Patents by Inventor Tina THOMPSON

Tina THOMPSON 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).

  • Pick hole guard for manhole covers
    Patent number: 9909276
    Abstract: Pick hole guards are provided for use in guarding pick holes on manhole covers. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the pick hole guards can have a base, biasing member, and guard member. The biasing member can be attached to the base and guard member, and can bias the guard member toward a pick hole on the manhole cover to guard the pick hole. In other embodiments, the pick hole guards do not have movable guard members, but instead have retaining surfaces to serve as a receptacle for catching waste disposed through a pick hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: 6672205 CANADA INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tina Thompson, Ted Gilligan, Mark Taylor
  • PICK HOLE GUARD FOR MANHOLE COVERS
    Publication number: 20170138014
    Abstract: Pick hole guards are provided for use in guarding pick holes on manhole covers. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the pick hole guards can have a base, biasing member, and guard member. The biasing member can be attached to the base and guard member, and can bias the guard member toward a pick hole on the manhole cover to guard the pick hole. In other embodiments, the pick hole guards do not have movable guard members, but instead have retaining surfaces to serve as a receptacle for catching waste disposed through a pick hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Tina Thompson, Ted Gilligan, Mark Taylor
  • Pick hole guard for manhole covers
    Patent number: 9447559
    Abstract: Pick hole guards are provided for use in guarding pick holes on manhole covers. In some embodiments of the present invention, the pick hole guards can have a base, biasing member, and guard member. The biasing member can be attached to the base and guard member, and can bias the guard member toward a pick hole on the manhole cover to guard the pick hole. In other embodiments, the pick hole guards do not have movable guard members, but instead have retaining surfaces to serve as a receptacle for catching waste disposed through a pick hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: 6672205 CANADA INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Tina Thompson
  • PICK HOLE GUARD FOR MANHOLE COVERS
    Publication number: 20140212216
    Abstract: Pick hole guards are provided for use in guarding pick holes on manhole covers. In some embodiments of the present invention, the pick hole guards can have a base, biasing member, and guard member. The biasing member can be attached to the base and guard member, and can bias the guard member toward a pick hole on the manhole cover to guard the pick hole. In other embodiments, the pick hole guards do not have movable guard members, but instead have retaining surfaces to serve as a receptacle for catching waste disposed through a pick hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Tina THOMPSON
  • Pick hole guard for manhole covers
    Patent number: 8579541
    Abstract: Pick hole guards are provided for use in guarding pick holes on manhole covers. In some embodiments of the present invention, the pick hole guards can have a base, biasing member, and guard member. The biasing member can be attached to the base and guard member, and can bias the guard member toward a pick hole on the manhole cover to guard the pick hole. In other embodiments, the pick hole guards do not have movable guard members, but instead have retaining surfaces to serve as a receptacle for catching waste disposed through a pick hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: 6672205 Canada Incorporated
    Inventors: Tina Thompson, Ted Gilligan, Mark Taylor
  • PICK HOLE GUARD FOR MANHOLE COVERS
    Publication number: 20110311306
    Abstract: Pick hole guards are provided for use in guarding pick holes on manhole covers. In some embodiments of the present invention, the pick hole guards can have a base, biasing member, and guard member. The biasing member can be attached to the base and guard member, and can bias the guard member toward a pick hole on the manhole cover to guard the pick hole. In other embodiments, the pick hole guards do not have movable guard. members, but instead have retaining surfaces to serve as a receptacle for catching waste disposed through a pick hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: 6672205 Canada Incorporated
    Inventors: Tina THOMPSON, Ted GILLIGAN, Mark TAYLOR
  • PICK HOLE GUARD FOR MANHOLE COVERS
    Publication number: 20080213043
    Abstract: Pick hole guards are provided for use in guarding pick holes on manhole covers. In some embodiments of the present invention, the pick hole guards can have a base, biasing member, and guard member. The biasing member can be attached to the base and guard member, and can bias the guard member toward a pick hole on the manhole cover to guard the pick hole. In other embodiments, the pick hole guards do not have movable guard members, but instead have retaining surfaces to serve as a receptacle for catching waste disposed through a pick hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: 6672205 CANADA INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tina THOMPSON, Ted GILLIGAN