Patents by Inventor John Mercier

John Mercier 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).

  • Publication number: 20090092436
    Abstract: An anti-spill dauber wiper for removable insertion into a threaded upwardly open cylindrical access neck of a glue container having a lid threadably received on the neck and a dauber for glue application secured to a bottom distal end of a dauber stem which depends downwardly from the lid for insertion in the glue contained in the container. The wiper includes a flexible cylindrical sleeve dimensioned to be inserted into an snugly received in sealed engagement with the container cylindrical access neck and the wiper is further provided with a flexible circular disk shaped closure membrane that spans the cylindrical interior of the sleeve. The disk shaped closure membrane is provided with slits therethrough which extend radially from the center of the closure member for thereby providing flexible pie shaped segments for permitting ingress and egress of the dauber to and from the container through the closure membrane with wiper application of the flexible segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: John Mercier
  • Patent number: 6543731
    Abstract: A modular suspension system for supporting conduit between structural members, such as walls studs or ceiling joists, of a building. The system includes a transverse support bracket for securement between the building structural members and further includes an elongate conduit segment of tubing and end mounts received over opposite ends of the conduit segment for securing the conduit segment to respective building structural members. The end mounts are constructed of tubular segments coaxially received over end portions of the conduit segment and these tubular segments have one or more ears protruding therefrom for securing the tubular segments to the building structural members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Inventor: John Mercier
  • Patent number: D479117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventor: John Mercier
  • Patent number: D560483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Inventor: John Mercier
  • Patent number: D488704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Inventor: John Mercier
  • Patent number: D652288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Inventor: John Mercier