Patents by Inventor Ron Hicks

Ron Hicks 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).

  • Publication number: 20100135723
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for applying a snowplowable traffic stripe to a surface of a road comprising independent dual comb gates for permitting compounds to be released from a tractive box through a comb. The independent dual comb gates can be opened and closed independently at different intervals to form a successive elongated protuberances overlapping along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Ron Hicks
  • Publication number: 20100104362
    Abstract: A profiled traffic stripe, method of manufacture and apparatus for applying a traffic stripe to a surface comprising a comb gate for permitting marking compound to be released through a comb for a contoured or profiled traffic stripe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventor: Ron Hicks
  • Publication number: 20060188333
    Abstract: A profiled traffic stripe, method of manufacture and apparatus for applying a traffic stripe to a surface comprising a comb gate for permitting marking compound to be released through a comb for a contoured or profiled traffic stripe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventor: Ron Hicks
  • Patent number: 7070358
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a traffic stripe to a surface comprising a comb gate for permitting compound to be released from a tractive box through a comb for a contoured or profiled traffic stripe and a base gate for compound to be released for a standard or flat traffic stripe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Inventor: Ron Hicks
  • Publication number: 20050166452
    Abstract: A planter for growing a transplantable plant within dirt or potting soil includes a container for containing dirt or potting soil and which has sidewalls and an interior. The sidewalls defines at least one grow port which provides access to the interior of the container, and the planter further includes a plant insertion sleeve having two side sections which are hingedly connected to one another for hinged movement between opened and closed conditions so that when the sleeve is positioned in its opened condition, the root system of a plant to be transplanted is positionable within one of the side sections of the sleeve, and the side sections can be subsequently moved to a closed condition about the root system to place the plant insertion sleeve and root system in condition for insertion into a grow port of the container for continued growth of the plant within dirt or potting soil contained within the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Wilson Felknor, Ron Hicks
  • Publication number: 20050147468
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a traffic stripe to a surface comprising a comb gate for permitting compound to be released from a tractive box through a comb for a contoured or profiled traffic stripe and a base gate for compound to be released for a standard or flat traffic stripe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventor: Ron Hicks
  • Publication number: 20040240938
    Abstract: A tractive box for producing a traffic stripe and method of producing a traffic stripe including a composition well with at least two gates. A comb gate for permitting compound to be released through a comb for a contoured or profiled stripe and a base gate for compound to be released for a standard or flat stripe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Ron Hicks