Patents by Inventor Tom Pinney

Tom Pinney 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: 4775060
    Abstract: A straw guide having a body portion for suspension along the outside of a drinking glass. The body portion includes upper and lower zones of contact conformed to respectively receive the rim of the glass and the outside sidewall therein. The zones of contact releasably affix the body on the outside of the glass in a manner to preclude any undesirable wobble/spatial displacement between the guide and the glass. An aperture in the body allows for extension of an angled drinking straw therethrough and into the inside of the glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Inventor: Tom Pinney