Patents by Inventor Thomas B. Murphy

Thomas B. Murphy 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: 20080184937
    Abstract: A pet booster seat to be secured to a generally vertical vehicle seat back is configured to support a pet elevated above a horizontal vehicle seat cushion. A basket assembly is formed by a rod configured to form an upper basket frame and a rectangular basket, having front and rear panels and right and left side panels, each of the panels being folded and sewn to form a casing envelope around the upper periphery of the basket for encasing the upper basket frame. The basket assembly is pivotally connected to a backboard having upper and lower edges and right and left side edges. Two support rods having lower ends pivotally secured to the backboard extend from adjacent a lower edge of the backboard upwardly to the upper basket frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Solvit Products, LP
    Inventors: Patrick Hoffman, David King, Thomas B. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20080149552
    Abstract: A strainer board has a main cutting surface and a strainer basket. The strainer basket has is adapted to be removably inserted into an aperture in the main cutting surface. Cooperating structure on the basket perimeter and the cutting surface aperture are adapted and arranged to permit positive engagement and disengagement of the basket and aperture under finger pressure and to prevent inadvertent disengagement when the strainer board is in a vertical orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas B. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20080136205
    Abstract: A net pet barrier designed for installation behind the front or rear seat in a vehicle to keep pets off vehicle seats and in the back of the vehicle. Netting formed of micro-mesh material is attached to a pop-up wire frame which keeps the net from sagging and facilitates installation and removal. Adjustable side expansion panels allow installation of the barrier in vehicles of various sizes and configurations, from sedans to full-size SUVs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Patrick Hoffman, David King, Thomas B. Murphy
  • Patent number: 5462015
    Abstract: An improved latch for securing together two portions of enclosure in which a rotary latch member is secured for rotation to an upstanding wall of one of the portions of the enclosure. The latch member includes a generally circular disk having an annular wall formed about the periphery thereof, the annular wall having an interruption therein and the latch member being rotatable between locked and unlocked positions. A lug is formed on an upstanding wall of the second portion of the enclosure upon assembly of the two portions of the enclosure, the lug is received interior of the annular wall through the interruption therein and the latch member is rotated to the locked position to confine the lug within the annular wall. A stop member extends from one of the upstanding walls generally adjacent the periphery of the disk and includes a locking aperture. A locking lug extends generally outward from the annular wall of the latch member and generally tangentially to the periphery of the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Co. Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas B. Murphy
  • Patent number: D581747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy Corcoran Repp, Thomas B. Murphy
  • Patent number: D349980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Internationl Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Melaney L. Northrop, Thomas B. Murphy
  • Patent number: D351688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Melaney Northrop, Thomas B. Murphy
  • Patent number: D353029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Melaney L. Northrop, Thomas B. Murphy
  • Patent number: D353048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph VanSkiver, Thomas B. Murphy
  • Patent number: D355057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Melaney L. Northrop, Thomas B. Murphy
  • Patent number: D361876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Melaney L. Northrop, Thomas B. Murphy
  • Patent number: D364712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas B. Murphy, Melaney L. Northrop, Richard Nesbitt
  • Patent number: D367380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas B. Murphy, Ralph VanSkiver, Shannon Bynum
  • Patent number: D367732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas B. Murphy, Melaney L. Northrop, Richard Nesbitt