Patents by Inventor John C. Gould

John C. Gould 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: 5621951
    Abstract: A plastic device for detachably covering and concealing a button employs a first horizontal plate having at least one opening therein. A second horizontal plate spaced from the first plate is secured to one end of a hollow cylinder having opposite open ends and closes same. A living hinge integrally secures a portion of the periphery of the other open end of the cylinder to a peripheral portion of the first plate. The device has an open position at which the other end of the cylinder is out of engagement with the first plate and has a closed position at which said other end of the cylinder is in mating engagement with the first plate. The cylinder and the first plate are provided with detachable locking engagement means which are spaced apart when the device is in the open position and which are disposed in locking engagement when the device is in closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Inventor: John C. Gould
  • Patent number: 5326110
    Abstract: A portable hollow upright container has a vertical exposed surface. A tossable saucer shaped disc having a circular outer periphery and a concentric inner periphery is detachably secured to a member integral with the container and projecting outward from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Inventor: John C. Gould
  • Patent number: 5173070
    Abstract: A shallow inverted circular saucer shaped first member has upper and lower exposed surfaces. A flat ring shaped second member has an inner periphery spaced from and surrounding the first member and also has upper and lower exposed surfaces. The first and second members are detachably interconnected. A plurality of vertical prongs cooperate with the members. One prong has an upper end secured to the center of the lower surface of the first member. The remaining vertical prongs have upper ends secured to the lower surface of the second member and are equidistantly spaced from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1992
    Inventor: John C. Gould
  • Patent number: 5147043
    Abstract: A collector card device for stamp collectors includes a collector card having opposite front and rear surfaces. The front surface of the card carries a reproduction of the front surface of a selected postage stamp issued by an appropriate organization. The stamp has a gummed rear surface. The rear surface of the card carries explanatory data applicable to said reproduction and also is provided with a region spaced from the data for detachably receiving the rear surface of said stamp. The rear surface of the stamp is detachably secured to the region on the rear surface of the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Inventor: John C. Gould