Patents by Inventor David P. Chastain

David P. Chastain 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: 5790429
    Abstract: A system for processing and encoding mail including a bin configured to hold mail and a transport coupled to said bin to receive mail therefrom. The transport displays multiple moving pieces of mail to an operator. The system includes a data entry device operable to enter data from mail moving on the transport and a coding device to receive mail from the conveyor. A controller is operatively coupled to the transport, data entry device, and coding device. The controller includes an address signal corresponding to at least a portion of an address of a mail piece entered with the data entry device by the operator, a routing code signal determined in accordance with the address signal, a performance signal corresponding to data entry capability of the operator, and a transport speed signal corresponding to speed of the transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: M.A.I.L. Code, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Baker, Donald Caddy, David W. Purcell, Peter N. Baker, Adam W. Fleming, David P. Chastain
  • Patent number: 5423088
    Abstract: An improved game glove including a front portion and a back portion defining a hand space therebetween and forming a major region for receiving the fingers of the wearer and a minor region for receiving the thumb of the wearer; an opening at one edge of the glove for the passage of the hand of a wearer into the hand space; a bladder positioned in the hand space, the bladder having a major portion in the major region of the glove and a minor portion in the minor region for the glove; and an inflation system to selectively inflate the bladder the inflation system including a pump system having a diaphragm for selectively inflating the bladder to improve the fit of the glove on a wearer's hand, the pump system also including a tube coupling the diaphragm and the bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan D. Walker, David P. Chastain, Harvey A. Koselka, Andrew Jones
  • Patent number: 5155866
    Abstract: A game glove including a front and a back forming a major region for the fingers of the wearer and a minor region for the thumb of the wearer thereby defining a hand space therebetween; an opening at the lower edge of the glove for the passage of the hand of a wearer into the hand space; a bladder positioned in the hand space, the bladder having a major portion in the major region of the glove and a minor portion in the minor region for the glove; and an inflation system to selectively inflate the bladder the inflation system including a pump system having an oval shaped diaphragm for selectively inflating the bladder to improve the fit of the glove on a wearer's hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan D. Walker, Andrew Jones, David P. Chastain, Harvey A. Koselka, Carl L. Madore
  • Patent number: 5155865
    Abstract: A game glove including a front and a back forming a major region for the fingers of the wearer and a minor region for the thumb of the wearer thereby defining a hand space therebetween; an opening at the lower edge of the glove for the passage of the hand of a wearer into the hand space; a bladder positioned in the hand space, the bladder having a major portion in the major region of the glove and a minor portion in the minor region for the glove; and an inflation system to selectively inflate the bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan D. Walker, Andrew Jones, David P. Chastain, Harvey A. Koselka, Carl L. Madore
  • Patent number: D412415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: AMF Bowling Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ari T. Adler, Michael D. Arney, David P. Chastain, John C. Costello, David Malina, Ronald G. Wood