Patents by Inventor Robert Foss

Robert Foss 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: 6311851
    Abstract: A combination wreath hanging and decoration supporting assembly for mounting on a support structure comprising a first bracket including a leg having a first end portion and a wreath supporting second end portion opposite the first end portion, a second bracket connectable with the first bracket and including first and second generally coplanar legs and an intermediate portion interconnecting the generally coplanar first and second legs, the intermediate portion including a decoration mounting surface off-set from the generally coplanar first and second legs, a first connecting member connecting the first bracket and the second bracket, and a mounting element connectable with one of the first or second brackets and engagable with the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Inventors: Curtis Knudsen, Sr., Robert Foss
  • Patent number: 5757133
    Abstract: An arc lamp having a sealed lamp tube with electrodes to either side of a septum. The septum extends through the length of the arc chamber. An emissions chamber extends from the end of the arc chamber without the septum. A window at the end of the emissions chamber is displaced from the end of the septum and from the arc chamber itself by a sufficient distance so that magnesium diffusing from the electrodes does not darken the surface. The magnesium electrodes are slugs encased within high temperature cells open at one end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: UVP, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Meyer, Michael P. Duffey, Robert A. Foss
  • Patent number: 5690531
    Abstract: A lamp including an elongate tube with a septum extending longitudinally therethrough to near the distal end of the tube. A pair of assembled leads and electrodes are positioned in the tube through the terminal end and the tube sealed. With an end cap on the distal end of the tube, an elongate cavity is formed extending along either side of the septum and joined at the distal end. A bend is made in the tube such that the ends of the electrodes extend into areas within the elongate cavity between the bend and the distal end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: UVP, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Foss, Patrick M. Lewis, Michael P. Duffey
  • Patent number: 5600205
    Abstract: A lamp including an elongate tube with a septum extending longitudinally therethrough to near the distal end of the tube. A pair of assembled leads and electrodes are positioned in the tube through the terminal end and the tube sealed. With an end cap on the distal end of the tube, an elongate cavity is formed extending along either side of the septum and joined at the distal end. A bend is made in the tube such that the ends of the electrodes extend into areas within the elongate cavity between the bend and the distal end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: UVP, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Foss, Patrick M. Lewis, Michael P. Duffey