Patents by Inventor Don Carpenter

Don Carpenter 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: 11957485
    Abstract: A hat (200) for a neonate (120) comprising: a central portion (201), a first side portion (202) and second side portion (203) attached to opposite sides of the central portion (201), a first fastener (208); a top flap (204) and a second fastener (211). The hat (200) has an unfolded configuration and a worn configuration. In the unfolded configuration the first and second portions (202, 203) extend away from each other from the central portion (201) in opposite directions. In the worn configuration the hat (200) wraps a neonate's head with the central portion (201) in contact with the back of the neonate's head, the first portion (202) wrapped around a first side of the neonate's head and the second portion (203) wrapped around a second side of the neonate's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: SUREPULSE MEDICAL LIMITED, THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
    Inventors: James Carpenter, Barrie Hayes-Gill, Caroline Henry, Don Sharkey, Lara Shipley
  • Patent number: 9651373
    Abstract: A gravity-based angle sensor apparatus includes an outer housing (which may be incorporated into a carpenter's level or other reference frame) that contacts or is fastened to a workpiece, and a sensor assembly rotatably mounted within the outer housing. The sensor assembly includes a frame having internal cavities for supporting a LED light module and a sensor responsive to the orientation of the sensor assembly. The sensor electrically bridges two terminals of the LED light module to activate an LED indicator lamp when the sensor assembly has a reference horizontal orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Inventors: Don Carpenter, Don David Carpenter, Kirk Knoblauch, Caleb Lusk, Matthew Keller