Patents by Inventor William E. Bratton

William E. Bratton 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: 5542438
    Abstract: A smokeless ashtray system includes a vacuum manifold connecting a plurality of ashtrays to a charcoal filter and a vacuum blower/motor assembly. The vacuum manifold includes spiral wound metal flexible metal tubing segments secured to connectors by heat shrink tubing. L connectors connect end most ashtray locations to the manifold, T connectors connect intermediate ashtray locations, and a four-way connector connects a central ashtray location to the manifold and to the charcoal filter and blower/motor assembly. Each ashtray location includes a flue member having a first end threaded into the associated connector and a second end inserted within a recess formed centrally in a bottom surface of a cup-shaped ashtray. A connector mounting bracket includes locating apertures engaging alignment pins extending from a flat upper surface of the connector, and a flange on the flue member clamps the bracket to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Progressive Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Adams, Neil J. Ambrosio, William E. Bratton, William M. Forsythe, Bruce E. Hatton, Larry L. Kinder, William A. Swat
  • Patent number: D319219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pedro M. Alfonso, Thomas D. Bottcher, William E. Bratton, Joseph E. Jasinski
  • Patent number: D329819
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Bottcher, William E. Bratton
  • Patent number: D352279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Incorporated
    Inventors: Hunter T. Foy, William E. Bratton, John C. Davis, Willis Y. Jordan, III
  • Patent number: D356548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Bottcher, William E. Bratton
  • Patent number: D373217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Progressive Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Adams, Neil J. Ambrosio, William E. Bratton, Bruce E. Hatton, Larry L. Kinder, William A. Swat