Patents by Inventor Wayne B. Stone

Wayne B. Stone 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).

  • Method and apparatus for chocking and locking a vehicular wheel
    Patent number: 5887462
    Abstract: A force multiplier is employed to embed a compression element or elements of a vehicular chock assembly in one or both sidewalls of a tire to effect a positive interlock therewith. The force multiplier is then locked to the chock assembly to maintain the interlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Inventor: Wayne B. Stone
  • Self sealing top assembly for open mouth coffee pots
    Patent number: 5050780
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a top assembly for an imperforate walled, open mouth coffee pot. The top assembly includes a liquid trap through which coffee is introduced from the exterior of the pot to the interior thereof and through which coffee is subsequently decanted from the pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: Wood Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne B. Stone
  • Top assembly for coffee pots incorporating eccentric liquid trap and retainer therefor
    Patent number: 4858787
    Abstract: An eccentrically positioned liquid trap improves coffee pour rate through a coffee pot top assembly that is retained in substantial sealing engagement with the open mount of a coffee pot by a retainer ring whose retention of the same is insensitive to variations in production tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Wood Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne B. Stone