Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Norris

Thomas E. Norris 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: 4236477
    Abstract: A device for progressively cleaning the hull of a boat being moved forwardly along a prescribed path. The device includes a submersed stationary support frame. A hull cleaning framework is mounted to the support frame and is elevationally movable thereon between a partially submerged operative condition, and an above surface inoperative condition. A number of brush supporting arms are pivoted on the hull cleaner framework and extend along the path of a boat through the device at their outer ends. The arms are biased inwardly toward the path for yieldably urging the rotating brushes against the boat hull regardless of its configuration. The device will automatically adapt itself to a wide variety of power boat and sailboat hull shapes. Vertical brushes are provided to clean the downwardly projecting keels of sailboats. Transverse bottom, intermediate and side brushes are independently pivoted to accommodate sailboat hulls or many other forms of boat hulls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1980
    Assignee: Water Front Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Norris, Bertle Spence
  • Patent number: D290138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Inventor: Thomas E. Norris