Patents by Inventor Walter Burns

Walter Burns 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: 20200290777
    Abstract: A plug for temporarily sealing a drinking orifice in a beverage container lid, including a body portion having a cap having an upper surface, a sealing component extending from a distal side of the cap, wherein a cross-sectional area of the sealing component is less than a cross-sectional area of the cap, and a sealing surface along the distal side of the cap surrounding the sealing component. The plug also includes an elongate member extending from the sealing component, and an external member extending from the upper surface of the cap, the external member configured to allow a user to grip the plug for insertion and removal of the plug from the orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Harry McCluskey, Julia Anne Walters-Burns
  • Patent number: 8312563
    Abstract: An apparel for protecting a hand and wrist of a user, which includes a hand cover and support element, is provided. The support element includes a first portion that receives a metacarpal area of the user's hand, a second portion that receives the thumb of the user, and a binding portion for reinforcing a thumb web connection between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Inventor: Walter Burns
  • Patent number: 3945793
    Abstract: Process for the colouration of acid-modified synthetic textile fibres, particularly polyacrylonitrile fibres or basic dyeable polyester fibres, wherein said fibres are coloured with a cationic dye in the presence of a compound of the formula ##EQU1## wherein R is a chloro-substituted phenyl group, Z is hydrogen or methyl and n is an integer from 1 to 3, obtaining on said fibres a rapid fixation of the cationic dye and an outstanding colour yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1976
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventors: George Samuel Anthony Corbishley, Leonard Walter Burns, James Jack, John Francis Edmund Keenan, Cyril Hobday