Patents by Inventor Paul R. Giauque

Paul R. Giauque 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: 8807514
    Abstract: An accessory attachment system for securing a dish such as a water feeder as well as a hook for hanging various items to a stake. The accessory attachment system generally includes clamp member adapted to be removably secured to a stake. An attachment member is provided which is secured at a first end to the clamp member. A second end of the attachment member includes a hook member for suspending a hanging plant as well as a horizontal portion adapted to retain a dish member thereon via use of a dish mount member. A dispenser holder extending from the dish member may be utilized to support a dispenser such as a bottle, which will automatically feed the dish member with its contents due to force of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventors: Paul R. Giauque, Hailey M. Giauque
  • Patent number: 8469841
    Abstract: A hockey puck rebounder having a frame, a first and second support each extending from opposing ends of the frame, a resilient rebound member comprised of an endless-looped band and extending between the first and second supports such that the resilient rebound member is secured in a taut manner to provide a resilient spring-back force when struck by a hockey puck or ball, and various securing structures for securing the frame in a stationary manner to a playing or shooting surface. The securing structures may include a counterweight, a lower plate for sandwiching a panel, such as a piece of synthetic ice between the lower plate and the frame, and/or fasteners extended through defined openings in the frame for securing the frame to a panel or a sheet of ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Inventors: Paul R. Giauque, Riley R. Giauque
  • Patent number: 7867112
    Abstract: An athletic training apparatus for improving the stick and ball handling ability of an athlete and particularly an ice hockey player. The athletic training apparatus generally includes a body member having an upper surface, a flat bottom surface, and a generally circular side wall, wherein the body member is comprised of a cylindrical shape and at least one elongated attachment member extending below the bottom surface of the body member to affix the body member to an athletic training surface, such as a sheet of ice for ice hockey training. Pads may also be secured to the attachment member below the bottom surface of the body member for providing a gripping structure to secure the body member to a surface, such as a roller hockey playing surface. Alternate uses may be employed, such as use upon a court to improve ball handling skills and various other playing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventors: Paul R. Giauque, Riley R. Giauque