Patents by Inventor William D. Nolan

William D. Nolan 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: 4651361
    Abstract: A portable combined hair shampoo basin and drying hood configured for use by a person reclining in a bed or on a couch such as a bedridden person although it may be used in the home by all family members for shampooing, hair coloring, permanent waving, and the drying of the hair thereafter. It is a box-like device that sits on the bed or couch having a double wall defined basin reservoir and a half moon cutout in a front wall to receive the neck of the user. The basin inner wall has a plurality of openings through which water passes when water is poured over the head from a pitcher to drain down through the openings into the reservoir. This keeps spent rinse water out of the upper basin section and away from clean hair with water draining from the reservoir container through a hose connected thereto during the shampoo process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Inventor: William D. Nolan
  • Patent number: 4512043
    Abstract: A shampoo and scalp treatment basin in rectangular closed box-like form in the portable state and with the removed top connected to the head receiving end of the basin box and acting as a sloped back rest support for the person receiving a hair shampoo and scalp treatment. There is a half moon cut out at the top of the end wall of the head receiving end of the basin box to accommodate the neck of the user. The basin box top when serving as a back rest is connected to the front end wall of the basin box by hook connectors mounted in wall openings and engaging straps mounted on the back rest top. The basin box has screw head openings toward the top of each of the two sides and in the rear wall of the basin box for support attachment to a wall with wall mounted screws when used in a mounted state rather than on a bed, floor, treatment table or chair. A drain hose from the basin can run to a bathtub, commode or pail (whatever is handy).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Inventor: William D. Nolan
  • Patent number: 4407028
    Abstract: A manually operated apparatus for selectively directing shampoo solutions onto the hair and scalp of a person while the individual is sitting in a semi-reclining position. The apparatus is constructed so it may give a wetting action to the hair and scalp prior to directing shampoo onto the hair and scalp for predetermined length of time and to direct rinse water thereonto and the device includes applicators which are manually actuated to move in a circular fashion relative to the users head as desired providing high volume with low pressure to desired portions of the users head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Inventor: William D. Nolan