Patents by Inventor Markham L. Wheeler

Markham L. Wheeler 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: 4217940
    Abstract: An improved funnel having an integral pouring spout, the apparatus including a base portion of a standard funnel configuration with an enlarged diameter open top and tapering downwardly to a small diameter open bottom, and a spout portion affixed to the tapered interior surface of the funnel base portion, the spout portion having an open bottom and sidewalls which converge upwardly and close to provide a passageway so that as the funnel is tipped in the direction of the spout portion fluid within the funnel is channeled by the sidewalls into the passageway, the funnel base portion having an integral cap affixed to the exterior lower end so that it may be threaded onto the externally threaded nozzle of a container, the funnel being thereby used to receive liquid poured into the container and subsequently used for pouring liquid out of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Inventor: Markham L. Wheeler