Patents by Inventor William Womack

William Womack 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: 10306956
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention a Friendship bracelet that appears as one but can be torn into two individual bracelets for each friend to wear and be connected to each other is disclosed. The invention described here allows a proper link between both friends who wear half of the bracelet. The result is a proper symbol that connects two friends to each other by wearing half of a bracelet that used to be one single bracelet before being torn in two. The friendship bracelet according to another embodiment of the present invention that appears as one but can be torn into a plurality of individual bracelets for each friend in a group to wear and be connected to one another is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventors: Michael James Rich, William Womack
  • Publication number: 20140137600
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention a Friendship bracelet that appears as one but can be torn into two individual bracelets for each friend to wear and be connected to each other is disclosed. The invention described here allows a proper link between both friends who wear half of the bracelet. The result is a proper symbol that connects two friends to each other by wearing half of a bracelet that used to be one single bracelet before being torn in two. The friendship bracelet according to another embodiment of the present invention that appears as one but can be torn into a plurality of individual bracelets for each friend in a group to wear and be connected to one another is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Michael James Rich, William Womack
  • Publication number: 20060008327
    Abstract: An outer margin of a lining sheet is secured to a land border of a pond by a device comprising an elongate member and a plurality of fasteners, such as metal or polymeric stakes. The elongate member defines a wall and a flange projecting from the wall, meeting the wall at a junction dividing the wall into an upper portion and a lower portion, and being divided into a series of tabs enabling the wall to flex, each tab having a preformed hole. Each fastener has a pointed shank, which is driven through the preformed hole of a respective one of the tabs of the flange, through the outer margin of the lining sheet, into the land border of the pond, whereby to secure the outer margin of the lining sheet to the land border of the pond so that the upper portion of the wall projects upwardly and defines a landscaping or hardscaping border and so that the lower portion of the wall projects downwardly into the pond to limit uplifting of the lining sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventor: William Womack