{"id":5219,"date":"2026-06-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5219"},"modified":"2026-06-07T09:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:12:35","slug":"june-7-2026-patent-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5219","title":{"rendered":"June 7, 2026, Patent of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On June 7, 2005, David P. Coughlin received U.S. Patent No. 6,901,925 on a Fireplace with Waterfall:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"879\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-4.png 675w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-4-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While it is not clear whether Mr. Coughlin had any success before his patent expired, the idea of mixing fire and water is a popular one with inventors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5221\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0246141009595326;width:362px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5.png 652w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5-308x300.png 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fireplace with Water Fountain, U.S. Patent No. 5092312<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5222\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.487189191234909;width:362px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6.png 800w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6-451x300.png 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fire and Water Display with Integrated Safety Features,<br>U.S. Patent No. 9011142<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5223\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.243097972147569;width:343px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-7.png 477w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-7-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-7-376x300.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Waterfall Device, U.S. Application 2007-0023032<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5224\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.1965690343491837;width:342px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-8.png 473w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-8-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-8-361x300.png 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fire and Water Display Device, U.S. Application 20030201336<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 7, 2005, David P. Coughlin received U.S. Patent No. 6,901,925 on a Fireplace with Waterfall: While it is not clear whether Mr. Coughlin had any success before his patent expired, the idea of mixing fire and water is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5219\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patent-of-the-day"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5225,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5219\/revisions\/5225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}