Patents by Inventor Volney Wallace

Volney Wallace 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).

  • Double walled thermal protective coverings
    Patent number: 4267665
    Abstract: Thermal protective coverings for plants are provided by a double walled insulative device closable at the top and adapted to fit about the plant wherein the insulative space within the walls is filled with water or water and air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Inventors: Volney Wallace, Carlos F. A. Pinkham
  • Conversion of energy by means of tethered whirlwinds
    Patent number: 4211084
    Abstract: Various low grade forms of energy, particularly superadiabatic ground level air, are used to power a whirlwind. The whirlwind is tethered in a fixed place by confinement of the formative whirl from which the whirlwind arises, permitting the energy contained therein to be harnessed into useful forms of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1980
    Inventor: Volney Wallace
  • Thermal protective coverings
    Patent number: 4137667
    Abstract: Protective coverings for growing plants, food storage shelters, greenhouses and other structures provided by creating a relatively dead air space around the protected object with a device for deploying a canopy of water over and around said object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1979
    Inventors: Volney Wallace, Carlos F. A. Pinkham