Patents by Inventor Robert S. Gaither

Robert S. Gaither 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).

  • Decorative submersible fish tank sculpture
    Patent number: 6309714
    Abstract: A decorative submersible sculpture is described in which a submersible hollow body is formed with a peripheral wall structure. The wall structure defines an internal receptacle of a prescribed decorative shape that is configured to be filled by a visually opaque particulate medium and formed by the internal receptacle into the prescribed decorative shape. At least part of the wall structure is transparent and configured in such a manner that when the receptacle is filled with visually opaque particulate medium, the medium takes the form of the prescribed decorative shape and is visible through the transparent part or parts of the wall structure. The decorative shape will visually appear to be in a solid, self-supporting state, and the transparent parts of the wall structure will be substantially invisible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventor: Robert S. Gaither
  • Decorative submersible fish tank sculpture
    Patent number: 6083576
    Abstract: A decorative submersible sculpture is described in which a submersible hollow body is formed with a peripheral wall structure. The wall structure defines an internal receptacle of a prescribed decorative shape that is configured to be substantially filled by a visually opaque particulate medium and formed by the internal receptacle into the prescribed decorative shape. The wall structure is transparent and configured in such a manner that when the receptacle is substantially filled with visually opaque particulate medium, the medium takes the form of the prescribed decorative shape and is visible through the wall structure. The decorative shape will visually appear to be in a solid, self-supporting state, and the wall structure will be substantially invisible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Inventor: Robert S. Gaither