Patents by Inventor Rhodes E. Wray

Rhodes E. Wray 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: 5560558
    Abstract: A spandex supply package has a cylindrical core on which is wound spandex having a surface lubricating finish. The last few hundred meters of the wound-up spandex, which constitute about 0.1 to 0.5% of the total length of spandex wound up in the package, has less than half the concentration of finish as does the remainder of the wound-up spandex in the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Rhodes E. Wray
  • Patent number: 4063701
    Abstract: A holder particularly adapted for supporting beverage containers from a lawn chair in which a clamp is provided for connecting the holder to the leg of a lawn chair or other equivalent support together with a pivotal bracket having a supporting ring at the outer end thereof. The pivotal bracket is selectively retained in horizontal operative position or pivoted downwardly to a generally vertical collapsed or stored position. The supporting ring or annular member at the outer end of the bracket is provided with a net-type of device suspended therefrom having an open bottom with a perimeter less than the supporting ring, thereby effectively supporting and suspending the lower end portion of a beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Inventor: Rhodes E. Wray