Patents by Inventor Phillips Collins

Phillips Collins 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).

  • Method and system for anchoring a temporary structure
    Patent number: 5988194
    Abstract: An anchoring system and method for temporary structures is disclosed. The system comprises: At least a first stake having a shaft with a lower end for insertion into the ground, and an upper end including a loop; at least a second stake having a shaft with a lower end for insertion into the ground, and an upper end including at least one hook. When the lower ends of the at least first and second stakes are inserted into the ground, the lower ends of the stakes are angled away from each other, the shaft of the second stake is received through the loop of the first stake, and a portion of the shaft of the first stake is received within the at least one hook, whereby the at least first and second stakes are in a mutually interlocked condition which prevents the at least first and second stakes from being independently extracted from the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Inventor: Larry Phillip Collins
  • Compound boring bit
    Patent number: D455446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventor: Phillips Collins