Abstract: The present invention provides a system that facilitates the selection of purchasable items for use in an environs defined by the customer. In one aspect, the system includes a processing element capable of proposing a plurality of purchasable items to the customer for selection by the customer. The processing element also is capable of receiving data representing the environs and data representing at least one purchasable item selected by the customer. The processing element is further capable of generating and displaying a three-dimensional graphical representation of the environs and each purchasable item or items selected by the customer so that the customer can visualize the items in the environs.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 24, 2010
Publication date:
May 5, 2011
Applicant:
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Inventors:
Steven M. Stone, Santosh E. Bhasker, Alex C. Panzano, John P. Mitchell
Abstract: The present invention provides a system that facilitates the selection of purchasable items for use in an environs defined by the customer. In one aspect, the system includes a processing element capable of proposing a plurality of purchasable items to the customer for selection by the customer. The processing element also is capable of receiving data representing the environs and data representing at least one purchasable item selected by the customer. The processing element is further capable of generating and displaying a three-dimensional graphical representation of the environs and each purchasable item or items selected by the customer so that the customer can visualize the items in the environs.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 24, 2010
Publication date:
May 5, 2011
Applicant:
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Inventors:
Steven M. Stone, Santosh E. Bhasker, Alex C. Panzano, John P. Mitchell
Abstract: The present invention provides a system that facilitates the selection of purchasable items for use in an environs defined by the customer. In one aspect, the system includes a processing element capable of proposing a plurality of purchasable items to the customer for selection by the customer. The processing element also is capable of receiving data representing the environs and data representing at least one purchasable item selected by the customer. The processing element is further capable of generating and displaying a three-dimensional graphical representation of the environs and each purchasable item or items selected by the customer so that the customer can visualize the items in the environs.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 24, 2010
Publication date:
May 5, 2011
Applicant:
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Inventors:
Steven M. Stone, Santosh E. Bhasker, Alex C. Panzano, John P. Mitchell
Abstract: Various embodiments of air treatment devices (and housings therefor) are provided. The housings are generally configured to provide air treatment devices that lessen the perceived size of the air treatment devices. Further, embodiments provide housings that are typically easier to clean and maintain and to provide ease in access to internal components of the air treatment devices. Embodiments may also position a control display associated with an air treatment device, such that the control display is visible from a position in front and above the air treatment device. Embodiments may also be configured to minimize and/or inhibit air exiting from the air outlet of the air treatment device from immediately reentering the air inlet and thus being recirculated.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 12, 2009
Publication date:
April 14, 2011
Applicant:
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Inventors:
Angela Nixon Shore, Annie Pierce Haynes, Carolyn Morgan Stafford, Jay Kinsley Fording, Paul Richard Manley, Michael Anthony Lorenz, Ludwin Miguel Mora, Hun Jung Choi, Young Jo Kim
Abstract: The present invention provides a system that facilitates the selection of purchasable items for use in an environs defined by the customer. In one aspect, the system includes a processing element capable of proposing a plurality of purchasable items to the customer for selection by the customer. The processing element also is capable of receiving data representing the environs and data representing at least one purchasable item selected by the customer. The processing element is further capable of generating and displaying a three-dimensional graphical representation of the environs and each purchasable item or items selected by the customer so that the customer can visualize the items in the environs.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 9, 2004
Date of Patent:
March 22, 2011
Assignee:
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Inventors:
Steven M. Stone, Santosh E. Bhasker, Alex C. Panzano, John P. Mitchell
Abstract: A system for positioning a tarpaulin on a flatbed is provided. According to one embodiment, the system comprises a lifting device and a tarpaulin positioning apparatus structured to be attached to the lifting device. The lifting device is structured to lift at least a portion of the tarpaulin positioning apparatus above the flatbed and to move the portion of the tarpaulin positioning apparatus over the length of the flatbed from one end to the other. The tarpaulin positioning apparatus is further structured to deploy the tarpaulin on the flatbed as the portion of the tarpaulin positioning apparatus is moved over the length of the flatbed from one end to the other by the lifting device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 15, 2007
Date of Patent:
May 12, 2009
Assignee:
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Inventors:
Jerry Franklin Hartman, Sammy Lee Barringer, Larry Edward Hamilton