Patents by Inventor James Buchanan Horton

James Buchanan Horton 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: 20170089071
    Abstract: A gutter guard apparatus and method of making the same is disclosed. In some embodiments, the gutter guard apparatus is made from at least two different types of materials, thereby enabling, for example, lighter weight, non-conductive plastics that are best suited for coupling to an existing rooftop gutter system in a corrosion preventing manner to be employed while at the same time providing for a central portion spanning the gutter opening made from a more durable material (e.g., lightweight expanded metals). The gutter guard apparatus may be manufactured by a variety of means, including a desirable, low-cost, and highly effective co-extrusion process through which end portions are extruded from raw materials of different colors into desired configurations and simultaneously extruded onto and effectively integrated with the central portion formed from a different material, thereby creating a unitary gutter guard apparatus that desirably incorporates two or more materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Smith, James Buchanan Horton