Patents by Inventor Wayne D. Burd

Wayne D. Burd 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: 5826755
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing charges of a liquid from a container having a neck and a mouth at the end of the neck operable with the container in an inverted position for dispensing a charge of liquid. The dispenser includes a container holder for being mounted on a wall at one side of the holder constituting the back of the holder having a bottom with an opening therein for holding a container in an inverted position with its neck extending down through the opening. The dispenser further includes a member for being selectively pushed by hand toward the back of the holder or pulled by hand toward the front of the holder for actuating the dispenser. The actuator is selectively engageable with the container and with the holder in a first position for pushing the member toward the back of the holder to actuate the dispenser and in a second position for pulling the member toward the front to actuate the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Koller Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne D. Burd
  • Patent number: 5378003
    Abstract: A creeper for supporting the body of a worker and facilitating movement of the worker under and around an object such as an automobile. The creeper comprises a platform having a top surface and an underside, and four corner casters mounted on the underside of the platform for spacing the platform above a generally flat horizontal floor and for facilitating rolling of the platform on the floor. The casters are so spaced with respect to the platform that lines connecting adjacent casters define a quadrangle with a corresponding caster at each corner of the quadrangle. A fifth caster is mounted on the underside of said platform within said quadrangle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Koller Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne D. Burd, Charles D. Mills
  • Patent number: 4978036
    Abstract: A dispensing mechanism for a container of liquid has a chamber formed by a flexible wall which compresses and expands in response to movement of a discharge nozzle assembly. A first fluid passage communicates between the container and the chamber and a second fluid passage communicates between the chamber and the discharge nozzle outlet. Check valves are used to control flow of liquid from the container to the chamber and the chamber to the outlet so a predetermined amount of liquid is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Koller Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne D. Burd
  • Patent number: D337408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: Koller Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne D. Burd
  • Patent number: D352427
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Koller-Craft Plastic Products
    Inventor: Wayne D. Burd