Patents by Inventor Philip R. Martelly

Philip R. Martelly 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: 6769136
    Abstract: A paint bucket is disclosed held within a pocket formed in an apron disposed at the front of a user, such paint bucket having a semicircular front portion and a substantially flat bottom and rear portion with the top of the semicircular front portion curving downward to meet the top of the rear portion and having an inwardly disposed planar lip member extending rearward from the inside of the semicircular front portion, defining a paint receipt opening between the planar lip member and the rear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Inventor: Philip R. Martelly
  • Patent number: 5279252
    Abstract: A fuel tank level indicator for indicating at a surface when a fuel tank is filled with fuel, such indicator installed on a fuel inlet pipe and having a loop pipe in line with the inlet pipe with a riser pipe at the top of the loop and a float member disposed in the riser pipe to raise an indicator member above the surface when the loop pipe fills with fuel. The fuel is prevented from backing up the inlet pipe by a back flow preventor and some of the fuel then passes into the riser pipe, raising the float member and its attached indicator member above the surface where it is visible by the person entering fuel into the inlet pipe who will then see the indicator member and stop the flow of fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Inventor: Philip R. Martelly
  • Patent number: D553319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Inventor: Philip R. Martelly