Patents by Inventor John A. Goodger

John A. Goodger 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: 6463966
    Abstract: A fuel absorbent device for maintaining fuel spills and preventing overflow, spillage, and splashes of liquid, fuel, and/or lubricant during a liquid, fuel, and/or lubricant filling process from contacting surfaces adjacent a liquid, fuel, and/or lubricant filler entrance. The fuel absorbent device has absorbent material, an opposing non skid surface, which is substantially impervious to liquid strikethrough, and a hole therethrough. Liquids, fuels, and lubricants contacting the absorbent material are typically contained within the absorbent material, and prevented from reaching adjacent surfaces by the opposing non skid surface, which is substantially impervious to liquid, fuel, and/or lubricant strikethrough. The opposing non skid surface also substantially prevents slippage of the fuel absorbent device thereon surfaces that the fuel absorbent device is removably placed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Inventor: John A. Goodger