hardened, and applying a magnetic field to the hardened mixture to provide the product with magnetic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Iain Grant Kirk McDONALD, Stuart Joseph BENJAMIN
  • Patent number: 9135897
    Abstract: An improved apparatus for retaining a guitar pick is provided, which includes a ring with a magnetic component being attached, by a chain for example, to a guitar pick also including a magnetic component. The apparatus allows a performer to release or drop the guitar pick, either intentionally or unintentionally, and have the guitar pick be maintained in the performer's hand by its attraction to the magnetic component of the ring. The guitar pick may be made from a magnetic material, including for example stainless steel or a magnetic plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Inventors: Iain Grant Kirk McDonald, Stuart Joseph Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20150075352
    Abstract: An improved apparatus for retaining a guitar pick is provided, which includes a ring with a magnetic component being attached, by a chain for example, to a guitar pick also including a magnetic component. The apparatus allows a performer to release or drop the guitar pick, either intentionally or unintentionally, and have the guitar pick be maintained in the performer's hand by its attraction to the magnetic component of the ring. The guitar pick may be made from a magnetic material, including for example stainless steel or a magnetic plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Iain Grant Kirk McDonald, Stuart Joseph Benjamin