Patents by Inventor Richard Bidwell

Richard Bidwell 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: 20110087181
    Abstract: The external catheter tube is a flexible, coiled collection tube that connects a catheter to a urine collection bag. The collection tube has a coiled portion that can readily extend and contract to relieve tension on the catheter. The assembly includes at least on swivel-snap connector. In one embodiment, one end of the connecting tube is connected to the catheter by a by a straight or linear swivel-snap connector, while the opposite end of the tubing is connected to the drainage bag by and elbow or 90 swivel-snap connector. In another embodiment, one end of the connecting tube is molded integrally with the collection tube, while the opposite end of the tubing is connected to the drainage bag by an elbow or 90 swivel-snap connector. In either embodiment, the connecting tube may be configured with the coiled portion extending horizontally or with the coiled portion hanging in a loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Richard Bidwell, Tara M. Rands
  • Publication number: 20100117261
    Abstract: The method of making a plastic bench top is a method for manufacturing bench tops having a U-shaped channel formed by flanges depending from opposite sides of an elongated planar member. The bench top is mounted on pedestals, legs or the like. In general, the method includes forming a fold line by machining or by heating along the lateral edges of the elongated planar member to define flanges, folding the flanges so that the flanges are orthogonal to the planar member, and welding or fusing the joint, if necessary. Alternatively, discrete flange members may be heated simultaneously with the elongated lateral edges of the planar member, the heating element is withdrawn from between the flange and the planar member, and the flange is butted against the longitudinal edge to form a butt weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Richard Bidwell, Justin Bidwell, Ryan Bidwell
  • Patent number: 5945469
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel nylon compositions that maintain their appearance on weathering in the presence of U.V. light and a process of their manufacture. These composition are useful in a variety of applications including fibers, molded plastic parts, films and coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Bidwell Heath, Keith Alan Horn, Allen Franklin Chambers, Jr., Lutz Stoeber
  • Patent number: 5804537
    Abstract: A low phosphorus passenger car motor oil containing an oil of lubricating viscosity as the major component and a tri-metal detergent mixture as a minor component, wherein the tri-metal detergent mixture comprises at least one calcium overbased metal detergent, at least one magnesium overbased metal detergent and at least one sodium overbased metal detergent, wherein the tri-metal detergent mixture is present in the oil composition in an amount such that the total TBN contributed to the oil composition by the tri-metal detergent mixture is from about 2 to about 12, and wherein the calcium overbased detergent contributes from about 8 to about 42% of the total TBN contributed by the tri-metal detergent mixture, the magnesium overbased detergent contributes from about 29 to about 60% of the total TBN contributed by the tri-metal detergent mixture, and the sodium overbased detergent contributes from about 15 to about 64% of the total TBN contributed by the tri-metal detergent mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Bowman Boffa, Thomas Richard Bidwell