Patents by Inventor Royden Brown

Royden Brown 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).

  • Pollen trap for beehives with bee flight control
    Patent number: 4494263
    Abstract: A pollen trap for use on honeybee colonies employing a pollen collecting drawer and having an entranceway into the trap positioned either above or below the pollen collecting drawer and employing a pivotally movable barrier in the entranceway for selectively prohibiting the bees from entering the pollen trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Inventor: Royden Brown
  • Pollen trap for double queen colony with queen excluder
    Patent number: 4455699
    Abstract: A pollen trap for a double queen colony employing a queen excluder which keeps the two queens in their respective brood nest but permits the worker bees to mingle in the pollen trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1984
    Inventor: Royden Brown
  • Pollen trap for beehives with dual entranceways
    Patent number: 4435866
    Abstract: A pollen trap for use on honey bee colonies employing a pollen collecting drawer and having a pair of entranceways into the trap, one positioned above and the other below the pollen collecting drawer, with the bees entering the grid structure of the trap from different ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1984
    Inventor: Royden Brown
  • Pollen trap for beehives
    Patent number: 4337541
    Abstract: A pollen trap for use on honey bee colonies in which a pollen collecting drawer may be removable from any side of the hive; provides a cluster space for the worker bees in the pollen trap; forms with the bottom board a hive entranceway for the worker bees; and also can be effectively positioned at the middle or top of the hive and can be used in double queen colonies as queen excluders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1982
    Inventor: Royden Brown