Patents by Inventor Robert D. Horton

Robert D. Horton 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: 4881671
    Abstract: A self-dusting porous pouch for securement to an associated boot is set forth to prevent crawling insects, such as ticks and the like, from passing upwardly to an individual from ground level during outdoor activity. The self-dusting boot attachment has secured to the porous pouch a Velcro strap for surroundingly encompassing a boot with associated boot hooks attached at an inside surface of the pouch for securement overlying an associated boot upper perimeter for maintaining the apparatus at a predetermined orientation relative to the boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Inventors: Robert D. Horton, Doyle J. Farley