Patents by Inventor Dale Heikkinen

Dale Heikkinen 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: 20240094983
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving, by a messaging application implemented on a client device, input that selects a sound option to add sound to one or more images; in response to receiving the input, presenting a sound editing user interface element that visually indicates a played portion of the sound and separately visually indicates an un-played portion of the sound; receiving an interaction with the sound editing user interface element to modify a start point of the sound; embedding a graphical element representing the sound in the one or more images; playing, by the messaging application, the sound associated with the graphical element starting from the start point together with displaying the one or more images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Jonathan Dale Brody, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, Brandon Francis, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Ranidu Lankage
  • Patent number: 7104296
    Abstract: A log splitting system comprises a splitter box, having entrance and discharge sections, each with top, bottom and sidewalls, and open entrance and discharge ends. A first set of cutting blades in the entrance section divides that section into at least two, first sections. A second set of cutting blades in the discharge section further divides each first section into at least two, second sections. The entrance and discharge sections are hinged at the top and pivot apart for cleaning and service. A ram assembly with a force applying surface contacts a log with the first set of cutting blades. The ram member's surface has surface portions, each sized to fit into one of the splitter box's first section, to further contact the log with the second set of cutting blades, splitting the log into at least four pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Multitek, Inc.
    Inventor: Dale Heikkinen
  • Publication number: 20060086422
    Abstract: The invention is a log segment splitting system that comprises a splitter box member, having top, bottom and sidewalls, an open entrance end and an open discharge end. The splitter box member includes an entrance end section, housing a first set of cutting blades, and a discharge end section housing a second set of cutting blades. The entrance end section and discharge end section are pivotally hinged together at each top wall thereof and secured together in register by moveable fasteners connecting adjacent sidewalls of the entrance end section and the discharge end section. The first set of cutting blades, secured interior the entrance end section of the splitter box member adjacent the open entrance end thereof, divides the open entrance end into at least two, first sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventor: Dale Heikkinen