Patents by Inventor Marie E. Mitchell

Marie E. Mitchell 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).

  • Seed planter
    Patent number: 6279496
    Abstract: A seed planting apparatus includes an elongated planter member having an upper end portion and a lower end portion. An elongated seed delivery tube is positioned next to the planter, the tube having a bore and an outlet. The lower end portion of the planter member has an end that is preferably frustoconically shaped, providing a flat lower surface and a tapered side wall. The lower end portion of the planter member can be in the form of a truncated pyramid. The delivery tube has a lower end portion with an outlet that communicates with the bore and that is so positioned that when a user drops a seed into the tube, the seed exits the tube at the outlet above the lower end portion of the delivery tube so that it falls next to the lower end portion of the planter member which can be positioned into a cavity that was formed by the lower end portion of the planter member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Inventors: Hollis D. Mitchell, Marie E. Mitchell