Patents by Inventor Joseph D. Montoya

Joseph D. Montoya 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: 4320851
    Abstract: This invention is a trash can lid working in combination with a trash can wherein the lid is made to be easily removable, yet at the same time virtually completely non-removable by accident such as a trash can falling over or by purposeful attempts to remove the lid as by dogs, small children, and the like. This is accomplished by providing certain apertures in the lid aligned with the handles of the lid and the trasch can and providing cooperative loop arrangements affixed to the can and cooperative with the apertures, and with the utilization of draw bolt type apparatus on the lid which is easily cooperative with the loops so as to hold the can lid in place, but likewise, may be immediately withdrawn and held in a withdrawn position when not to be desired to firmly affixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Inventor: Joseph D. Montoya
  • Patent number: D271001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Inventor: Joseph D. Montoya