Patents by Inventor Stephen R. Plank

Stephen R. Plank 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).

  • Tobacco taster
    Patent number: 7650889
    Abstract: A tobacco taster comprising an inner tube and an outer tube, the inner tube having a slightly smaller diameter than the outer tube, so that inner tube slides into outer tube with a frictional fit, inner tube having a hole, a basket shaped screen having a lip, the screen fitting into the hole in the inner tube, the lip of the screen overlapping the edge of hole, the outer tube having a hole, so that when the inner tube and the outer tube are connected by sliding the outer tube over the inner tube, the two holes are concentric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Tobacco Tasters, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen R. Plank
  • Tobacco taster
    Publication number: 20080047570
    Abstract: A tobacco taster comprising an inner tube and an outer tube, the inner tube having a slightly smaller diameter than the outer tube, so that inner tube slides into outer tube with a frictional fit, inner tube having a hole, a basket shaped screen having a lip, the screen fitting into the hole in the inner tube, the lip of the screen overlapping the edge of hole, the outer tube having a hole, so that when the inner tube and the outer tube are connected by sliding the outer tube over the inner tube, the two holes are concentric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Stephen R. Plank
  • Tobacco taster
    Patent number: D583095
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Inventor: Stephen R. Plank