Patents by Inventor Wendell C. Cross

Wendell C. Cross 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: 4759525
    Abstract: An attachable beverage coaster for use particularly in a moving vehicle or the like for stably supporting a beverage container of the type having a recessed bottom surface and an annular bottom support surface circumscribing the recessed bottom surface on a flat base surface such as a table top, comprising: resilient, slip-resistant, relatively flat container support disk having a top surface and a bottom surface for abuttingly engaging the annular bottom support surface of the beverage container at the top surface thereof and for abuttingly engaging the base surface at the bottom surface thereof for supporting the container on the base surface in substantially nonslipping, nontouching relationship with the base surface; suction cup fixedly attached to a central portion of the contained support disk and extending upwardly from the top surface of the disk for selectively holdingly engaging the recessed bottom surface of the container; an attachment device for fixedly attaching the suction cup to the container
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: Sun Company
    Inventors: Gregory L. Cross, Wendell C. Cross
  • Patent number: 4506371
    Abstract: The underwater thermometer includes a transparent block, preferably formed of an acrylic plastic, having a planar rear surface provided with a longitudinal recess adapted to receive a fluid and tube type temperature indicator, with an enlargement at one end of the recess for receiving the bulb of the indicator. The indicator is adhesively attached to a foam pad, in turn adhesively secured to a flat, transparent layer, corresponding in shape to the planar rear surface of the block and adhered by a transparent adhesive, preferably an acrylic adhesive, to the rear surface of the block. The transparent layer is also provided, on its rear side, with one or more temperature scales and other indicia printed in reverse and visible through the transparent block, at least a portion of the front of which, such as the portion overlying the recess, is parallel to the planar rear surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Inventors: Gregory L. Cross, Wendell C. Cross
  • Patent number: D280186
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Inventors: Gregory L. Cross, Wendell C. Cross
  • Patent number: D288671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Inventors: Gregory L. Cross, Wendell C. Cross
  • Patent number: D320609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Sun Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Cross, Wendell C. Cross
  • Patent number: D322370
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Sun Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Cross, Wendell C. Cross
  • Patent number: D322412
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Sun Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Cross, Wendell C. Cross
  • Patent number: D349054
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Sun Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Cross, Wendell C. Cross