Patents by Inventor John Musgrove

John Musgrove 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).

  • Traffic regulating hive bottom board
    Patent number: 4158900
    Abstract: A bottom board for beehives for controlling the direction of travel of arriving and departing bees. Arriving bees are guided directly to the honeycomb frames by means of an upwardly inclined landing deck, which also serves to separate arriving bees from departing bees leaving the hive by means of a descending departure ramp located beneath the landing deck, thus insuring an uncongested one-way traffic pattern. A slotted false bottom located in the bottom board also serves to control the direction of travel of arriving and departing bees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1979
    Inventor: John Musgrove