Patents by Inventor Marvin M. Barber

Marvin M. Barber 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).

  • Publication number: 20030019988
    Abstract: A sign holder, comprises a sheet of material, having top, bottom and side edges and front and rear faces and formed by parallel elongate connecting portions extending between spaced laminas and elongate openings between the connecting portions. A length of wire is bent to form a ground engagement member and an upper portion formed of two arms extends up from the ground engagement member to the sheet and having a pair of vertically spaced upper ends engaging in the openings at opposite sides of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventor: Marvin M. Barber
  • Publication number: 20020104243
    Abstract: A sign comprising a length of metal rod bent at a lower end thereof to provide a ground or soil penetration tip, an intermediate portion extending vertically upwardly from the tip. An angled portion extending upwardly from and at an angle to the intermediate portion and a top end portion extending substantially horizontally from an upper end of the angled portion, the sign further comprising a signboard and the signboard having a horizontal top edge and a horizontally extending opening in the vicinity of the top edge, the top end portion extending along the opening and the top end portion including a bent portion intermediate opposite ends thereof, such that the opposite ends and the bent portion functionally engage the signboard at locations which are diametrically opposite and longitudinally spaced relative to the top end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventor: Marvin M. Barber
  • Patent number: 6360826
    Abstract: A weeding implement has an elongate handle and an attachment at one end of the handle, the attachment comprising a straight shank inserted into one end of the handle, a straight portion extending at an angle from the straight shank, a straight transverse portion extending across the longitudinal axis of the shank, a curved intermediate portion connecting the straight portion to one end of the transverse portion at one side of the axis and a flat end portion offset from the axis at an opposite side of the axis. The flat end portion extends in a plane perpendicular to the axis, and the attachment is in one piece of a length of metal rod, which is flattened at one end to form the flat end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: Marvin M. Barber