Patents by Inventor James E. Griffin

James E. Griffin 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: 4408791
    Abstract: A gas pump lever hooking member including an elongated member with a first end having a pair of spaced apart claw portions forming reentrant edges of a slot shaped so as to be adapted to engage the lever and hold it in an open position against a pump handle. A second end of the hooking member is adapted to serve as an ice scraper for an automobile windshield. The elongated member has a hand grip recess midway between the first and second ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Inventors: James E. Griffin, Lamar H. Griffin
  • Patent number: 4239018
    Abstract: A pressure responsive delayed release standing heat detector for cows or other livestock comprises a small, single-use, flexible packet to be secured to the body of a cow in a position to be contacted by a mounting animal. A sponge-like body partially presaturated with a colored indicator fluid is contained within an air tight flexible plastic bulb or container having a stopper which is retained by friction and adapted to be expelled when the sponge is compressed under sustained pressure of a mounting animal. Expulsion of a stopper element and discharge of the indicator fluid leaves a telltale indication that the animal has been mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Inventors: James E. Griffin, Wayne R. Ryden