Patents by Inventor Robert J. Carey

Robert J. Carey 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: 5251410
    Abstract: Rain gutter cover for being mounted over the top of a rain gutter attached to a building adjacent the bottom edge of a roof upon which rain falls, the rain gutter cover for preventing entrance into the rain gutter of leaves and other debris which cause rain gutter clogging and the stoppage of rain flow into downspouts, including a generally angular upper portion, a generally horizontal bottom portion, and a generally vertical intermediate portion intermediate and interconnecting the upper and bottom portions, the generally angular upper portion for being mounted adjacent the bottom edge of the roof and for transferring rain from the roof to the intermediate portion, the generally vertical intermediate portion provided with at least one generally horizontally disposed row of interrupted slots with adjacent pairs of the slots being interrupted by a solid portion of the intermediate portion, each slot including at least one diagonally disposed upper portion and at least one diagonally disposed lower portion, the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Inventor: Robert J. Carey
  • Patent number: 5099620
    Abstract: Rain gutter cover for being mounted adjacent the bottom edge of a roof upon which rain falls, the rain gutter cover is for preventing entrance into the rain gutter of leaves and other debris which cause rain gutter clogging and the stoppable of rain flow into downspouts, the cover includes a generally angular upper portion, a generally horizontal bottom portion, and a generally vertical intermediate portion intermediate and interconnecting the upper and bottom portions; the generally angular upper portion is for transferring rain from the roof to the intermediate portion; the generally vertical intermediate portion is provided with a plurality of longitudinal extending, generally horizontally disposed rows of interrupted slots, the interruptions between the slots in each row being displaced horizontally with respect to the interruptions between the slots of the next adjacent row of slots such that there is no generally vertical path of rain flow down the intermediate portion which is not interrupted by at lea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Inventor: Robert J. Carey
  • Patent number: 4950087
    Abstract: A snack bag including a bag within a bag wherein the inside bag is inverted with its ends opposed to and portions thereof secured to the opposed ends of the outside bag, with the sides of the inside bag being opposed to, and in substantial engagement with, but not secured to, the sides of the outside bag to provide a substantially air tight seal therebetween, and with the bottom of the inverted inside bag being spaced from the bottom of the outside bag to provide a snack receiving container comprised of the opposed bottoms, sides and ends of the inside bag and portions of the sides and ends of the outside bag. Access to the snacks is readily provided by permitting the hand of a person to be readily inserted between opposed sides of the bags which sides, after the hand is withdrawn with the snacks therein, return to substantial air tight engagement maintaining the remaining snacks in a substantially air tight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Inventor: Robert J. Carey
  • Patent number: 4615153
    Abstract: Leader filter for being mounted at the top of a leader extending down the side of a building and below the discharge opening formed in the bottom of a rain gutter attached to the building adjacent the edge of a roof upon which rain falls, said leader filter for preventing entrance thereinto of leaves and other debris which cause leader clogging and the stoppage of rain flow through the leader, including a generally closed hollow leader filter including a top, two sides, a bottom, front and back, the sides are provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending, generally horizontally disposed rows of slots such that there is no generally vertical path of rain flow down said sides which is not interrupted by at least one of the slots, the slots are of a predetermined size sufficiently small to generally prevent the entrance thereinto and into the generally closed hollow leader filter of the leaves and other debris, the top is for receiving rain from the rain gutter discharge opening and for diverting the rai
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Inventor: Robert J. Carey
  • Patent number: 4411110
    Abstract: A generally closed longitudinally extending hollow rain gutter for preventing entrance thereinto of leaves and other debris which cause gutter clogging and the stoppage of rain flow into downspouts, the rain gutter includes a front provided with a plurality of rows of interrupted slots where the interruptions of the slots in each row are displaced horizontally with respect to the interruptions of the slots in the next adjacent row such that there is no path of rainflow down the front of the gutter which is not interrupted by at least one of the slots, the front is further provided with a plurality of inwardly and downwardly extending flaps formed along the top edges of the slots for receiving rain flowing across the front and for diverting the rain into the slots and into the hollow rain gutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Inventor: Robert J. Carey
  • Patent number: RE34193
    Abstract: A .[.snack.]. bag.Iadd., such as for example for snacks, .Iaddend.including a bag within a bag wherein the inside bag is inverted with its ends opposed to and portions thereof secured to the opposed ends of the outside bag, with the sides of the inside bag being opposed to, and in substantial engagement with, but not secured to, the sides of the outside bag to provide a substantially air tight seal therebetween, and with the bottom of the inverted inside bag being spaced from the bottom of the outside bag to provide .[.a snack.]. .Iadd.an object .Iaddend.receiving container comprised of the opposed bottoms, sides and ends of the inside bag and portions of the sides and ends of the outside bag. Access to the .Iadd.objects such as .Iaddend.snacks is readily provided by permitting the hand of a person to be readily inserted between opposed sides of the bags which sides, after the hand is withdrawn with the .Iadd.objects such as .Iaddend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Inventor: Robert J. Carey