Patents by Inventor John W. Wightman

John W. Wightman 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: 4305533
    Abstract: A cup and base assembly for use in vehicles includes a cup, with a loop handle, and a separate base, circular in plan at its lower edge. A triangulate plate is attached to the bottom of the base. The plate has ears projecting beyond the periphery of the base, and a handle-engaging crook with a stem integral with the plate and a finger extending laterally from the stem and positioned to extend within the loop handle. A sloshing inhibitor has a central imperforate disc of material capable of a permanent set, and, integral with the disc, straps bent upwardly on a radius from the edge of the disc, so that the radius serves to space the disc from the inside surface of the cup. Ears, integral with the straps, are bent outwardly at the upper end of the straps, for engaging the upper lip of the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1981
    Inventors: John W. Wightman, Lawrance W. Wightman
  • Patent number: 4160152
    Abstract: A heating unit is provided in the form of an open topped container with a side wall and a bottom. The side wall has a plurality of bosses each of which has a plate-receiving groove. The bottom has on its upper surface elongated seat defining flanges, a barrier wall projecting between and extending laterally beyond a pair of seat defining flanges to separate the seats and to separate a pair of wires, and labyrinth walls defining a strain-relief circuitous wire passage. A pair of spring terminals are provided, each having a U-shaped part defined by two divergent leg parts one of which is seated in one of the seats and the other of which extends upwardly away from the bottom to a free end. A disc of PTCR material is mounted on the spaced free ends. A plate is snapped into the plate-receiving grooves of the bosses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1979
    Inventors: John W. Wightman, Lawrance W. Wightman