Patents Assigned to Ahead, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20120005808
    Abstract: An appliqué is provided that is attached to the outer surface of a product. The appliqué comprises a decorative piece including an upper surface with a design element digitally printed thereon and an opposite lower surface attached to the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Ahead, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Shwartz, Charles W. Lord
  • Patent number: 6935535
    Abstract: A hot wax storage tank is supported by an arm extending vertically upward from a base. A heating element on the tank heats the wax to its vicious liquid state suitable for application on a client. A conduit connects an outlet in the bottom of the tank to the input of a control valve. The output of the control valve is directed to an application dish located beneath control valve outlet. By means of the control valve, an operator can dispense only what is required for each client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Great Bodies Ahead, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Pandolfi, Celmira Castillo, Julio Castillo
  • Publication number: 20040200541
    Abstract: A hot wax storage tank is supported by an arm extending vertically upward from a base. A heating element on the tank heats the wax to its vicious liquid state suitable for application on a client. A conduit connects an outlet in the bottom of the tank to the input of a control valve. The output of the control valve is directed to an application dish located beneath control valve outlet. By means of the control valve, an operator can dispense only what is required for each client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: Great Bodies Ahead, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Pandolfi, Celmira Castillo, Julio Castillo
  • Patent number: 5491297
    Abstract: A musical instrument including an actuator which generates a plurality of signals in response to being played by a user; an audio synthesizer which generates audio tones in response to control signals; a memory storing a musical score for the actuator; a video display unit; and a digital processing means controlling the audio synthesizer and the video display unit. The stored musical score includes a sequence of lead notes each of which has an associated time stamp to identify a time at which it is supposed to be played in the musical score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Ahead, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles L. Johnson, Allan A. Miller, Herbert P. Snow, Vernon A. Miller
  • Patent number: 5393926
    Abstract: A virtual musical instrument including a multielement actuator which generates a plurality of signals in response to being played by a user; an audio synthesizer which generates audio tones in response to control signals; a memory storing a musical score for the multi-element actuator, the stored musical score including a sequence of lead notes and an associated sequence of harmony note arrays, each harmony note array of the sequence corresponding to a different one of the lead notes and containing zero, one or more harmony notes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Ahead, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles L. Johnson