Patents by Inventor Robert A. Butcher

Robert A. Butcher 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: 20050109330
    Abstract: A stove for outdoor use includes a hollow shell formed from heat-tolerant material, and a substructure for supporting the shell. The stove also includes a burner assembly, operatively attached to the shell or to the substructure, and a vessel support rack for placement on the shell. The support rack is formed from multiple interconnected segments. A first vessel-supporting surface is defined on a first side of the support rack, for supporting a cooking vessel having a substantially flat lower surface. A second vessel-supporting surface is defined on a second side of the support rack, for supporting a cooking vessel having a substantially non-flat lower surface. The second vessel-supporting surface may be configured to support a concave cooking implement, such as a wok thereon. The support rack is configured to fit into the shell with either the first vessel-supporting surface or the second vessel-supporting surface facing upwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: Eastman Holding Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Pestrue, Robert Eastman, Robert Butcher
  • Patent number: 5485922
    Abstract: A portable computer carry case assembly, to be used to safely and securely contain and transport a portable computer and various accessories therefor, the assembly having a main housing which is divided into a top compartment and a bottom compartment by a divider panel. Included within the top compartment are various support members which receive the portable computer suspended thereon in such a manner that the keyboard portion of the portable computer will be co-planar with a top edge of the main housing, and which straddle the portable computer to prevent sliding within the top compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Inventor: Robert A. Butcher
  • Patent number: 4848044
    Abstract: An expansion joint cover having a vapor barrier channel depending from the bellows membrane. Resilient insulation substantially fills the channel, making it possible to attach an insulated vapor-impermeable bellows cover to the expansion joint members in a single operation. A separate layer of foam insulation may be bonded to the underside of the bellows independent of the insulation filling the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Manville Corporation
    Inventors: Allan R. LaRoche, Robert A. Butcher, Jean A. Dubuc, Douglas S. Pearmain
  • Patent number: 4744647
    Abstract: A selected pattern of disruptions in the lens material of a soft or hard corneal contact lens or intraoccular lens is provided which substantially disrupts the undistorted transmisability of an image to the lens to render it semi-opaque. Preferably, these disruptions are formed by a laser beam which causes the disruptions. The pattern may be used for coding of lens prescription or the like. In another embodiment, a ring may be formed in a soft contact lens of the general shape of the cornea and colored to provide a total color change in the appearance of the iris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Lens Plus Co.
    Inventors: Leroy G. Meshel, Robert J. Pressley, Robert Butcher, Theodore Fahlen
  • Patent number: 4663894
    Abstract: A flexible drainage gutter for use under a horizontal surface having moisture accumulation or leaks under cracks or expansion joints. A flexible, waterproof membrane is attached along its elongated edges to rigid flanges which can be attached to the horizontal surface itself or to support members attached to the surface. The width of the membrane can vary so that the membrane hangs down from the flanges a greater distance downstream than upstream, thereby providing for the slope of the gutter. Alternatively, the wall portions of the flanges, to which the edges of the membrane are attached, can vary in width while maintaining the width of the membrane constant to provide for the slope of the gutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Manville Corporation
    Inventors: Allan R. LaRoche, Robert A. Butcher, Denis M. Kelleher, Marcel L. M. Corriveau, Jean A. Dubuc
  • Patent number: D477420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Newell Limited Wear Glass Works
    Inventor: Robert Butcher