Patents by Inventor Samuel C. Vickroy

Samuel C. Vickroy 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: 7793672
    Abstract: An apparatus in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure has frame and a debris removal opening within the frame. The frame is secured to the ground by driving a blunt point of the frame into the ground. Further, the apparatus comprises a faucet positioned above the debris removal opening. Thus, a user may turn the faucet on to begin water flow and insert a garden tool into the opening. As the user inserts and/or removes the garden tool from the opening, the apparatus removes unwanted debris, e.g., mud, gravel, grass, etc., that is attached to the garden tool and washes the tool with the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: SCV Quality Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel C. Vickroy
  • Patent number: 7762409
    Abstract: A clothes hanger support apparatus from which clothes hangers may be suspended is described. The support apparatus is comprised of a clamp having members that are pivotally coupled on their bottom ends and have flanges extending inward from their top ends. When the apparatus is in the closed position, the flanges rest on the top of the horizontal moldings of a doorframe or window frame. Cords are attached to the members and pull the members together using the weight of a hanger bar that is attached to the cords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: SCV Quality Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel C. Vickroy
  • Publication number: 20100050684
    Abstract: A canteen cooling apparatus of the present disclosure has a cavity for holding a canteen. The cavity has a sleeve with a first layer and a second layer. The apparatus further has an inlet coupled to the second layer that receives a medium from a medium injection apparatus and an envelope created between the first and second layers that receives the medium and delivers the medium to the canteen in the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventor: Samuel C. Vickroy
  • Patent number: 7553379
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing debris from a tool has a head, and the head has a tool-shaped opening with an inner wall. The apparatus further has a blunt point contiguous with the head for inserting into the ground such that a tool in the shape of the opening can be inserted into the opening, contacted with the inner wall, and removed from the opening thereby removing unwanted debris from the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: SCV Quality Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel C. Vickroy
  • Publication number: 20080077213
    Abstract: A cooling device has a shell made up of a first layer and a second layer. The cooling device further has a medium transfer apparatus positioned between the first layer and the second layer that is detachably coupled to a medium injection apparatus. The medium injection apparatus contains a medium such that the medium is forced by the medium injection apparatus through the medium transfer apparatus thereby altering a temperature of the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventor: Samuel C. Vickroy
  • Patent number: 7328644
    Abstract: A system has a containment blanket. The system further has a launcher configured to launch the containment blanket and logic configured to deploy the containment blanket. The containment blanket is configured to encompass an incoming projectile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: SCV Quality Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel C. Vickroy
  • Publication number: 20080029470
    Abstract: A clothes hanger support apparatus from which clothes hangers may be suspended is described. The support apparatus is comprised of a clamp having members that are pivotally coupled on the bottom end and have flanges extending inward from the top end. When the apparatus is in the closed position, the flanges rest on the top of the horizontal moldings of a doorframe or window frame. Cords are attached to the members and pull the members together using the weight of a hanger bar that is attached to the cords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventor: Samuel C. Vickroy
  • Publication number: 20080016715
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to apparatuses and methods for cooling and/or heating feet. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a medium transfer apparatus is inserted into and/or coupled to a shoe. The apparatus has an inlet that can be detachably coupled to a medium injection apparatus, such as a conventional spray can, that injects compressed air or some other cooling medium through the medium transfer apparatus into an interior region of the shoe. Thus, by injecting the cooling medium into the shoe, a user is able to cool his foot without removing his foot from the shoe. In one embodiment, the cooling medium is directed to an insole of the shoe such that the insole is significantly cooled by the cooling medium being injected into the shoe. The cooled insole continues to draw heat from the user's foot and the user continues to feel a cooling sensation long after the cooling medium injection has ended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventor: Samuel C. Vickroy