Patents by Inventor Timothy Wert

Timothy Wert 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: 20060169799
    Abstract: An irrigation spray stake is for plants grown in pots. The irrigation spray stake includes an elongated stake member having an upper extremity and a lower extremity adapted to be inserted into soil in a plant pot. The irrigation spray stake further includes a spray head adjacent the upper extremity of the stake member and a means for spraying fluids through the spray head in a predetermined direction. A means along the stake member between the upper and lower extremities indicates the predetermined spraying direction of the spraying head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Susan Thayer, Timothy Wert
  • Patent number: 7004403
    Abstract: An irrigation spray stake for plants grown in pots utilizes an elongated stake member having an upper extremity and a lower extremity adapted to be inserted into the soil, with a spray head adjacent the upper extremity of the stake member, with an arrow or similar feature along the stake member between the upper and lower extremities to indicate the predetermined spraying direction of the spray head. The arrow or similar feature may be formed as a plate which rests against the surface of the soil, with the back edge of the plate resting against the inner surface of the nursery pot into which the stake is extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Inventors: Susan Thayer, Timothy Wert
  • Publication number: 20040108393
    Abstract: An irrigation spray stake for plants grown in pots utilizes an elongated stake member having an upper extremity and a lower extremity adapted to be inserted into the soil, with a spray head adjacent the upper extremity of the stake member, with an arrow or similar feature along the stake member between the upper and lower extremities to indicate the predetermined spraying direction of the spray head. The arrow or similar feature may be formed as a plate which rests against the surface of the soil, with the back edge of the plate resting against the inner surface of the nursery pot into which the stake is extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Susan Thayer, Timothy Wert
  • Patent number: D853061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: THE TORO COMPANY
    Inventors: Philip C. Dretzka, Tyler E. Peterson, Jeffrey J. Schwichtenberg, Timothy Werts
  • Patent number: D994603
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: THE TORO COMPANY
    Inventors: Philip C. Dretzka, David J. Martin, Brian A. Hanson, Timothy Werts