Patents by Inventor Robert C. Hickey

Robert C. Hickey 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: 4961717
    Abstract: The apparatus is a scale model of the U.S. Space Shuttle complete with external fuel tank and booster rockets. The fuel tank/booster rockets assembly is separable from/attachable to the space shuttle. The space shuttle houses a toothbrush attached to the inside of the nose cone and the fuel tank encloses a supply of dentifrice. In use, the nose cone and toothbrush assembly is removed from the space shuttle body, dentifrice is applied from the fuel tank and the brush is used either with the nose cone as a grip or with the nose cone inserted inverted in the body so that the body serves as the grip. The nose cone of the fuel tank is hinged to open for installation and dispensing of the dentrifice which is in a capsule. The dentifrice is delivered from an aperature in the back end of the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Inventor: Robert C. Hickey