Patents by Inventor Brad Hicks

Brad Hicks 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).

  • Publication number: 20230385809
    Abstract: A household composting device having housing and composting regions for receiving compostable waste material, the device further having a bucket positioned within the housing, a grinding assembly, and a condenser assembly, configured to: facilitate an outlet air flow leaving the composting region via an air outlet; expose the outlet air outlet to a cooler air flow to cause the air flow to condense into a condensate and an inlet airflow; capture the condensate; and redirect the inlet airflow into the composting region. In addition, there is a system and method for the creation of a waste reduction token, based on waste reduction by the device, the method including receiving, from the waste reduction device, a waste reduction data; validating, by a validator, the waste reduction data; and calculating a number of waste reduction tokens, based on the validated waste reduction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Open Mind Developments Corporation
    Inventors: Conor Forkan, Jeremy Anthony Lang, Daanvir Karan Dhir, Aelicia Schmitt, Neutron Her, Brad Hicks, Nico Martin
  • Patent number: 7481278
    Abstract: A disc opener system for attachment to an agricultural vehicle for opening a seed trench. The system includes a main arm, a disc opener mounted to the main arm, a gauge wheel mounted about a pivot axis to the main arm, a gauge wheel mounted for rotation on the gauge arm, and a depth adjustment assembly for adjusting and positively locking a position of the gauge wheel relative to disc opener. The depth adjustment assembly includes an adjustment link mounted to the main arm, an adjustment coupling attached to the gauge arm, a handle pivotably attached to the adjustment coupling and a clip attached to the adjustment coupling. The clip locks the handle in a position where it mates the adjustment link and adjustment coupling to fix the position of the gauge wheel relative to the disc opener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: CNH America, LLC
    Inventors: Barry Pomedli, Brad Hicks, Eric Anderson