Patents by Inventor Donna L. Smith

Donna L. Smith 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: 20120204305
    Abstract: A disposable combination bib and bag garment protector having straps configured to secure around a neck of a person, a first bag or a material collection bag located on a first side and a second bag or a material stowage bag located on a second side. The bib and bag garment includes the first side that is worn by a person to shield food and/or oral contents released by that person from garments occupying the upper torso and to collect any food and/or oral contents sliding off the first side into the material collection bag. Upon being removed from the person, rolled to a point of closure of the material collection bag, the material stowage bag is exposed and opened to create a stowage space suitable for receiving used diapers or other trash item for convenient disposal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: Donna L. Smith
  • Publication number: 20110158765
    Abstract: A securing device includes a cylindrical fitting with one open end and a hole in an endwall at the opposite end. The shank of a bolt extends through the hole and is threaded into a mounting hole, e.g., a standard VESA mounting hole on a television or monitor. A no-access cap fits over the head of the bolt, and a generally bar-shaped member used to secure the television or monitor passes through a hole or holes in the side of the fitting. The bar-shaped member prevents the no-access cap from being removed from the fitting, and the no-access cap blocks access to the bolt so that the fitting cannot be removed, thereby deterring theft of the television or monitor. Suitably, a kit is provided with at least one no-access cap and at least one bolt in each of a number of different sizes, e.g., standard VESA mounting sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Donna L. Smith, Dean H. Smith
  • Patent number: 7117700
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wheel-immobilizing device that does not require holes or indentations in the wheel in order for the device to be secured around the wheel or caster being immobilized. Additionally, a wheel-immobilizing device according to the invention is configured such that it may be placed on the ground in front of a cabinet, and the cabinet simply rolled into position with one of its casters between side walls of the device. The wheel-immobilizing device is then secured around the caster by passing a cross member or, in some embodiments, two cross members through the side walls on either side of the caster stem and then securing the cross member or members in position, thereby locking the wheel-immobilizing device to the caster of the cabinet and hampering rolling movement of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: D & D Security Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Donna L. Smith, Dean H. Smith
  • Publication number: 20040024636
    Abstract: A computer-based system and associated method is provided for designating content for presentation to a target entity. The system includes a mechanism for prompting a user to input identification indicia associated with the user. The identification indicia corresponds to an access level. The user is granted user access to the content at the access level in response to the identification indicia input by the user. A marketing interface is provided to the user for selecting content options in accordance with the access level. The user designates content responsive to the needs of the target entity by selecting the content options of the marketing interface. The user is provided with options for formatting the designated content through the marketing interface. The content is produced for presentation to the target entity in a desired manner and through a desired form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: Jaffe Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay M. Jaffe, Sharon Smith Leaman, Donna L. Smith
  • Patent number: D260474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Inventor: Donna L. Smith