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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Missouri (June 14)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Missouri. *** E-Z Riser Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- E-Z Riser, Kansas City, Mo., has been assigned a patent (7,954,249) developed by Thomas Raymond Perkey, Kansas City, Mo., for an "E-Z riser star guide." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A template guide which performs and simplifies the task of layout for stair stringers. This accomplishment has previously been made by the use of multiple tools including the framing square, multipurpose square, and speed square as well as others. The said template of the present invention features an adjustable riser that can be secured for the exact dimension of any rise calculated to be between 6'' and 73/4''. The said template of the present invention also features an adjustable tread that can be secured for the exact dimension of any tread length, calculated to be between 91/4'' and 111/8''. The said template is configured as such to accommodate the unskilled craftsman as well as the experienced tradesman." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2010 (12/798,786). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,54,249.PN.&OS=PN/79,54,249&RS=PN/79,54,249 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Battenfeld Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Battenfeld Technologies, Columbia, Mo., has been assigned a patent (7,954,272) developed by four co-inventors for "adjustable firearm supports and associated methods of use and manufacture." The co-inventors are Russell A. Potterfield, Columbia, Mo., Tim Kinney, Columbia, Mo., Dennis Cauley, Boonville, Mo., and Yan-Jiang Zhou, Columbia, Mo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Adjustable firearm supports, and more specifically adjustable bipods, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a firearm support includes a stock mount assembly configured to support a forestock of the firearm and an attachment assembly carried by the stock mount assembly. The attachment assembly is configured to releasably attach to the forestock of the firearm. The firearm support also includes first and second legs operably coupled to the support plate. Each leg is pivotable between a stowed position and an extended position. In the stowed position the legs are generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the firearm, and in the extended position the legs are generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the firearm." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2008 (12/117,668). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,954,272.PN.&OS=PN/7,954,272&RS=PN/7,954,272 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Simple Man Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Simple Man Products, North Kansas City, Mo., has been assigned a patent (7,954,535) developed by Karl A. Ross, Liberty, Mo., for a "drywall joint compound and tape dispenser." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A dispenser for dispensing a viscous substance and tape. The dispenser has a housing with an interior. An intake channel, main conduit, and tape channel are located within the interior. The intake channel receives the viscous substance and is in fluid communication with the main conduit. A first outlet is coupled with the main conduit for dispensing the viscous substance. The tape channel has an elongate slot adjacent the first outlet for dispensing the tape. A piston is slidable within the main conduit between a closed position blocking the flow of substance from the intake channel into the main conduit and an open position allowing substance to flow from the intake channel into the main conduit. The piston is pre-tensioned biasing the piston to the closed position." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2008 (12/030,375). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,954,535.PN.&OS=PN/7,954,535&RS=PN/7,954,535 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** L&P Property Management Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- L&P Property Management, South Gate, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,954,349) developed by Kelly M. Knewtson, Joplin, Mo., for a "method and apparatus for creating stacks of nested sinuous springs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus is disclosed for simultaneously creating a pair of stacks of nested sinuous spring strips. This apparatus includes first and second generally circular forming drums onto which a feeder mechanism is operable to sequentially and alternately pass each of the spring strips from over a forming mandrel onto the top surface of the first and second generally circular forming drums. A first stripper mechanism is then operable to strip a first one of the strips onto a first stacking drum and for stripping a second following one of the strips onto a second stacking drum. A second stripper mechanism is then operable to strip those stacks from the stacking drums onto a pair of discharge chutes." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2008 (11/969,486). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,54,349.PN.&OS=PN/79,54,349&RS=PN/79,54,349 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for Methods and System for Jointless Track Circuits Using Passive Signaling ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,954,770) developed by Harold Woodruff Tomlinson Jr., Ballston Spa, N.Y., John Erik Hershey, Ballston Lake, N.Y., and Jeffrey Michael Fries, Lee's Summit, Mo., for "methods and system for jointless track circuits using passive signaling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a jointless track system, passive signaling devices ("PSDs") are coupled to a railroad track. The PSDs are used to optimize the amplitude, modulation, coding, and frequency of waveforms that are applied to the track (by signaling points) for at least three track circuit functions: detecting trains, detecting broken rails, and communicating between the signaling points and PSDs." The patent application was filed on Dec 15, 2006 (11/611,536). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,954,770&OS=7,954,770&RS=7,954,770 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Newco Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Newco Enterprises, St. Charles, Mo., has been assigned a patent (7,954,666) developed by Joseph P. Webster, St. Charles, Mo., and Dahyabhai Patel, Wentzville, Mo., for an "airpot and dispenser liquid level float." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An airpot or dispenser liquid level float, provided for vertically shifting upon the air tubes of an airpot or other dispenser, the float incorporate a pivotally mounted indicator, for viewing through a view window of the dispenser, for furnishing and indication as to the level and amount of liquid remaining within the dispenser, during its usage and application." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2008 (12/154,764). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7954666.PN.&OS=PN/7954666&RS=PN/7954666 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Boeing Assigned Patent for System and Method for in-flight Adjustment of Store Ejector Gas Flow Orificing ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (7,954,765) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for in-flight adjustment of store ejector gas flow orificing." The co-inventors are Thaddeus M. Jakubowski Jr., Saint Charles, Mo., Cameron D. Brown, Saint Charles, Mo., Daniel S. Rymarz, Saint Charles, Mo., and John K. Foster, Saint Peters, Mo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A store ejector is adapted for in-flight adjustment of the pitch attitude imparted to a store by a pair of ejector pistons. The pitch attitude of the store is adjustable to correspond to a flight condition of the aircraft at time of store release. The aircraft has a flight computer that provides store release pitch data corresponding to the aircraft flight conditions. The store ejector includes an orificing assembly that varies the flow of pressurized gas to the ejector pistons by translating a mandrel within a bore formed in the orificing assembly. Orifices within the bore are adjusted to apportion the flow of pressurized gas to the ejector pistons in accordance with an optimum orifice setting corresponding to the desired pitch attitude of the store for the given flight condition." The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2008 (12/019,615). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,954,765&OS=7,954,765&RS=7,954,765 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** American Power Conversion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- American Power Conversion, West Kingston, R.I., has been assigned a patent (7,954,912) developed by Joseph H. Bergesch, Chesterfield, Mo., for a double door release. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cabinet comprises a cabinet frame having a first side and a second side, a pair of doors coupled to the frame on the first side, wherein one of the pair of doors includes a locking rod positioned along a portion of the length of the door, a latch coupled to the frame on the first side and positioned to receive the locking rod, an actuator positioned on the second side of the cabinet frame and coupled to the latch, and an access door, positioned on the second side of the cabinet frame, the access door restricting access to the actuator. Opening the access door allows activation of the actuator to release the locking rod." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2010 (12/770,192). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,954,912&OS=7,954,912&RS=7,954,912 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Missouri Inventors Develops Patent for Projector Lamp Having Pulsed Monochromatic Microwave Light Sources ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Bernard John Eastlund, Saint Louis, Sherrie R. Eastlund legal representative, St. Louis, have developed a patent (7,954,955) for a "projector lamp having pulsed monochromatic microwave light sources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A light engine for image display projectors has a plurality of monochromatic light sources, typically red, blue and green, combined into one light generation device powered by microwaves pulsed at 3-5 KHz rates. The light engine has a microwave power supply, microwave coupling cavity, a microwave coupler coupling a microwave signal from the microwave power supply to the microwave coupling cavity, and the plurality of monochromatic light sources disposed in the microwave coupling cavity and powered by the microwave signal. The microwave coupling cavity includes a plurality of resonance points, each of the monochromatic light sources being located respectively at one of the resonance points." The patent application was filed on April 4, 2008 (12/062,834). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,954,955&OS=7,954,955&RS=7,954,955 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Mine Safety Appliances Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Mine Safety Appliances, Cranberry Township, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,954,167) developed by Kathryn Ann Leathers, Neosho, Mo., for a "body armor and closure mechanism for use in body armor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A body armor to be worn by a person includes a front section including ballistic paneling. The front section further includes at least a first front laterally extending section on a first side of the body armor. The first front laterally extending section includes ballistic paneling. The body armor further includes a rear section comprising ballistic paneling and at least a first rear laterally extending section attached to the rear section on the first side of the body armor and extending from the rear section. The first rear laterally extending section is connected to the first front laterally extending section so that when the first rear laterally extending section is moved forward around a first side of a torso of the person during closure of the first side of the body armor, the first front laterally extending section is pulled to move in a rearward direction around the first side of the torso of the person and under the first rear laterally extending section, thereby causing overlapping of at least a portion of ballistic paneling of the first front laterally extending section with at least a portion of ballistic paneling of the rear section around the first side of the torso." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2009 (12/436,741). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7954167.PN.&OS=PN/7954167&RS=PN/7954167 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Missouri Inventor Develops Patent for World Cup of Blackjack ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Gordon F. Reabe Jr., Lees Summit, Mo., has developed a patent (7,954,821) for a "world cup of blackjack." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of playing a casino table wagering game of blackjack has the steps of: at least one player and preferably at least two players placing individual wagers on an underlying blackjack game; an initial 2-card common player hand is dealt; an initial 2-card dealer hand is dealt, with rank of one card of the initial 2-card dealer hand exposed to view; each player making independent decisions on the play of the player's hand to complete of the common hand for each individual player's hand using only community cards; completing the dealer's hand; and resolving all wagers. A series of player count identifying areas may be provided and individual player identifiers are placed in the areas. The player count areas comprise six areas separately representing player counts of a) 16 or less, b) 17; c) 18; d) 19; e) 20; and f) 21. The method may include at least two separate common player hands being dealt and individual players may elect to place a separate wager on either of the at least two hands or both of the at least two hands. The method may be used in a blackjack tournament and the tournament includes multiple tables and multiple rounds of play." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2007 (11/820,348). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,954,821&OS=7,954,821&RS=7,954,821 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1051075 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |