Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Harms, Jr.

Thomas C. Harms, Jr. 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: 5299433
    Abstract: A beverage container utilizing a cooling device for keeping a beverage cold over a protracted period of time, with such container having sidewalls and a bottom defining a volume in which a beverage can be contained. The cooling device is operatively associated with a lower interior portion of the container and involves a closed receptacle of a refreezable, non toxic substance. When the cooling device has become relatively warm, it is readily removable from contact with the lower interior portion of the container, so that it may be replaced by a freshly-chilled cooling device of like configuration, thus to keep the beverage at a desirably low temperature. We provide several different types of magnetic and mechanical devices for preventing the cooling device from being displaced when the pitcher is tilted to pour out some or all of its contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Inventors: Jerry E. Harms, Thomas C. Harms, Sr., Thomas C. Harms, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4651998
    Abstract: The invention relates to a projectile target game of the dart type which has individual player score keeping apparatus that includes a pair of nonrotatable shafts around which are loosely carried continuous belts which have an opaque background through which transparent numbers have been formed. Each digit of a number has a width substantially greater than the digits height. The continuous belt passes between a light source and a unidirectional magnifying lens which magnifies only the height dimension of the number's digits. The continuous belt is provided with score advance openings that are exposed via a slot in the face of the game that supports the target. The score advance openings are adjacent the transparent numbers such that a score may be made to appear in the magnifying lens. The target of the dart game is a dart board which has a unique bullseye target deflection detection mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Inventors: David R. Holt, Thomas C. Harms, Jr., Robert B. Shepherd