Patents by Inventor John H. Reas

John H. Reas 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).

  • Vehicle-mounted message display with suction cups and interposed hook and loop fasteners
    Patent number: 5099594
    Abstract: A dry-erase message board that can be vertically displayed on the interior surface of vehicle windows utilizing suction cups to initially secure the board to the vehicle window and having hook and pile pads between the board and the suction cups enabling the message board to be temporarily detached from the suction cups so that any desired message can be written, displayed, erased, or changed on the board and then reattached via the hook and pile pads to the suction cups still attached to the vehicle window. On the backside of the dry-erase board are additional hook and pile strips securing several dry-erase markers of different colors and a dry-erase board eraser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Inventors: John H. Reas, Marianne Mardesich
  • Hand-held cigarette-coloring device
    Patent number: 4821748
    Abstract: A hand-held cigarette-coloring device that transfers a liquid pigment onto the external paper of cigarettes as the cigarettes are passed through the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Inventor: John H. Reas