Patents by Inventor David R. Newman
David R. Newman 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).
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Publication number: 20180221703Abstract: A jump rope handle has a hollow handle member with a through bore and a swivel assembly mounted in a swivel mounting portion extending up to one open end of the handle bore. The swivel assembly includes a shoulder bolt having an enlarged head and a shaft having a smooth, unthreaded outer surface extending from the enlarged head to the open end of the handle bore, an end connector or nut secured to the shaft and located outside the bore, and first and second rotatable bearings mounted between the smooth outer surface of the shaft and the handle bore to allow for relatively free rotation of the shoulder bolt in the handle bore. The end connector has a cross-hole or the like for connection to one end of a jump rope and the jump rope is easily rotatable relative to the handle via the swivel assembly during skipping activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: David R. NEWMAN
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Patent number: 10029904Abstract: The present application describes a product dispenser, such as a beverage dispenser. The product dispenser may include a nozzle, a first pump in fluid communication with a beverage base source and the nozzle, a second pump in fluid communication with a flavoring source and the nozzle, and a user interface for receiving a request for a beverage. The user interface may include a product button that represents a beverage base, and an additive button that represents a flavor, wherein in response to a first selection of the product button and a second selection of the additive button, the user interface may be adapted to instruct a dispense of the beverage base and the flavor to the nozzle at a given flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Gregg Carpenter, David R. Newman, Jr., Nilang Patel, Paul A. Phillips, Arthur G. Rudick, Lawrence B. Ziesel
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Publication number: 20180161613Abstract: At least one of two handles of an adjustable jump rope has an outer handle sleeve and an adjustment device releasably retained inside the handle sleeve which is configured to releasably retain a selected length of cable or rope in the handle sleeve so as to control the length of cable extending between the handles. The adjustment device may be an elongate stem having a plurality of spaced retainer devices for releasably retaining an enlarged end of the cable in the stem, so that the end of the cable can be engaged with different retainer devices to lengthen or shorten the cable length.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventor: David R. NEWMAN
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Patent number: 9821992Abstract: The present application describes a product mixing device. The product mixing device includes an ingredient combination chamber and means for agitation positioned about the ingredient combination chamber. The ingredient combination chamber includes a diluent inlet, a number of macro-ingredient inlets, a number of micro-ingredient inlets, and an outlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2006Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Arthur G. Rudick, David R. Newman, Nilang Patel, Paul A. Phillips, Gregg Carpenter, Lawrence B. Ziesel
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Patent number: 9771253Abstract: The present application provides a beverage dispensing system using a sweetener. The beverage dispensing system may include a sweetener source with the sweetener therein, one or more rotating or stationary components positioned about a flow of the sweetener, and a component wash system positioned about the one or more rotating or stationary components to wash off the sweetener thereon.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Arthur G. Rudick, Gregg Carpenter, David R. Newman, Daniel S. Quartarone
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Publication number: 20170236358Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include systems and methods for providing dynamic ingredient matrix reconfiguration in a product dispenser. In one example, a method for configuring a dispenser apparatus may include determining one or more current associations between some or all of a plurality of ingredient packages and one or more of a plurality of dispensing devices associated with the dispenser apparatus. The method may include determining whether a current association of the one or more current associations has changed with respect to at least one previous association between some or all of the plurality of ingredient packages and one or more of the plurality of dispensing devices, and in response to ascertaining that the current association has changed, modifying an association table based at least on the one or more current associations, the association table being representative of the at least one previous association.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Gregg Carpenter, David R. Newman, H. Brock Kolls, Son V. Tran
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Patent number: 9691212Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for providing a combined product for dispensing from a product dispenser. In one embodiment, a system can provide a combined product for dispensing from a product dispenser. The system can include a code generation module operable to receive data associated with a plurality of product recipes; and generate a machine readable item with a combined recipe including the plurality of product recipes, wherein the machine readable item configures a product dispenser to dispense the combined recipe.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: C. Brad Green, William J. Moore, David O. Slagley, David R. Newman, Gregg Carpenter, Gene M. Farrell, Scott Cuppari, Cynthia D. Jones
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Patent number: 9670047Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for providing dynamic ingredient matrix reconfiguration in a product dispenser. In one embodiment, a system can include an ingredient matrix operable to receive one or more ingredient packages within respective locations. In addition, the system can include a controller in communication with the ingredient matrix and operable to execute a set of instructions operable to receive information associated with one or more ingredient packages. Furthermore, the controller can be operable to determine at least one location within the ingredient matrix for a selected one or more ingredient packages, and output the at least one location within the ingredient matrix for insertion of selected one or more ingredient packages.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2008Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Gregg Carpenter, David R. Newman, H. Brock Kolls, Son V. Tran
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Patent number: 9646314Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for providing a promotion for a combined product dispensed from a product dispenser. In one embodiment, a system can provide a promotion for a combined product dispensed from a product dispenser. The system can include a code generation module operable to receive data associated with a plurality of product recipes; and generate a machine readable item with a promotion identifier, and a combined recipe including the plurality of product recipes, wherein the machine readable item configures a product dispenser to promote and dispense the combined recipe.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: William J. Moore, C. Brad Green, David O. Slagley, David R. Newman, Gregg Carpenter, Gene Farrell, Eric L. Pribyl, Michael Jason Goulet, Scott Cuppari, Cynthia D. Jones
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Publication number: 20170113914Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for dispensing consumable products. An example method may include generating, at a controller associated with a beverage dispenser, a beverage composition record for a beverage that is formulated via an ingredient matrix and dispensed at the beverage dispenser, where the ingredient matrix comprises multiple ingredient packages each comprising a beverage ingredient. The method may include writing depletion data to the ingredient package or to a data processing device associated with the ingredient package for each ingredient package from which a beverage ingredient was included in the dispensed beverage, wherein the depletion data is based at least in part on the beverage composition record.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Dan Peters, Son V. TRAN, David R. NEWMAN, Leonard F. ANTAO, David O. SLAGLEY, H. Brock KOLLS
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Publication number: 20170101302Abstract: Embodiments are provided for determining and managing an inventory. The position of an object in an inventory may be determined by utilizing an interrogator to send multiple request signals to a tag attached to the object. Each of the request signals may be communicated by the interrogator at a different frequency. The interrogator may then receive multiple reply signals from the tag. The interrogator may then determine the position of the tag (and thus the object) along a transmission line from phase measurements of the reply signals. A dispenser inventory may be managed. The dispenser may identify an ingredient packaging to be inserted into an ingredient matrix of the dispenser. The dispenser may then receive a user input of a location within the ingredient matrix where the identified ingredient packaging has been inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Daniel S. Quartarone, Benjamin John Kingston, David R. Newman
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Patent number: 9569748Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for dispensing consumable products. One embodiment of the invention can provide a product dispenser. The product dispenser can include a controller configured to communicate with a data processing resource, determine that a recipe database update for a recipe of at least one beverage is available at the data processing resource, receive the recipe database update from the data processing resource, and update the recipe of the at least one beverage in a recipe database associated with the product dispenser, wherein an updated recipe comprises an ingredient identifier and an ingredient ratio for an ingredient associated with the ingredient identifier.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Dan Peters, Jr., Son V. Tran, David R. Newman, Leonard F. Antao, David O. Slagley, H. Brock Kolls
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Publication number: 20170011221Abstract: Preventing the reuse of cartridges in a dispenser using encryption is provided. A cartridge for dispensing a product may be received by a dispenser. The dispenser may then read an encrypted tag from the cartridge and decrypt the encrypted tag. The dispenser may then retrieve a current usage status for the cartridge based on the decrypted tag and determine, from the current usage status, whether the cartridge has been retired. The dispenser may then generate an alert message upon determining that the cartridge has been retired.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: C. Brad Green, David R. Newman
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Publication number: 20170001849Abstract: The present application describes a product dispenser. The product dispenser may include at least one macro-ingredient source, at least one micro-ingredient source positioned about the dispenser, a diluent source, a dispensing valve, a number of pumps or metering devices, and a user interface. The user interface receives a request for a product type and instructs the pumps or metering devices to dispense a predetermined type and ratio of macro-ingredients, micro-ingredients, and diluent to the dispensing valve for a predetermined flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Gregg Carpenter, David R. Newman, JR., Nilang Patel, Paul A. Phillips, Arthur G. Rudick, Lawrence B. Ziesel
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Patent number: 9468806Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device which increases the functionality of standard exercise rings. This device allows the user to maintain a better grip on the rings with decreased strain on joints and muscles. It can be used in a multitude of upper body, lower body and mid-body functional exercises. This device is used in conjunction with exercise rings or other exercise bars use in sports such as cross-fit, and gymnastics.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Inventor: David R. Newman
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Patent number: 9434596Abstract: The present application describes a product dispenser. The product dispenser may include at least one macro-ingredient source, at least one micro-ingredient source positioned about the dispenser, a diluent source, a dispensing valve, a number of pumps or metering devices, and a user interface. The user interface receives a request for a product type and instructs the pumps or metering devices to dispense a predetermined type and ratio of macro-ingredients, micro-ingredients, and diluent to the dispensing valve for a predetermined flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Gregg Carpenter, David R. Newman, Jr., Nilang Patel, Paul A. Phillips, Arthur G. Rudick, Lawrence B. Ziesel
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Publication number: 20160155285Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for dispensing consumable products. In one embodiment, a product dispenser is provided. The product dispenser can include a user interface operable to receive consumer inputs and to present product selection information. In addition, the product dispenser can include a reader configured to obtain identification information associated with a consumer. The product dispenser can include a controller in communication with the reader and user interface, and operable to execute a set of instructions to receive from the reader identification information associated with a consumer. The controller can also be operable to execute a set of instructions operable to retrieve consumer information based at least in part on the identification information, and provide product selection information at the user interface based at least in part on the consumer information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Dan Peters, Son V. Tran, David R. Newman, Leonard F. Antao, David O. Slagley, H. Brock Kolls
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Patent number: 9320932Abstract: Apparatus and methods for an exercise jump rope are disclosed herein. According to one aspect, the exercise jump rope comprises a cable assembly including a cable, a first and a second end attachment at a first end and a second end of the cable, respectively, and a first and a second cable connector coupled to the first and the second end attachment, respectively. The exercise jump rope further comprises a first and a second handle assembly coupled to the first and the second cable connector, respectively, each handle assembly including a hollow handle and a swivel assembly, each swivel assembly including a bearing fixed to the hollow handle, an axis pin having a head and a cross-hole and rotatably coupled to the bearing, an axis pin positioner configured to position a majority of the axis pin within the hollow handle.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Inventor: David R. Newman
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Publication number: 20160098883Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for providing a combined product for dispensing from a product dispenser. In one embodiment, a system can provide a combined product for dispensing from a product dispenser. The system can include a code generation module operable to receive data associated with a plurality of product recipes; and generate a machine readable item with a combined recipe including the plurality of product recipes, wherein the machine readable item configures a product dispenser to dispense the combined recipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: C. Brad Green, William J. Moore, David O. Slagley, David R. Newman, Gregg Carpenter, Gene M. Farrell, Scott Cuppari, Cynthia D. Jones
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Patent number: 9245402Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for providing a combined product for dispensing from a product dispenser. In one embodiment, a system can provide a combined product for dispensing from a product dispenser. The system can include a code generation module operable to receive data associated with a plurality of product recipes; and generate a machine readable item with a combined recipe including the plurality of product recipes, wherein the machine readable item configures a product dispenser to dispense the combined recipe.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: C. Brad Green, William J. Moore, David O. Slagley, David R. Newman, Gregg Carpenter, Gene Farrell, Scott Cuppari, Cynthia D. Jones