Patents by Inventor Michael G. Sectish

Michael G. Sectish 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: 5711499
    Abstract: A plastic shopping bag recycling wastebasket, comprising a shopping bag having a pair of plastic handles, a rectangular wastebasket having a predetermined rectangular dimension, a predetermined height dimension and an open top having a bulb-type rim therearound; and four longitudinal slots, each of the four slots being disposed in a different corner of the basket. The slots receive and retain in place the pair of handles after the shopping bag is inserted in the basket. The handles are disposed externally of the basket when received and retained in the four slots. Four concave cavities extend downward from the rim with each of the four cavities disposed in a different corner of the basket. The associated one of the four slots are disposed at the bottom of an associated one of the four cavities. The four cavities assist in the pair of handles engaging the four slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Inventor: Michael G. Sectish
  • Patent number: 5590621
    Abstract: A funeral procession motorcade safety flag assembly including a flag containing predetermined wording thereon to identify a motor vehicle in the motorcade as being in a funeral procession and to alert drivers of other motor vehicles using the same road of this fact; and a member fastened to a predetermined edge of the flag to enable properly displaying the predetermined wording and to detachably secure the flag to an existing radio antenna of the motor vehicle in the motorcade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Michael G. Sectish