Patents by Inventor Robert Tennihan

Robert Tennihan 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: 4955068
    Abstract: A leaf disposal bag is formed from a large diameter thin plastic circular sheet. A drawstring is woven through a plurality of evenly spaced apertures provided around a peripheral edge of the circular sheet. A pair of radially extending tabs are formed at diametrically opposed locations on the sheet and each receive a ground insertion spike for retaining the circular sheet in a flat open condition on the surface of the ground. In use, leaves to be disposed are piled upon the upper surface of the circular sheet. Upon collection of a sufficiently large volume of leaves, the ground insertion spikes are withdrawn from the ground and the drawstring is tightened to close the circular sheet into a closed bag. The ground insertion spikes may be formed as a separable enlarged head portion and a sharpened shank portion having a mating frusto conical plug and socket connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Inventor: Robert Tennihan