Patents by Inventor Richard M. Gannaway

Richard M. Gannaway 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: 5722205
    Abstract: A post assembly for supporting a fence, a sign or receptacle such as a mailbox. The post assembly comprises a ground penetrating rod having an enlarged head, a square, hollow, decorative body placed over the rod after the rod is forced into the ground, and a footplate. The enlarged head of the rod cooperates in close fit within the hollow body. A pin frictionally fits into openings formed in the body, interfering with the rod as the body is lowered over the rod. The body is then employed as a driver to force the rod into the ground. When the rod is driven down to the point that the body contacts the footplate, the pin is removed from the body. The body then is lowered into abutment with the footplate. The openings of the body which receive the pin then align with a passage formed in the enlarged head of the rod. The pin is reinserted into the body, this time passing through the passage of the enlarged head of the rod. The rod and body are thus interlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Inventor: Richard M. Gannaway
  • Patent number: 4863103
    Abstract: An apparatus combining a sink spray with a water filter to provide alternate use from the same location on a sink. The sink spray contains a valve housing which is inserted at one end into an inlet opening in the water filter to actuate a separate valve in the water filter and permit flow of water into the water filter from a water conduit attached by an annular hose connection to the other end of the sink spray valve housing. The water filter is rotatably mounted on the valve housing and encloses a filter cartridge which filters tap water and provides quality drinking water through an outlet opening from the water filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Inventor: Richard M. Gannaway
  • Patent number: 4776956
    Abstract: A combination of a cylindrical water filter attached to a water container in the form of a handle. Pressurized water is fed through a first end of the filter through a filtering media. The filtered water exits the filter through an L-shaped channel directly into the attached container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Inventor: Richard M. Gannaway