Patents by Inventor Alan T. Miller

Alan T. Miller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9113604
    Abstract: A sprayer apparatus for applying treatment liquid to a landscaping material. The sprayer apparatus includes first and second spray outlets and an agitator therebetween. In use, the landscape material to be treated is first sprayed, the material is agitated (e.g., turned), and a second spray of treatment liquid is applied to the landscape material. Also described are methods for applying a treatment, such as colorant, to an installed landscaping material (such as wood chips or mulch), reducing the need to replace worn or weathered material. The methods include applying a pre-treatment to protect elements proximate the landscape material that are not to be treated, applying a treatment liquid to the landscaping material by spraying, and then rinsing any elements proximate the landscape material that may have be inadvertently and undesirably treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Inventors: Alan T. Miller, Terrance P. Fenelon
  • Patent number: 8361542
    Abstract: Methods for applying a treatment, such as colorant, to an installed landscaping material (such as wood chips or mulch), reducing the need to replace worn or weathered material. The methods include applying a pre-treatment to protect elements proximate the landscape material that are not to be treated, applying a treatment liquid to the landscaping material by spraying, and then rinsing any elements proximate the landscape material that may have be inadvertently and undesirably treated. Also described is a sprayer apparatus for applying treatment liquid to a landscaping material. The sprayer apparatus includes first and second spray outlets and an agitator therebetween. In use, the landscape material to be treated is first sprayed, the material is agitated (e.g., turned), and a second spray of treatment liquid is applied to the landscape material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Inventors: Alan T. Miller, Terrance P. Fenelon
  • Publication number: 20120256014
    Abstract: A sprayer apparatus for applying treatment liquid to a landscaping material. The sprayer apparatus includes first and second spray outlets and an agitator therebetween. In use, the landscape material to be treated is first sprayed, the material is agitated (e.g., turned), and a second spray of treatment liquid is applied to the landscape material. Also described are methods for applying a treatment, such as colorant, to an installed landscaping material (such as wood chips or mulch), reducing the need to replace worn or weathered material. The methods include applying a pre-treatment to protect elements proximate the landscape material that are not to be treated, applying a treatment liquid to the landscaping material by spraying, and then rinsing any elements proximate the landscape material that may have be inadvertently and undesirably treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Alan T. Miller, Terrance P. Fenelon
  • Publication number: 20100108774
    Abstract: Methods for applying a treatment, such as colorant, to an installed landscaping material (such as wood chips or mulch), reducing the need to replace worn or weathered material. The methods include applying a pre-treatment to protect elements proximate the landscape material that are not to be treated, applying a treatment liquid to the landscaping material by spraying, and then rinsing any elements proximate the landscape material that may have be inadvertently and undesirably treated. Also described is a sprayer apparatus for applying treatment liquid to a landscaping material. The sprayer apparatus includes first and second spray outlets and an agitator therebetween. In use, the landscape material to be treated is first sprayed, the material is agitated (e.g., turned), and a second spray of treatment liquid is applied to the landscape material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Alan T. Miller, Terrance P. Fenelon
  • Publication number: 20080144882
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a participant response system according to various aspects of the present invention operate in conjunction with an information system and an assessment system. The information system may store selection information in response to a first participant's selection of images from a set of candidate images. The assessment system is responsive to the information system, identifies a correlation between the selection information of the first participant and a set of comparison data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Kurt Leinbach, Alan T. Miller