Patents by Inventor John L. Hondulas

John L. Hondulas 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: 8382982
    Abstract: Apparatus to treat pollution in rivers, streams, lakes, bays, ports and all bodies of water, employing as methodology wetland plants or macrophytes growing atop a wire or rigid frame basket filled with polygons or other irregular shaped objects of various configurations. The root system of the macrophytes are merged with and grow down amid the substrate composed of small polygons, other irregular shaped hollow, plastic, ceramic objects or other materials. The substrate provides nutrients, oxygen and sanctuary to bacteria, thereby reducing and eliminating pollutants in all bodies of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventor: John L. Hondulas
  • Publication number: 20110297596
    Abstract: Apparatus to treat pollution in rivers, streams, lakes, bays, ports and all bodies of water, employing as methodology wetland plants or macrophytes growing atop a wire or rigid frame basket filled with polygons or other irregular shaped objects of various configurations. The root system of the macrophytes are merged with and grow down amid the substrate composed of small polygons, other irregular shaped hollow, plastic, ceramic objects or other materials. The substrate provides nutrients, oxygen and sanctuary to bacteria, thereby reducing and eliminating pollutants in all bodies of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: John L. Hondulas
  • Patent number: 5451119
    Abstract: A barrel-shaped manhole frame for receiving a manhole cover is provided with an inwardly directed peripheral flange at its lower end having circumferentially spaced inclined grooves to receive wedges that can be driven in situ into surrounding earthwork to wedge the frame upwardly and thereby adjust its height and slope to conform with a roadway or sidewalk surface under construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Inventor: John L. Hondulas
  • Patent number: 5337516
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating waste water including a waste water basin and a number of wetland plants in floating containers adapted to float on the surface of waste water in the waste water basin such that the root systems of the wetland plants treat the waste water. The floating containers are constructed so that they retain soil and/or another particulate solid required to sustain and nourish the wetland plants and also so that they permit the root systems of the wetland plants to grow outwardly into the waste water to be treated. The root systems produce aerobic zones within the waster water in the waste water basin. The extent of the growth of the root systems is controlled, preferably by an adjustable platform associated with each floating container, so that the aerobic and anaerobic zones within the waste water basin are controlled and can be adjusted or varied as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Inventor: John L. Hondulas