Patents by Inventor Teresa Gail VAUGHN

Teresa Gail VAUGHN 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).

  • Garbage bag retention ring
    Patent number: 8882060
    Abstract: An apparatus for retaining the opening of a garbage bag is provided. A garbage bag retention ring can include a flexible and invertible base ring and a flexible and invertible retention ring fixed to the base ring. The base ring and the retention ring can each have about the same diameter. The base ring and the retention ring invert to expose an interior surface of the retention ring as an exterior surface. The garbage bag retention ring can further include at least one aperture formed between a junction of the base ring and the retention ring that is adapted to receive an edge of a circumferential portion of a garbage bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventors: Teresa Gail Vaughn, John D. Corbitt, Jr., Lori Anthony
  • GARBAGE BAG RETENTION RING
    Publication number: 20140124630
    Abstract: An apparatus for retaining the opening of a garbage bag is provided. A garbage bag retention ring can include a flexible and invertible base ring and a flexible and invertible retention ring fixed to the base ring. The base ring and the retention ring can each have about the same diameter. The base ring and the retention ring invert to expose an interior surface of the retention ring as an exterior surface. The garbage bag retention ring can further include at least one aperture formed between a junction of the base ring and the retention ring that is adapted to receive an edge of a circumferential portion of a garbage bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Teresa Gail VAUGHN, John D. CORBITT, JR., Lori ANTHONY