Patents by Inventor Larry A. Mathews

Larry A. Mathews 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).

  • Method of producing cumulus clouds
    Patent number: 4653690
    Abstract: The disruption of a thermal inversion and formation of cumulus clouds is duced by the ignition of a pyrotechnic composition containing an alkali earth metal. The combined heats of hydration, condensation and combustion of the composition disrupt the thermal layer allowing the passage of warm moist air into a zone of cooler air. The formation of cumulonimbus or cumulus clouds results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Pierre St. Amand, Larry A. Mathews
  • Hair removing arrangement
    Patent number: 4282877
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for removing unwanted hair and to a method of effecting such removal. Strips of sheet material of predetermined size and shape having a pressure sensitive adhesive and wax depliatory on one face thereof are placed in contact with the unwanted hair and then pulled away therefrom, removing the unwanted hair therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: Alleghany Pharmacal
    Inventor: Larry Mathews
  • Sheet of hair removing strips
    Patent number: D258155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1981
    Assignee: Alleghany Pharmacal Corp.
    Inventor: Larry Mathews