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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Williams, Oak Lawn, IL (US);
Timothy L LaRocque, Oak Forest, IL (US);
Robert W Fraser, Lombard, IL (US);
Robert T Dorsey, Orland Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
First Brands Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
44535 ; 44541 ; 44544 ; 44572 ; 44590 ;
Abstract
The artificial firelogs of this invention provide a natural visual and audible sensation so that the artificial firelogs have both a soothing flickering flame and a crackling or popping sound normally observed only with natural wood logs. The crackling additive can be mustard seeds, sesame seeds and synthetic hollow spheres.