Patents by Inventor Jan C. Johnson

Jan C. Johnson 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: 5615529
    Abstract: The border blocks of the invention include a plurality of hollow plastic blocks fillable through push-cap openable holes at their top with sand and employing various tongue-and-groove interlocks extending from the left and right sides thereof to join with similar adjacent blocks--whether linear or curved--and with the individual blocks also being provided with apertures at their bottom to mate with projections as part of the push-cap openable holes so as to stack one atop the other in forming several courses of block and in which the blocks forming the bottom course incorporate a tie-down arrangement for securement to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Inventors: Jan C. Johnson, Joel S. Johnson