Patents by Inventor Phillip Graham Kirschbaum

Phillip Graham Kirschbaum 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: 20160165843
    Abstract: An impact action cat toy with a rigid tube, an elastic cord, an elastic cord retainer, an elastic and non elastic cord retainer and a cat toy play member. The elastic cord is retained inside the rigid tube. The elastic cord terminates on one side in the elastic cord retaining member and on the opposite side in the elastic and non-elastic cord retaining member. The non elastic cord terminates on one side in the elastic and non elastic cord retaining member and on the opposite side in the cat toy play member. The cat toy play member is caused to quickly and erratically fly into the air while tethered on the non elastic cord when a user holds onto the rigid tube with one hand and stretches the elastic cord member from the elastic and non elastic cord retaining member with the other hand and releases the retaining member causing it to snap back and impact the end of the rigid tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Phillip Graham Kirschbaum
  • Patent number: 8944011
    Abstract: An impact action cat toy with a rigid tube, an elastic cord, an elastic cord retainer, an elastic and non-elastic cord retainer and a cat toy play member. The elastic cord is retained inside the rigid tube and terminates on one side in the elastic cord retaining member and on the opposite side in the elastic and non-elastic cord retaining member. The non-elastic cord terminates on one side in the elastic and non-elastic cord retaining member and on the opposite side in the cat toy play member. The cat toy play member quickly and erratically flies into the air when a user holds onto the rigid tube with one hand and stretches the elastic cord member from the elastic and non-elastic cord retaining member with the other hand and releases the retaining member causing it to snap back and impact the end of the rigid tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventor: Phillip Graham Kirschbaum
  • Publication number: 20140245657
    Abstract: An insect killing device including rigid outer and inner tubes assembled to be slidably and telescopically engaged, and having a pliant, limber elastic cord extended therethrough. The cord is interconnected at its respective proximal and distal ends only to a gripping pull knob and substantially flat insect-impact element. The pull knob is connected to the inner tube proximal end and is larger than the outer tube's inner diameter to prevent accidental disassembly thereof. Sighting an insect on a surface, user grasps the outer tube by one hand, and with the other hand retracts the knob along with the inner tube and cord, drawing the impact element toward the inner tube distal end. On release the stretched cord and inner tube drive the impact element against the insect. The pliant nature of the cord affords an unrestricted twisting motion of the impact element so as to align with an impact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventor: Phillip Graham Kirschbaum
  • Publication number: 20140209037
    Abstract: An impact action cat toy with a rigid tube, an elastic cord, an elastic cord retainer, an elastic and non elastic cord retainer and a cat toy play member. The elastic cord is retained inside the rigid tube. The elastic cord terminates on one side in the elastic cord retaining member and on the opposite side in the elastic and non-elastic cord retaining member. The non elastic cord terminates on one side in the elastic and non elastic cord retaining member and on the opposite side in the cat toy play member. The cat toy play member is caused to quickly and erratically fly into the air while tethered on the non elastic cord when a user holds onto the rigid tube with one hand and stretches the elastic cord member from the elastic and non elastic cord retaining member with the other hand and releases the retaining member causing it to snap back and impact the end of the rigid tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Phillip Graham Kirschbaum
  • Publication number: 20120266523
    Abstract: A fly killing device with a flat disk shaped member, an outer rigid tube, an inner rigid tube, an elastic cord and a pull knob. The inner rigid tube is slidably and telecopically engaged within the outer rigid tube. The elastic cord is slidably and telescopicically engaged within the rigid inner tube member. The elastic cord is attached at one end to the flat disk shaped member and at the opposite end to the pull knob. When a user pulls back on the pull knob, the elastic cord is stretched and, when the pull knob is released by the user, the elastic cord retracts rapidly causing the inner rigid tube and the disk member to shoot forward rapidly for the purpose of killing a small insect such as a fly or mosquito.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventor: Phillip Graham Kirschbaum
  • Patent number: 8181606
    Abstract: A cat toy with a rigid outer tube member, a rigid inner tube member, an elastic cord member, a pull knob and a toy element. The inner tube member slidably and telescopingly engaged within the outer tube member. The elastic cord member is slidably engaged within the inner tube member. The toy element and the stop plate are fixedly attached to the end of the elastic cord. The pull knob is attached to one end of the inner tube member and to one end of the elastic cord member so that when a user pulls back on the pull knob, the elastic cord member stretches, causing the toy element to be drawn to the end of the outer tube member. When the pull knob is released by the user, the inner tube and the elastic cord and the toy element shoot outward for engaging a cat in play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventor: Phillip Graham Kirschbaum