Patents by Inventor Larry Allan Holmes

Larry Allan Holmes 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 and apparatus for exterminating subterranean burrowing animals
    Patent number: 7617630
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for exterminating subterranean burrowing air-breathing animals which burrow subterranean tunnels having burrow hole openings at ground level, the apparatus including an elongate arm having a base end and an opposite distal end, a frame mounted to a vehicle, the base end of the arm mounted to the frame, a selectively actuable actuator mounted so as to cooperate between the frame and the arm, at least one reservoir of a lethal substance, conduits cooperating between the reservoirs and the arm for carrying the lethal substance to deliver the lethal substance from the distal end of the arm into the burrow hole openings, wherein positioning the arm and delivering the lethal substance is remotely actuable from within the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Inventor: Larry Allan Holmes
  • Method and apparatus for exterminating subterranean burrowing animals
    Publication number: 20070283616
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for exterminating subterranean burrowing air-breathing animals which burrow subterranean tunnels having burrow hole openings at ground level, the apparatus including an elongate arm having a base end and an opposite distal end, a frame mounted to a vehicle, the base end of the arm mounted to the frame, a selectively actuable actuator mounted so as to cooperate between the frame and the arm, at least one reservoir of a lethal substance, conduits cooperating between the reservoirs and the arm for carrying the lethal substance to deliver the lethal substance from the distal end of the arm into the burrow hole openings, wherein positioning the arm and delivering the lethal substance is remotely actuable from within the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Larry Allan Holmes