Patents by Inventor M. Thomas Hobson

M. Thomas Hobson 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).

  • Oil skimming apparatus
    Patent number: 8911622
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for skimming oil and other liquid hydrocarbons and contaminates floating at the surface of a body of water or other suspending liquid. A rigid skimming surface such as a drum or disc is floatably supported on pontoons. The skimming surface is rotatable about an axis substantially parallel to the water surface. The skimming surface is covered with removably attached sorbent material which improves the efficiency of the oil recovery operation and which, when worn or soggy, can be removed and discarded without discarding the skimming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Abanaki Corporation
    Inventors: Wallace J. Landry, III, M. Thomas Hobson, Richard Forbes, Brian Slone
  • Oil skimming apparatus
    Patent number: 8388839
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for skimming oil and other liquid hydrocarbons and contaminates floating at the surface of a body of water or other suspending liquid. A rigid skimming surface such as a drum or disc is floatably supported on pontoons. The skimming surface is rotatable about an axis substantially parallel to the water surface. The skimming surface is covered with removably attached sorbent material which improves the efficiency of the oil recovery operation and which, when worn or soggy, can be removed and discarded without discarding the skimming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Inventors: M. Thomas Hobson, Brian Slone, Wallace J. Landry, III, Richard Forbes