Patents by Inventor John S. Lawrence

John S. Lawrence 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: 6131831
    Abstract: An improved portable automobile undercarriage washing/cleaning device consisting of an ovoid, bowl-like body portion on the top surface of which is centered a detachable water spray nozzle and an accompanying nearby small tube, which itself connects the interior fluid chamber/reservoir, the fluid consisting of a mixture of detergent and water, with the exterior of the body, the same tube directing a pressurized mixture of detergent and water into the water spray pattern emanating from the nozzle, the mixture then being admixed with the spray, the whole of which when attached via a side connection on the body, to a rigid, non-flexible water pipe, which is itself connected to a garden-type hose via a pistol-grip water control valve, produces a pressurized water spray pattern capable of removing accumulated road salt and debris deposited onto the underside of an automobile or other wheeled vehicle and effecting a rapid removal of the debris from the undercarriage of the automobile or other wheeled vehicle and it
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Inventor: John S. Lawrence
  • Patent number: 5820037
    Abstract: A portable automobile undercarriage washing/cleaning device consisting of an inverted bowl-like body portion featuring a water spray nozzle on the top face and a connection for a rigid, non-flexible water pipe on the side of the body, the water pipe ending in a water control valve, and casters underneath of the body and attached to the body, which when all of the components are connected together and secured to a standard garden-type hose, results in a pressurized water spray pattern capable of being delivered to the undercarriage of an automobile, or other wheeled vehicle, the pressurized water spray being used to remove accumulated mud or road salt from the undercarriage of the vehicle, which was deposited on the undercarriage of the vehicle under normal driving conditions on debris-ladened readways and effecting the rapid removal of the debris from the undercarriage and its related structural members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Inventor: John S. Lawrence
  • Patent number: 4431414
    Abstract: A dental syringe for filling cavities in teeth with dental filling materials and can be dispensed into a tooth cavity in measured in increments of all or a portions of one or two-predetermined quantities of filling material. The syringe is composed of an elongated body barrel having two hollow, contiguous parallel shafts and a disposable chamber removably attached to the barrel and having two hollow contiguous parallel shafts which are coextensive and continuous in precise axial dimensions as the shafts in the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Inventor: John S. Lawrence
  • Patent number: 3946916
    Abstract: A coupling, normally of tubular construction, is adapted at one end for connection to the lower end of the side supports of a pack frame. The other, or second, end of the coupling is adapted for connection to hip-belt attachment means. The shoulder-to-hip length of the pack frame may be adjusted by selectively varying the distance between the second end and the point of connection of the coupling to the side support members of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1976
    Assignee: Browning Arms Company
    Inventor: John S. Lawrence