Patents by Inventor John E. Kent

John E. Kent 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: 5738315
    Abstract: A lightweight and inexpensive refuse bag holder is provided, the holder including a simple perimeter structure formed from a C-shaped rod and a tube. The holder also may include a support structure connected to the perimeter structure to support the perimeter structure. The support structure may include sled runners which facilitate the user's dragging the holder along the ground during refuse collection. The support structure also may include appropriate spikes to permit anchoring of the holder in the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Inventor: John E. Kent, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5404864
    Abstract: The invention relates to an outdoor cooking system which is portable and collapsible, and which is adaptable for use as a fuel ignitor, as a food warmer and as a cook stove. The system includes an upstanding combustion tube which incorporates an elongate, tubular fire chamber and a plurality of flaps extending perimetrically from at least one of the fire chamber's ends. The flaps are pivotally adjustable so as to accommodate control over the fire chamber's intake and outflow of air. Food is cooked using a conventional cooking utensil which rests across the upper opening of the tube. A radial tray extends about the perimeter of the fire chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Inventor: John E. Kent, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5215109
    Abstract: A weather shelter adapted for multi-positional placement adjacent a reference structure wherein the shelter includes a framework, a flexible cover and an anchor assembly for uniting the framework and the reference structure in a plurality of relative orientations. The framework includes a pair of spaced bows, each terminating oppositely in first and second terminal ends at which such bows are operatively combined. The anchor assembly is selectively securable to the framework at one of a plurality of securement locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Inventor: John E. Kent, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4442621
    Abstract: A self-propelled troller having an elongate hull which is powered by a rear propeller for movement in a forward direction in water. An elongate tube in the troller extends from the bow of the hull rearwardly of, and below, the propeller. A fishing line adapted to be received slidably through the tube, in a bow-to-stern direction, is used to guide the troller toward the direction of pull on the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Inventor: John E. Kent
  • Patent number: D418653
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Inventor: John E. Kent, Jr.
  • Patent number: D426991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: John E. Kent, Jr.